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#WCC70: Des graines œcuméniques

Une conversation sur le chemin du retour au Chili après la quatrième Assemblée du COE sema une graine œcuménique qui devint une magnifique expérience de l’unité chrétienne: l’accord de partenariat entre l’Église pentecôtiste du Chili et l’Église unie du Christ.

WCC developing toolkit for health-promoting churches

A new “toolkit” to empower and enable churches to promote better health in their congregations is in the making. A workshop held 17 – 19 July 2018 in North Carolina, USA, by the WCC prepared the ground for this new resource.

Un colloque sur le thème «Vers une vision globale de l’Église»

Le groupe d’étude de la Commission de Foi et constitution du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) travaillant sur l’ecclésiologie s’est réuni au Fuller Theological Seminary, à Pasadena, afin de poursuivre un dialogue permanent avec des représentants et des experts sur les «nouvelles façons» d’être Église.

Faces of Hope raises awareness

A little more than a year ago Rev. Stacey Duensing went on a trip to Israel-Palestine together with her denomination, the Reformed Church in America. She returned home to the United States with a different perspective of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A perspective she wanted to share with a broader public audience.

Emily Welty: tide of hope for a world free from nuclear weapons

Dr. Emily Welty is an assistant professor in Peace and Justice Studies at Pace University in New York City (USA). She also serves as vice moderator of the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs. As an advocate for banning nuclear weapons, Dr Welty is known both for her unwavering belief in a world free from nuclear weapons, and for her strategic thinking toward that goal.

Tveit: search for unity “an urgent need today”

The need for the ecumenical movement is an urgent one today, said World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit as he spoke this week at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University in Minnesota (USA).

"We have our work cut out for us"

If women will not support each other to step up to the pulpit or become engaged in politics, then gender equality will not be a priority issue for leaders both in the church and in government, says Eppie Marecheau, Christian educator and president of the Christian Council for Caribbean Women. In July, she participated in a seminar organized by the Pan African Women’s Ecumenical Empowerment Network (PAWEEN), at the WCC's Ecumenical Institute Bossey.

Sommet du G20: appel à une prière pour la paix à Hambourg

El viernes por la tarde, cuando los líderes de los Estados del G20 se reúnan en Hamburgo para debatir asuntos económicos, sociales, medioambientales y políticos mundiales, las iglesias de Alemania invitan a los habitantes de Alemania y del mundo entero a una oración común por la paz.

Outpouring of messages vow to carry climate justice forward

Climate justice isn't a policy that can simply be thrown away by any president - it’s a moral decision that affects the well-being of millions of people and future generations across the world. Thousands of people are communicating this message via statements, posts and tweets on social media, and even with earnest conversations with their neighbors. Many are from the WCC fellowship, humanitarian groups, churches and communities, and they are bringing a clear - and unified - voice of justice after US President Donald Trump announced on 2 June that his nation would leave the Paris climate accord.

Selon ACT Alliance, la Fédération luthérienne mondiale et le Conseil œcuménique des Églises, la justice climatique est une priorité

ACT Alliance, la Fédération luthérienne mondiale et le Conseil œcuménique des Églises appellent à donner la priorité à la justice climatique, alors que le président des États-Unis, Donald Trump, a publié une ordonnance par laquelle il retire son pays des accords de Paris sur le climat. Ces trois organisations expriment leur profonde consternation devant cette évolution qui va à l’encontre des engagements mondiaux face au changement climatique.