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Keynote address by Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, WCC deputy general secretary, at the Consultative meeting towards developing the Ecumenical Health Strategy, 27 February 2017, Maseru, Lesotho.

Keynote address by Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, WCC deputy general secretary, at the Consultative meeting towards developing the Ecumenical Health Strategy, 27 February 2017, Maseru, Lesotho.

Keynote address by Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, WCC deputy general secretary, at the Consultative meeting towards developing the Ecumenical Health Strategy, 27 February 2017, Maseru, Lesotho.

Reflection at the World Council of Churches Staff Planning Days 6-9 March by the WCC General Secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.

Theme song for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2017​.
Text: Thomas Stubenrauch 2016, English: Neville Williamson © the authors Tune: Peter Sohren 1668, Halle 1704 (GL 463 / EG 506: Wenn ich, o Schöpfer, deine Macht)

Ecumenical Dinner – Keynote Address by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary, World Council of Churches
This day, Sept 1, has become a new moment in our ecumenical calendars in recent years as The Day of Creation. This year we have as World Council of Churches, together with the Ecumenical Patriarch and other ecumenical leaders and partners,issued a unique common ecumenical call to celebrate, to pray, and to care for God’s wonderful creation. This is a meaningful sign of our Christian unity, and offers me an entry to what I want to say about being One. To be One is about life, to be together; it is about finding new ways forward together; and it is about contributing to real hope.

WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit was one of the keynote speakers along with government representatives and church leaders at the commemoration of the Soweto Uprising.

Reconciliation – the love of Christ compels us

(cf. 2 Corinthians 5:14-20)

En el contexto del aniversario de la Reforma, el Consejo de las Iglesias de Alemania (ACK) asumió la tarea de elaborar los materiales para la Semana de Oración por la Unidad de los Cristianos de 2017. Enseguida se vio con claridad que los materiales para esta Semana de Oración por la Unidad de los Cristianos tendrían que poner dos énfasis: por un lado, debería haber una celebración de la gracia y el amor de Dios, la «justificación de la humanidad a través de la sola gracia», reflejando la preocupación principal de las Iglesias marcadas por la Reforma de Martín Lutero. Por otro lado, también se debería reconocer el dolor por las profundas divisiones subsiguientes que afligieron a la Iglesia, hablar claramente de culpa y ofrecer una oportunidad para dar pasos hacia la reconciliación.
Finalmente, fue la Exhortación Apostólica del papa Francisco de 2013 Evangelii Gaudium («La alegría del Evangelio») la que aportó el tema de este año, al utilizar la cita: «El amor de Cristo nos apremia» (número 9). Con este texto de la Escritura (2 Co 5, 14), tomado en el contexto de todo el quinto capítulo de la segunda Carta a los Corintios, el comité alemán formuló el tema para la Semana de Oración por la Unidad de los Cristianos 2017.

Speech given by WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit at the Nordic Conference on Systematic Theology, Helsinki, on 9 January, 2016

Greetings by the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit on the 50th anniversary of the Joint Working Group between the Roman Catholic Church and the WCC.

O chamado a proclamar os altos feitos do Senhor, dirigidos a todos os batizados. Este chamado constitui o tema da Semana de oração para a unidade cristã de 2016. Foi inspirando-se em dois versículos da Primeira Carta de São Pedro que membros de diversas Igrejas da Letônia prepararam os textos propostos para esta semana.

The calling shared by all the baptized to proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord forms the theme of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity for 2016. Inspired by two verses from the First Letter of St Peter, members of different churches in Latvia prepared the resources for the week.

Preparados conjuntamente por el Consejo Pontificio para la Promoción de la Unidad de los Cristianos y la Comisión Fe y Constitución del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias.

Jesus lhe disse: Dá-me de beber! (João 4,7) O gesto bíblico de oferecer água a quem chega, como forma de acolhida e partilha, é algo que se repete em todas as regiões do Brasil. O estudo e a meditação propostos neste texto para a Semana de Oração têm o objetivo de ajudar as pessoas e comunidades a perceber a dimensão dialogal do projeto de Jesus, que chamamos de Reino de Deus.

Jointly prepared and published by the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity and the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2015 is rooted in the experience of the churches in Brazil.

Preparados conjuntamente por el Consejo Pontificio para la Promoción de la Unidad de los Cristianos y la Comisión Fe y Constitución del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias.

Speech of the general secretary of the World Council of Churches, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, to the WCC 10th Assembly

Speech by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general secretary, at the United Nations conference on opportunities and challenges for the 21st century

Brochure for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2014 jointly prepared and published by the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity and the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches.