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Pastors, supervisors, teachers, counselors, chaplains and youth from primary schools, universities, theological institutions, and churches met from 23-24 May at the Theresia Residency in Togo to reflect and deepen their knowledge on masculinities, femininities and HIV.

World Council of Churches partners in Arusha, Tanzania reflected on the realities in the communities they serve as they met one year after the World Council of Churches’ Conference on World Mission and Evangelism.

Les partenaires du Conseil œcuménique des Églises à Arusha, en Tanzanie, se sont penchés sur les réalités des communautés dont ils sont au service lors d’une rencontre organisée un an après la Conférence mondiale sur la mission et l’évangélisation du Conseil œcuménique des Églises.

The Launch of the Arusha Report Package will take place in Helsinki, on 20th May 2019 from 4:00pm to 5:00pm EEST.

«Le peuple de la République du Soudan mérite la justice, la paix et la démocratie», a commenté le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), alors que des manifestations de grande ampleur se poursuivent à Khartoum malgré le couvre-feu imposé par les autorités militaires.

On 5 April, the South Sudan Council of Churches officially presented its new website through a slideshow featuring photos from the site reflecting the idea of embracing peace. Several heads of churches attended to express their support for the council and its latest mode of strengthening communication with its members and with peace supporters across the globe.

The World Council of Churches invites media to attend a lunchtime discussion of the impact of Cyclone Idai on Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The meeting will take place on Friday, April 5 from 12:30-14:00 in Archives of the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.

Et si le VIH n’était qu’un virus, et non plus un tabou? Cette semaine, les responsables religieux se sont rassemblés en Tanzanie afin de débattre de la stigmatisation et de la discrimination envers le VIH.

On the sidelines of the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, top UN officials, religious leaders and environmental experts underlined the role of faith communities in tackling climate change, a phenomenon that threatens to annihilate humanity.

For HIV-infected people in Nairobi, the Eastern Deanery Aids Relief Program makes a difference. By providing a quarter of the antiretroviral therapy care, it helps around 26,000 HIV-infected people in the Kenyan capital to live normal lives.

The WCC is absorbing valuable input from communities in Rwanda that will help hone training aimed at changing attitudes toward antiretroviral medication for people living with HIV.

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit condemned the apparent arrest of Pastor George Chibubi, who was picked by the police in Ndola for organising a meeting with fellow pastors to discuss Zambia’s economic crisis.

Thirty years ago, the founders of the Ecumenical Decade of Churches in Solidarity with Women were searching for ways to not only help women across the globe seek justice but also highlight their contributions to churches and the world.

Il y a trente ans, l’équipe fondatrice de la Décennie œcuménique des Églises solidaires des femmes cherchait des moyens non seulement d’aider les femmes de toute la planète à réclamer justice, mais aussi de mettre en exergue ce qu’elles apportaient aux Églises et au monde.

Each year students from all over the world arrive at Bossey near Geneva for a three-month language training course to pave their way for ecumenical studies that follow on straight after. “The title captures the goal of the course,” says Father Lawrence Iwuamadi, the Nigerian priest who studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and is academic dean of the Ecumenical Institute.

Three weeks have now passed since this year’s edition of the World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden was wrapped up and delegates from all over the world headed home, inspired to “float” the issues, as the WCC Ecumenical Water Network chairperson, Bishop Arnold Temple from Sierra Leone, put it.

Last week, the chairperson of the WCC Ecumenical Water Network, bishop Arnold Temple from The Methodist Church Sierra Leone, came to Stockholm to participate in the World Water Week, which is the world’s leading annual water event where experts and decision-makers from all over the world gather to strengthen the systems and processes that govern access to – and protection of – fresh water.

Les dirigeants du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) ont pris la parole autour du thème «L'hospitalité sur le chemin de la paix et de la justice», et ce, à l'occasion d'un symposium organisé le 23 août par l'Université théologique protestante d'Amsterdam.

Une délégation œcuménique conduite par le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, a délivré un message au peuple congolais dans lequel elle se félicite des dispositions importantes prises pour garantir le succès du processus électoral en cours. Elle y prend également acte des enjeux à venir et émet des recommandations pour la paix et le bien-être du pays.