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Participants of the Emerging Peacemakers Forum being held at the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, Switzerland from 5-14 July, visited Palais des Nations and learned about the United Nations work in Geneva.

An online intergenerational conversation will mark the 50th anniversary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation Programme. Young people will virtually gather with former WCC staff members on 1 July.

“It is not God’s will that the earth is destroyed. We the creatures, we who are supposed to be stewards of creation, are unjustly self-destructive”, read the sermon of the Rt. Rev. Arnold C. Temple, president of the All Africa Conference of Churches, at the opening service of World Council of Churches (WCC) Lenten Campaign “Seven Weeks for Water”, on 5 March, in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Pilgrims coming from Germany, Italy and Norway ended their journeys for climate justice on 7 December upon arrival at the St Stephen’s Church in Katowice, Poland, where the United Nations (UN) climate conference is underway. They were warmly welcomed by the delegations of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) that are attending the 24th Conference of Parties of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24).

Nach eigenen Angaben war John D. Lewis ein „sehr junger Achtzehnjähriger“, als er vor 45 Jahren nach Genf zur ÖRK-Zentralausschusstagung kam, um als Steward mitzuhelfen. Seine Erfahrungen auf dieser und auf der darauf folgenden Tagung in Berlin sind ihm immer noch präsent.

By his own admission, John D. Lewis was a very “young” eighteen-year-old when he arrived at the WCC Central Committee meeting in Geneva 45 years ago this week to be a steward. What he discovered there, and serving again in Berlin the following year, he carries with him to this day.

Fifty years ago, Dr Martin Luther King was still planning for his sermon at the opening of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Fourth Assembly in the serene town of Uppsala, Sweden. But just three months before the assembly’s opening service, he is assassinated. His dream of a new world is, however, alive at the assembly.

Over 350 members of the central committee, guests, advisors and staff gathered at the Ecumenical Institute Château de Bossey for a celebration to mark the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches (WCC).

Christinnen und Christen aus Nord- und Südkorea sangen gestern während der Feierlichkeiten zum 70. Jubiläum des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) gemeinsam und setzten damit ein deutliches Signal der Einheit. Sie verschränkten die Arme und sangen das 600 Jahre alte Volkslied Arirang, das als inoffizielle Nationalhymne Koreas gilt – des vereinten Korea, das bis zum Bürgerkrieg in den 1950er Jahren bestand.

In a powerful symbol of unity, Christians from North and South Korea sang together yesterday during celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches (WCC). The Koreans linked arms to sing the 600-year-old folk song Arirang that is the unofficial anthem of Korea – the united Korea that existed until civil war divided the country in the 1950s.

Der 70. Jahrestag der Gründung des ÖRK sorgt dafür, dass die diesjährige Tagung des Zentralausschusses vom 15.–21. Juni in Genf im Mittelpunkt des ökumenischen Geschehens steht und mit besonderem Interesse verfolgt wird. Der ÖRK-Exekutivausschuss trifft sich am 13. und 14. Juni im Ökumenischen Institut in Bossey.

Observing the 70th anniversary of the founding of the World Council of Churches (WCC) brings special focus and heightened attention to this year’s Central Committee meeting, 15-21 June in Geneva. The WCC Executive Committee meets 13-14 June at the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey.

The faces of those who lead the global ecumenical movement have changed dramatically since 1954, says the head of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Rev. Dr Sharon Watkins. Pictures of delegates to the World Council of Churches’ assembly held that year in Evanston, USA, show rows of men in dark suits and ties, most of them white.