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Lecture - Speech

Peace and Peacemaking as an Interfaith and Ecumenical Vocation - An Orthodox View

By Rev. Dr Emmanuel Clapsis, Holy Cross – Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Boston, USA

13 September 2008

Lecture - Speech

International Theological Conference "Promised Land"

Welcome Remarks by Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, WCC General Secretary, at International Theological Conference, "Promised Land", at Church Center Bürenpark, Bern, Switzerland. 10 - 14 September 2008.

10 September 2008

Lecture - Speech

Welcome Remarks

By the Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, WCC general secretary

10 September 2008

An international ecumenical debate on the issue of "promised land"

One challenge for churches addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the fact that it takes place in a land that different religions consider holy. A conference in Bern will discuss the concept of the "Promised Land" and related theological issues with a view to help more churches become advocates for a just peace.

02 September 2008

Roderick Chukwuemeka Oji, holds up a small plastic pouch of water: "In my country, we call this pure water." Photo: Annegret Kapp/WCC

Water for all: young Christians study defence of this precious resource

By Annegret Kapp (*)

12 August 2008

Onya Ely of the Maluku Interfaith Institution greets Beatrice Mukhtar-Mamuzi, Living Letters team member from Sudan. Photo: Peter Williams/WCC Click here for high resolution

Women and youth break the cycle of violence in Indonesia

By Maurice Malanes (*)

04 August 2008

Advocacy report

The World Conference on Dialogue: a reflexion

Rev. Dr Shanta Premawardhana, director of the WCC programme on Inter-religious Dialogue and Cooperation comments on the World Conference on Dialogue, which took place in Madrid, Spain, 16-18 July 2008.

29 July 2008

Back row left to right: Rev Canon Dr. J. Gibaut, Dr. N. Legesse, Rev. G. McGeoch, Rev. Archpriest M. Gundyaev, Rev. Dr. S. Watkins, Rev. Archpriest V. Perisic, Bishop Dr. M. Hein, Mr. G. Lemopoulos. Front row left to right: Rev R. Degenhard, Rev. S. Udodesku, Dr. M. Nascimento Cunha, Dr. A. Abuom, Metropolitan A. Bishoy, Metropolitan Prof. Dr. G. of Sassima, the Most Rev. B. Ntahoturi, Mrs. A. Glynn-Mackoul

Churches' feedback greatly needed, committee says

A key committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) is calling ecumenical partners, including its 349 member churches, for more feedback on two crucial matters of concern facing the church and the WCC.

18 July 2008

Statement on post-election situation in Zimbabwe

04 July 2008

The interactive exposition "Rosenstraße 76" tries to raise awareness about the different types of violence that can be found in ordinary homes and proposes strategies against domestic violence. Photo: Klaus Kohn/Bread for the World

Violence within the family: Churches need to keep their ears open to calls for help

German churches' experience with the issue of "domestic violence" will play an important role in a Peace Declaration of the World Council of Churches planned for 2011. "The churches have denied the existence of this issue for a long time", said Georges Lemopoulos, deputy general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), speaking on Saturday 28 June in Frankfurt.

03 July 2008

Letter to the South Korean President Lee Myung-bak

01 July 2008

Winning essays on prospects for ecumenism: "gifts of inspiration and leadership"

Ideas for "bringing unity down to earth", "communicative action" and a "theology of the wilderness" were among the winning entries submitted for an essay contest on Prospects for Ecumenism in the 21st Century. The winners, two women and four men, come from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.

01 July 2008

The Living Letters team will also visit Berlin, where the Decade to Overcome Violence (DOV) was launched with a candle-light procession in front of the Brandenburger Gate in 2001.

Ecumenical solidarity team to visit Germany, share experiences on nonviolence

"Living Letters" from member churches of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Burundi, Brazil, Greece and the United States will come to Germany, 27 June - 4 July, for an exchange of experiences in overcoming violence.

25 June 2008

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World churches' initiative against violence focuses on the Pacific

Churches around the world will pray for the peoples of the Pacific as an international church initiative against violence focuses attention on the region this year. Pacific churches themselves will pray and reflect together on how best to promote peace in their communities.

23 June 2008

Ethical reflection and action for responsible leadership

by Dr Christoph Stückelberger, Globethics.Net

06 June 2008

Message from the WOCATI congress on Theological Education: A Radical Reappraisal

06 June 2008

Tribute

Clement John

Tribute to a respected WCC colleague and an outstanding advocate in the international struggle for human rights.

03 June 2008

Clement John, human rights advocate and ecumenical pioneer

Clement John, 66, former staff of the World Council of Churches (WCC), died on Monday, 2 June. Shocked by the news of John's death the WCC general secretary Samuel Kobia praised him as "an outstanding advocate in the international struggle for human rights" and "an ecumenical pioneer". John "was never reluctant to speak the truth" and "stood firm for justice and strove for peace", Kobia wrote in a tribute release today. An accomplished lawyer from the Church of Pakistan, John was a member of the WCC staff from 1993 to 2006. "His intellect and profound concern are reflected in almost every aspect of the public witness of the WCC", Kobia affirmed.

03 June 2008