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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

Sermon

Letter to the President of Rwanda

07 August 2007

Samuel Kobia with Bishop Thomas Laiser (left) and Bishop Dr. Stephen Munga (middle) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania.

Overcoming poverty in Africa as big a task as fighting colonialism, Kobia says in Tanzania

"Today, in order to fight poverty, Africa needs to mobilize similar efforts to those rallied against colonialism," World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia told Tanzanian church leaders.

12 July 2007

An internally displaced family near Sanza-Pombo in the northern province of Uige. Angola 2002. Photo: ACT

Global Ecumenical Network to examine impact of migration on churches worldwide

"The impact of migration on the church and the ecclesial context" is the theme of a 6-8 June 2007 conference in Nairobi, Kenya of the Global Ecumenical Network on Migration (GEM). To be opened by Kenya's minister for immigration, and hosted by the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC), the conference will be attended by representatives of churches, church-related organizations and ecumenical bodies in Africa, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Latin America, the Middle East, North America and the Pacific.

05 June 2007

Statement of the Conference "Churches for Water in Africa"

25 May 2007

WCC Programmes

Letter

Letter to WCC member churches in the DR Congo

24 July 2006

Message

Congo elections

24 July 2006

Sermon

2. Vulnerable populations at risk. Statement on the responsibility to protect

23 February 2006

Sermon

Vulnerable Populations at Risk - the Responsibility to Protect

23 February 2006

Central Committee

Protecting vulnerable populations is ecumenical responsibility

Second report (draft - for action)

22 February 2006

Report

Third report of the Nominations Committee

22 February 2006

Saving God's children from the scourge of war

Plenary on youth overcoming violence: Presentation by Olara A. Otunnu, president of the LBL Foundation for Children and former UN under-secretary-general and special representative for children and armed conflict.

18 February 2006

The Future of Ecumenism in the 21st Century

21 October 2005

Ecumenical movement

"Keeping the Faith": In lead-up to 9th Assembly, WCC multimedia project shows vitality of ecumenism

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20 October 2005

Commission on International Affairs

Theological Consultation on the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme

28 September 2005

Religion in global society

Address by Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, WCC general secretary, at the international conference of the International Council of Christians and Jews, Chicago, 24-27 July 2005

24 July 2005

Commission on Faith and Order

Affirming human dignity, rights of peoples and the integrity of creation - Rwanda, 2004

As part of the WCC's work on the Decade , this theological consultation, organized by WCC Faith and Order in Kigali, Rwanda (4-9 December 2004), was an attempt to discern what human dignity, rights of peoples and the integrity of creation mean for churches and the ecumenical movement as they attempt to counter the reality of massive abuse and destruction of life and its legitimization in the world today. It was also an attempt to do theology informed by the perspectives and experiences of the victims of violence.

01 June 2005

Commission on Faith and Order

Realizing mutuality and interdependence in a world of diverse identities

A group of 20 theologians and peace activists from regions which have come to be known for violent conflict arising from the aggressive assertion of identities - Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines, DR Congo, Nigeria, Middle East, Eastern Europe - participated in this consultation in June 2005. They attempted to identify the problems in, and prospects for, realizing mutuality and interdependence in contexts of diverse identities in an effort to challenge the churches to consider this as a contribution to the wider movement for peace during the Decade Overcome Violence.

01 June 2005