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This week, 500 participants from all over Asia gather in Kottayam, India, to evaluate the last eight years of ecumenical work and look to challenges ahead, such as the impact of youth migration. Under the theme "God, renew us in your spirit and restore the creation", the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) holds its 15th General assembly.

As a search continued for missing migrants after a fishing boat capsized off the coast of Greece, the World Council of Churches (WCC) conveyed prayers to the families of victims, and to the churches in Greece and elsewhere that are responding.

World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca will speak on “Churches and humanitarian aid” during a conference organized by the Foundation Dialogue for Peace, to be held 10 June in Geneva. 

A group of bikers from the Bike for Peace visited the World Council of Churches on 30 August as part of a commemoration in the Place de Nations. 

One of the foundational moments in the modern ecumenical movement is an encyclical letter issued 100 years ago by the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 1 January 1920. As its opening words state, it was addressed “Unto the Churches of Christ everywhere” and sent as a letter to the leaders of key Christian churches. Its first words are an appeal to “Love one another earnestly from the heart,” quoting from 1 Peter 1:22. The thrust of the letter is the suggestion that doctrinal differences among Christian churches do not, or at least should not, prevent “rapprochement” between Christians.

Impacts of the climate change and the lingering health and environmental effects of nuclear testing on the countries in the Pacific region are among the issues to be discussed at the meeting of the WCC’s Commission of Churches on International Affairs (CCIA), convened from 19 to 21 February in Brisbane, Australia.

Les conséquences des changements climatiques et les effets prolongés des essais nucléaires sur la santé et l’environnement des pays de la région Pacifique font partie des sujets abordés lors de la réunion de la Commission des Églises pour les affaires internationales (CEAI) qui se tient du 19 au 21 février à Brisbane, en Australie.

Twenty-seven young ecumenists from across Asia are currently attending the month-long Asian Ecumenical Institute organized by the Christian Conference of Asia. The programme aims to provide ecumenical formation and leadership development training for prospective church and ecumenical leaders. It is being held at the Christian Conference of Asia headquarters in Payap University Campus in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

“Think about your policies, practices and actions, not to just look back at the past, but to ask what can we do today?” These are the reflections of Judith Roberts, director for Racial Justice Ministries for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America.

“Our churches are directly involved in upholding the dignity and rights of people and communities in Asia irrespective of their religious or faith identities”, said Matthews George Chunakara, general secretary of the Christian Conference of Asia, at the opening of the annual meeting of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace Reference Group, in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on 4 March.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit “received with joy” the news of the verdict which has resolved the long pending case of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman convicted and sentenced to death under Pakistan's blasphemy laws in 2010.

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK), die Weltweite Evangelische Allianz und die Gesamtafrikanische Kirchenkonferenz sowie kirchliche humanitäre Organisationen und eine Koalition kirchlicher Netzwerke und Organisationen werben dafür, in den Gemeinden weltweit den 10. Juni als zweiten jährlichen Weltgebetstag für ein Ende des Hungers zu begehen.

The World Council of Churches, World Evangelical Alliance and All Africa Conference of Churches, along with church-related humanitarian organizations and a coalition of church-related networks and organizations and partners, are promoting 10 June as the second annual Global Day of Prayer to End Famine to be observed in faith congregations worldwide.

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), l'Alliance évangélique mondiale et la Conférence des Églises de toute l'Afrique, aux côtés d'organisations humanitaires confessionnelles et d'une coalition de partenaires, d'organisations et de réseaux d'Églises, assurent la promotion de la deuxième Journée mondiale de prière pour mettre fin à la famine. Tous appellent à ce que cette journée soit observée au sein des communautés de foi à travers le monde, et ce, le 10 juin prochain.

Since a small scholarship got her involved in the ecumenical movement, Sana Jennifer’s future has been staked out. She started as a bishop’s secretary and office administrator at the Diocese of Raiwind, Church of Pakistan, in Lahore three years ago and was appointed youth programme coordinator this year.

When the Asia Ecumenical Youth Assembly (AEYA) kicked off in Manado, Indonesia on the 6 April, it was the first such gathering in 34 years. More than 350 youth from 23 countries across Asia came together to address pertinent issues in today’s globalized world.

Dieses Jahr schauen wir auf 500 Jahre Reformation zurück, an die wir während des gesamten Jahres im Rahmen zahlreicher Gedenkveranstaltungen erinnert haben. Vieles hat sich in der Welt ereignet. Die Reformation geht als kontinuierlicher Prozess in den Kirchen überall auf der Welt weiter. Es gibt eine ständige Diskussion über die Frage, wie Kirchen heute sein sollten und wie wir die Menschen mit dem Evangelium erreichen können. Dieses Jahr trifft ÖRK Nachrichten Bischöfin Helga Haugland Byfuglien, die eine der erfahrensten und prominentesten Frauen des lutherischen Episkopats ist.