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In the midst of the Ecumenical Youth Gathering (EYG), a group of young people from around the world have organized a strike for climate justice.

The Ecumenical Youth Gathering to be held on 27-30 August before the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany, aims to bring together around 400 young people from various churches and ecumenical partners to discuss a common message. The event is designed to provide an opportunity for young people to participate in intergenerational dialogue and develop a more inclusive agenda for the movement.

El Encuentro Ecuménico de la Juventud que tendrá lugar del 27 al 30 de agosto reunirá a un círculo de jóvenes agentes de cambio para el presente y el futuro del movimiento ecuménico pocos días antes de la 11ª Asamblea del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) en Karlsruhe (Alemania). 

Este encuentro dividirá sus actividades en tres grandes líneas: una especialmente dedicada a las delegaciones de la juventud en la 11ª Asamblea del CMI; otra dedicada a los stewards, y otra, a los representantes de las iglesias miembros del CMI y los asociados ecuménicos.

An Ecumenical Youth Gathering on 27-30 August will convene a circle of young agents of change for the ecumenical movement’s present and future just days before the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany. 

The Ecumenical Youth Gathering will comprise three tracks: one especially for young delegates to the WCC 11th Assembly, one for stewards, and one for representatives of WCC member churches and ecumenical partners.

 

Una compilación de las historias más leídas publicadas por el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) revela una hermandad mundial enfocada en construir un mejor futuro, incluso en medio de los grandes desafíos a los que se enfrentó el mundo en 2021.

A compilation of the most-read stories published by the World Council of Churches (WCC) reveals a global fellowship focused on a better future even amid the grave challenges the world faced during 2021.

Any prospective student who intends to study at the WCC Ecumenical Institute at Château de Bossey, in its picturesque setting near Geneva, soon learns it is an exceptional place.

During Kirchentag, a Protestant church festival in Germany, vice-moderator of the WCC Commission of Ecumenical Education and Formation Prof. Dr Esther Mombo visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) booth, where she talked with Marianne Ejdersten, WCC director of Communication.

Georges “Yorgo” Lemopoulos says his discovery of global ecumenism as a theology student in Istanbul, Turkey, transformed his life. The member of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople credits theology professors who were active in ecumenical work with awakening his interest in the global church movement.

Nearly one hundred representatives of the German member churches of the WCC met from 16 to 18 January at the Evangelical Academy of Loccum in order to share their experiences from the WCC 10th Assembly and to discuss how they would continue their way together on their pilgrimage of justice and peace.

By Walt Wiltschek (*)