âIm Pazifik findet man viele herzliche und starke Ausdrucksformen des Friedensâ, sagte der Generalsekretär des Ãkumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÃRK), Pfarrer Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, in einer an die Pazifische Kirchenkonferenz ( Pacific Conference of Churches , PCC) gerichteten Ansprache anlässlich der 50-Jahrfeier ihres Bestehens, die in der vergangenen Woche in Samoa stattfand.
âThe Pacific is a region that displays many warm and strong expressions of peace,ââ World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit said in a speech to the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) 50th anniversary celebration held in Samoa this past week.
âEl PacÃfico es una región que manifiesta cálidas y firmes expresiones de pazâ, dijo el secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, en un discurso pronunciado con ocasión de la celebración del 50 aniversario de la Conferencia de Iglesias del PacÃfico (PCC) que tuvo lugar en Samoa la semana pasada. Â
In a gala commemoration of a half-century of Christian witness, the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) has returned to the Malua Theological College in Samoa where its first representatives assembled in 1961.
Address by the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, at the conference celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Pacific Conference of Churches.
The international tug-of-war over carbon emission thresholds and other instruments meant to limit the deterioration of the earth's climate has caused a big stir in recent months, but yielded little results. Therefore the international community must now get ready to take care of those who will be forced from their homes by climate change.
Condolence letter to the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia at the passing of Archbishop Jabez Bryce, Bishop of the Diocese of Polynesia.
The challenge of resettlement because of Climate Change was the focus of the Oikoumene Pasifika 2009, which took place in Nadi, Fiji in April 2009. Oikoumene Pasifika bring church leaders from the Pacific Conference of Churches to reflect together on crucial topics affecting the region. WCC staff contributed to this meeting with presentations on Ecumenism and climate change. Church leaders adopted the Moana declaration on "Our Oikos - a new consciousness on climate change and our call to action".
As people from "a region which has experienced, and is experiencing, the effects of all the major issues that have affected the world," Pacific representatives need to be assertive "in bringing Pacific perspectives and experience into international forums," said the World Council of Churches (WCC) president from the Pacific region, Mr John Taroanui Doom, addressing participants at the 9th assembly of the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC).
These guidelines - covering the roles of moderators, delegates and participants; setting the agenda; making decisions by consensus and by formal vote; election process; language and other elements - apply to the Assembly and to meetings of all bodies of the WCC.
