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Churches across the globe prepare for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

From 18-25 January, Christians will embark on the largest prayer gathering in the world, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Whether praying together, exchanging preachers or planning ecumenical services, they will bear witness to Jesus’s prayer for his disciples that “they may be one so that the world may believe.”

#WCC70: Children in the Ecumenical Movement

Many ecumenical pioneers, including former WCC general secretary Philip Potter, were in a sense a product of the Sunday School movement. Ulrich Becker tells a story that seems to be in danger of being forgotten.

Casely Essamuah, ‘working for the greater glory of God’

Maryland-based, Ghanaian-born Rev. Dr Casely Essamuah was in February selected as secretary of the Global Christian Forum. Originally ordained in the Methodist Church in Ghana, he began his work officially in July. This week he made a study visit to the WCC and the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva and the WCC was able to converse with him.

Materiales para la Semana de Oración por la Unidad de los Cristianos 2019

La Semana de Oración por la Unidad de los Cristianos 2019 ha sido preparada por cristianos de Indonesia. Con una población de 265 millones, de la cual el 86 % se considera musulmana, Indonesia es bien conocido como el país con mayor población musulmana del mundo. Sin embargo, un 10 % de los habitantes de Indonesia son cristianos de distintas tradiciones. En términos tanto de población como de su vasta extensión territorial, Indonesia es el país más grande del Sudeste Asiático. Tiene más de 17 000 islas, 1340 grupos étnicos diferentes y más de 740 lenguas locales y, sin embargo, está unido en su pluralidad por una lengua nacional, el indonesio (Bahasa Indonesia). La nación se funda en cinco principios, llamados Pancasila, con el lema Bhineka Tunggal Ika (unidad en la diversidad). A través de la diversidad de grupos étnicos, lenguas y religiones, los indonesios han vivido de acuerdo con el principio de gotong royong, que es vivir en solidaridad y colaboración. Esto significa compartir en todos los ámbitos de la vida, el trabajo, el duelo y las fiestas, y considerar a todos los indonesios como hermanos y hermanas. Esta armonía siempre frágil está amenazada en la actualidad de nuevas maneras. Gran parte del crecimiento económico que Indonesia ha experimentado en las últimas décadas se ha basado en un sistema que tiene en su corazón la competitividad. Esto es directamente contrario al principio de colaboración de gotong royong. La corrupción está presente de muchas formas. Infecta la política y los negocios, frecuentemente con consecuencias devastadoras para el medio ambiente. De un modo especial la corrupción socava la justicia y la aplicación de la ley. Movidos por estas preocupaciones, los cristianos de Indonesia encontraron que las palabras del Deuteronomio «actúa siempre con toda justicia ... » (cf. Dt 16, 18- 20) hablaban poderosamente a su situación y a sus necesidades. Antes de que el pueblo de Dios entrara en la tierra que Dios le había prometido, renovó su adhesión a la alianza que Dios había hecho con él.

Commission on Faith and Order

Pope, WCC leaders share platform at ecumenical meeting

Pope Francis joined the general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the moderator of its Central Committee at an ecumenical meeting during his landmark 21 June visit to the WCC to celebrate its 70th anniversary at an ecumenical meeting in Geneva.

WCC mourns death - and commemorates life - of Rev. Dr Dong Sung Kim

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the death and remembering the life of Rev. Dr Dong Sung Kim, WCC programme executive for Diakonia and Ecumenical Solidarity, renowned pastor, peace negotiator and author of many texts on diakonia. Kim lived out a passion for peace and reconciliation both in the land of his origins and around the world as a faithful pilgrim for justice and peace.

Churches in France encourage ecological conversion

The Council of Christian Churches in France (CÉCEF) is encouraging local churches to support a recently created Green Church environmental certification label, asking that offerings made at ecumenical services during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity go to help finance the initiative.

“Bible App” makes Week of Prayer even more accessible

Material for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is available on smart phones, computers and tablets as the WCC continues its collaboration with YouVersion, developer of the “Bible App.” Through the “Bible App,” biblical reflections from the Week of Prayer will appear in digital format in English, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese. The app allows users to read the Bible, share verses with their social networks, and bookmark their favorite passages.

Cardinal Koch visits Geneva for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

The Salvadoran Cross created for the joint Catholic-Lutheran Commemoration of the Reformation in Lund 2016 will be permanently placed in the chapel of the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland, this Thursday. The cross will be dedicated during a service on the first day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity on 18 January 2018.

El cardenal Koch visita Ginebra con motivo de la Semana de Oración por la Unidad de los Cristianos

Este jueves, la cruz salvadoreña que fue creada para la Conmemoración Conjunta Luterana-Católica Romana de la Reforma, que tuvo lugar en Lund en 2016, será colocada y permanecerá en la capilla del Centro Ecuménico de Ginebra, Suiza. Dicha cruz será consagrada durante un servicio del primer día de la Semana de oración por la unidad de los cristianos, el 18 de enero de 2018.

#WCC70: Dr Agnes Abuom: “I dream of a world where every man and woman’s dignity will be upheld”

It’s 70 years since the World Council of Churches was founded in Amsterdam on 23 August. In addition to a commemoration service in Amsterdam on 23 August, the WCC, its member churches and partners are planning a variety of events to move forward on our ongoing Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace, and at the same time honour and learn from these 70 years of ecumenical endeavour. Dr Abuom, from the Anglican Church of Kenya, is the moderator of the WCC Central Committee. She is the first woman and the first African in the position in WCC’s history. In an interview, she reflects on the evolution of the WCC in the past 70 years.

Churches worldwide prepare for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

From 18-25 January, Christians across the world will bear witness to Jesus’s prayer for his disciples that “they may be one so that the world may believe.”

Whether praying together, exchanging preachers, or planning ecumenical services, congregations and parishes will come together in many ways during the World Council of Churches (WCC) Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.