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WCC 11th Assembly participants

One month later: the assembly at a glance

I still recall how athletes took turns to ensure the Ineos marathon was a success. Men and women. For a moment, I thought they would lose the plot and render the race a failure. They were not elderly, just athletes accustomed to running different races, from different parts of the world, united in helping one man send the “no human is limited” message to the whole world. 

07 October 2022
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Participants sing during the opening prayer service of the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches, held in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Pentecostals at the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany 2022

As a Pentecostal, I have “dreamed dreams” and had visions aplenty, but often it has been the WCC that brought those dreams and visions to life. What is found in this report fulfills a vision that I took with me to Geneva in 1989 in a meeting with then-general secretary Emilio Castro. During that visit, I called on the WCC to bring together 120 Pentecostal scholars from around the world to the WCC 7th Assembly known as Canberra ’91.

14 September 2022
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Dear future steward

One hundred twenty-seven young people from over 50 countries in all eight regions served as stewards at the World  Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly providing essential assistance in all activities and areas as well as contributing energy and perspective to  our life together as an ecumenical fellowship. Two of the stewards assisting the WCC Communication team share their experience as a letter and diary to future stewards at the 12th assembly.

08 September 2022
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Pacific Islanders in kava ceremony meeting

Regionale Perspektiven auf der 11. ÖRK-Vollversammlung

Teilnehmende der 11. Vollversammlung des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) hatten die Gelegenheit, sich am Freitag, 2. September, mit anderen Delegierten aus ihren Regionen zu treffen und sich mit ihnen auszutauschen. Das Format und die Diskussionen zu den acht Regionen haben die große Vielfalt der Kulturen in Afrika, Asien, der Karibik, Europa, Lateinamerika, im Nahen Osten, in Nordamerika und im Pazifik gezeigt. Dabei ging es um Themen, die auf der Vollversammlung prominent behandelt werden sollten, bis hin zur regionalen Vertretung in Ausschüssen und um die Wahl der Präsidenten/innen.

07 September 2022
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Pacific Islanders in kava ceremony meeting

Regional perspectives brought to the 11th Assembly

Participants of the World Council of Churches’(WCC) 11th Assembly had the opportunity to meet and share with others from their regions on Friday, September 2. The format and discussions of the eight regions demonstrated the diversity of cultures from Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, and Pacific – and ranged from the issues they wished to make visible in the assembly to regional representation on committees and the election of the WCC presidents.

05 September 2022
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Tägliche Nachrichten von der Vollversammlung: In zwei Minuten einen Eindruck von Vollversammlung erhaschen

Hören Sie Frauen und Männern zu, die vor dem wunderschönen „Wasserfall der Solidarität und des Widerstands“ etwas erzählen. Lauschen Sie koreanischen Trommelklängen. Schauen Sie spontane Interviews mit Menschen aus allen Ecken der Welt an – und hören Sie auch Stimmen aus Karlsruhe! An Ihrem Computer oder auf dem Smartphone können Sie in diesen ein- bis dreiminütigen englischsprachigen Videos der täglichen Kurznachrichtensendung von der Vollversammlung, der „Daily Assembly News Show“, kurze Eindrücke von der Vollversammlung erhaschen.

03 September 2022
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Daily Assembly News online: Take two minutes to glimpse the assembly spirit

See women and men, standing in front of the beautiful Waterfall of Solidarity and Resistance. Hear the sounds of Korean drummers. View on-the-spot interview clips with people from all regions of the world—and local Karlsruhe voices, too! From your computer or smart phone, take one-to-three minutes to view the online Daily Assembly News Show.

03 September 2022
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Morning prayer at the World Council of Churches' 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe

God’s Creation is celebrated in a gathering of waters

Recalling believers’ mandate to act as stewards and beneficiaries of God’s creation, the World Council of Churches (WCC) Assembly gathered in morning prayer on the first day of September, the Orthodox Day of Prayer for Creation and the start of an ecumenically observed Season of Creation. At the heart of the liturgical action was a combining of vessels of water from each inhabited region of the earth, a “gathering of the waters” reflecting the earliest act of creation in Genesis 1:9.

01 September 2022
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Dr Agnes Abuom reflects on “compassionate love, inclusivity and dignity”—for all

As the World Council of Churches (WCC) focuses on final preparations for the upcoming WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, WCC moderator Dr Agnes Abuom offered some personal reflections on her leadership role within the WCC, the importance of ecumenical work, the loss of ecumenical luminary Metropolitan Gennadios of Sasima, and the most vital part of her own Christian faith.

25 August 2022