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Rt. Rev. Joy Evelyn Abdul-Mohan is moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Trinidad and Tobago. She shares reflections on the role of prayer in developing a healthy democracy, and the unique challenges of her nation and her faith community.

Dr Jurjen Zeilstra is a historian and theologian. His biography “Visser 't Hooft, 1900-1985 Living for the Unity of the Church” served as a dissertation in the humanities at the Amsterdam Free University in order to receive the degree of Ph.D. in 2018. Willem Visser 't Hooft led the World Council of Churches (WCC) during its formative stages. Below, Dr Zeilstra reflects on what it was like to study the life of Visser 't Hooft.

World Council of Churches (WCC) deputy general secretary Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri reflected on the recent Global Consultation on the Decade of the Churches in Solidarity, and what the insights gathered there might mean for the ecumenical movement.

What have we achieved in building a just community of women and men? What must we still do? How can we strengthen ecumenical collaboration in reading the signs of our times in order to map the future direction of our work?

Qu’avons-nous fait concrètement pour construire une communauté juste de femmes et d’hommes? Que devons-nous encore faire? Comment pouvons-nous renforcer la collaboration œcuménique en lisant les signes de notre temps pour dresser la carte de la voie à suivre dans nos travaux?

An international consultation will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Decade of the Churches in Solidarity with Women (1988-98), 1-6 October in Kingston, Jamaica.

Un colloque international commémorera le 20ᵉ anniversaire de la Décennie œcuménique des Églises solidaires des femmes (1988-1998) du 1ᵉʳ au 6 octobre prochain à Kingston, en Jamaïque.

Researchers around the world have a new resource for studying the history of the ecumenical movement — the personal papers of Philip Potter, general secretary of the WCC from 1972 to 1984. “We hope that the WCC Archives will receive many researchers from around the world who will learn more about the ecumenical movement to which Philip significantly contributed throughout his life,” said Hans von Rütte, WCC archivist.

Les chercheurs du monde entier disposent d’une nouvelle ressource pour étudier l’histoire du mouvement œcuménique: les documents personnels de Philip Potter, secrétaire général du COE de 1972 à 1984. Ces documents sont désormais disponibles sur demande écrite ou peuvent être consultés dans la salle de lecture des archives du COE à Genève.