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Dr Andrej Jeftić, director of the WCC Faith and Order commission, Indonesia, 2 February 2024, Photo: Dalton Darwin/WCC

Director`s report - WCC Faith and Order commission meeting, Indonesia, February 2024

1. There is no other space like Faith and Order. There are many spaces and places where one can discuss theology, but this one is very unique. And truly remarkable.

03 February 2024

Commission on Faith and Order

Feature story

Perkins names Dr Evelyn Parker as 2021 Distinguished Alumna

The Perkins School of Theology Alumni/ae Council selected Dr Evelyn L. Parker as the 2021 recipient of the Perkins Distinguished Alumnus/a Award. The award recognizes Perkins graduates who have demonstrated effectiveness and integrity in service to the church, continuing support for the goals of Perkins and Southern Methodist University, outstanding service to the community, and exemplary character.

11 November 2021

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The right word at the right time? Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the ecumenical witness for justice and peace

23 September 2021

This year sees the 90^th anniversary of the entry of Dietrich Bonhoeffer into the ecumenical movement and its witness for peace.

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WCC celebrates life of Rev. Dr Paul A. Crow and his passion for Christian unity

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is celebrating the life of Rev. Dr Paul A. Crow, who passed away on 23 January. An ordained minister with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), his lifelong passion was seeking Christian unity.

29 January 2021

News

Rev. Dr Hans-Ruedi Weber dies at 97

During his long career, Weber, who passed away on 18 October, made the Bible come alive for thousands of people through Bible studies that he coordinated with groups from many different cultures, contexts and situations.

29 October 2020

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International Missionary Council Conference in Crans, Switzerland, 1920. Photo: WCC archives.

1920 (3) “A New Beginning of International Missionary Cooperation”

Who on earth decided in June 1920 in a conference held in Crans, near Geneva, that the following year at Lake Mohonk, New York, an International Missionary Council would be established and give an enormous institutional impulse to the emerging ecumenical movement?

01 July 2020