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Rev. Prof. Dr h.c. Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel

Rev. Prof. Dr h.c. Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel: “Respect for the life and dignity of women needs to be promoted by all churches”

Our series of interviews with Thursdays in Black ambassadors highlights those who are playing a vital role in increasing the impact of our collective call for a world without rape and violence. Rev. Prof. Dr h.c. Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel is retiring as president of "Brot für die Welt" and "Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe" after leading the German charity for 20 years.

03 February 2021
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O Lord, you who understands the pain and trauma of being sold by those close to you, draw us into your presence as we gather this morning...

Morning Prayer for Wednesday, 2 December 2020

O Lord, you understand the pain and trauma of being sold by those close to you…

This week, the first week of Advent, in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we are praying with the people and churches of Myanmar and Thailand.

2 December is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. In a time of physical distancing, let us unite our hearts and minds as we prayerfully seek to overcome Sexual and Gender-Based Violence together.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the World YWCA.

02 December 2020
Ecumenical movement
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God, you are our safe place to hide, ready to help when we need you. We stand at the cliff-edge of doom, in seastorm and earthquake, Before the rush and roar of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains – fearless and courageous. Jacob-wrestling God fight for us, God-of-Angel-Armies come protect us.

Morning Prayer for Tuesday, 1 December 2020

God, you are our safe place to hide…

This week, on the first week of Advent, in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we are praying with the people and churches of Myanmar and Thailand.

1 December is World AIDS Day. In a time of physical distancing, let us unite our hearts and minds as we prayerfully seek to overcome Sexual and Gender-Based Violence together.

01 December 2020
WCC Programmes
News
candles at the altar of the Sretensky monastery

In wake of earthquake, WCC offers solidarity and prayers for Turkey, Greece

Upon news that a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck in the Aegean Sea off the coasts of Turkey and Greece on 30 October, World Council of Churches interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca called for prayers, and expressed solidarity with churches and responders who continue to help hundreds of injured and traumatized people.

30 October 2020
Publication
Healing Together Cover

Healing Together

A Facilitator’s Resource for Ecumenical Faith and Community-Based Counselling
Fulata Lusungu Moyo

Up to 80 percent of Africans are estimated to be traumatized as a result of violence, poverty, disease, natural disasters, and other causes. As a continent where the majority of the population are young people, Africa’s adolescent population is particularly affected. Along with common causes of trauma, youth also experience many other struggles related to growing up. But this trauma often goes unaddressed, not only because sexual and gender-based violence become normalized, but also because of the lack of specific services and awareness. 

This book addresses this lack. It is an important gift to enhance the role of churches to provide wholeness.

15 October 2020
News
Dr Souraya Bechealany, secretary general of the Middle East Council of Churches. Photo: MECC

Hope prevails in times of crisis in Lebanon

The fatal blast in Beirut last month became yet another blow to an already plagued country. In recent months, a financial crisis with a free-falling currency and rising unemployment has further undermined the Lebanese economy. Add to that one million Syrian refugees and the COVID-19 pandemic, and the contours of a fragile nation facing monumental challenges emerge.

14 September 2020
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Joint Interfaith Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

As a wide coalition of faith-based communities from around the world, we have committed to speaking
with one voice that rejects the existential threat to humanity that nuclear weapons pose. We reaffirm that the presence of even one nuclear weapon violates the core principles of our different faith traditions and threatens the unimaginable destruction of everything we hold dear.

06 August 2020
Ecumenical movement
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Statement on situations of concern in Nigeria

The Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting by video conference on 20-24 July 2020, takes special note of a number of situations of concern that have been brought to its attention in Nigeria. Nigeria is one of the WCC’s priority countries in the context of the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace, and Africa’s most populous nation, with many diverse communities of faith, and a vibrant church and ecumenical life.

24 July 2020
Executive committee
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Declaración sobre las situaciones preocupantes que se viven en Nigeria

El Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, reunido por videoconferencia, los días 20 a 24 de julio de 2020, toma especial nota de una serie de situaciones preocupantes que han sido señaladas a su atención en relación con Nigeria. Nigeria es uno de los países prioritarios del CMI en el marco de la peregrinación de justicia y paz, además de la nación más poblada de África, con una gran diversidad de comunidades religiosas, y una dinámica vida eclesial y ecuménica.

24 July 2020
Executive committee
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Photo: Marianne Ejdersten/WCC

“United Methodists Stand Against Racism” campaign offers array of actions

In a campaign called simply “United Methodists Stand Against Racism,” the United Methodist Church is offering an array of worship opportunities, prayer gatherings, practical suggestions and other resources.

“We recognize racism as a sin,” reads a statement introducing the campaign. “We commit to challenging unjust systems of power and access.”

16 June 2020
Blog post
Catching the moment

Catching the moment

Will the COVID-19 pandemic be remembered as a time when everything changed, as a unique moment in history that all can personally relate to? It has already changed a lot for many – while many people have been hit very hard, almost all have faced totally new situations, having to adopt new daily routines, think differently.

02 June 2020
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Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC, 2019

WCC invites all member churches to observe a day of prayer

WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca invites all member churches to observe a global prayer day on 14 May. The joint initiative with the members of the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity, of which the WCC is part, is calling for “prayer and supplication” to God for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic.

07 May 2020
News
Fotografía: Albin Hillert/CMI, 2019

El CMI invita a todas las iglesias miembros a celebrar un día de oración

El secretario general interino del CMI, Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca, invita a todas las iglesias miembros a celebrar un día mundial de oración el 14 de mayo. La iniciativa conjunta con los miembros del Alto Comité de Fraternidad Humana, del que el CMI forma parte, llama a dirigir “oraciones y súplicas” a Dios para que se acabe la pandemia de la COVID-19.

07 May 2020