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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)

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.

Living Together in the Household of God:
Isabel Phiri's speech at CCA in Jakarta
A Theological Reflection
14th GENERAL ASSEMBLY CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE OF ASIA
D. T. NILES MEMORIAL LECTURE
Friday, May 22, 2015
20- 27 May 2015, Jakarta- Indonesia

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.

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.

Delivered by the Rev. Dr Andre Karamaga, AACC general secretary, during the WCC 10th Assembly Justice Plenary.

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

Bible study on Amos 5:14-24 by Katie G. Cannon for the WCC Assembly, 1 November 2013: Asia is the continent of suffering and hope. On the one hand, the text focuses on people’s suffering and struggle for justice; on the other hand, it provides a vision of the reign of God. Moreover, it suggests concrete ways in which to live out kingdom values on earth through the achievement of justice and peace. Wrestling with the text to find ways to transform suffering, tears and despair into liberation, joy and hope, in the Bible and in our context, is the focus.

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.

Greetings from the general secretary of the World Council of Churches to the first synod of the United Protestant Church of France

Speech by the WCC general secretary to the Pre-Assembly for Specialized Ministries at Ecumenical Institute, Bossey 18-19 April 2013

Letter to Pope Benedict XVI on his resignation

The Unity We Seek: Reflections on Ecumenism Today. by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general secretary, Aberystwyth, Wales, U.K. – Saturday 13 October 2012