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Le président de la République du Malawi visite le COE avec un message d’espoir pour l'Afrique

Son Excellence le Révérend professeur Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, président de la République du Malawi, et la Première Dame Monica Chakwera, accompagnés d'une délégation, ont visité le Centre œcuménique le 21 février. Ils ont rencontré le secrétaire général par intérim du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le père prof. Ioan Sauca, la direction du personnel du COE et les responsables des programmes.

In a COVID-stricken world, “everyone is important”

A webinar held 22 October gave space for persons with disabilities to share their reflections. Entitled “From Lamentation to Transformation,” the event, first in a series of webinars on COVID-19 perspectives, highlighted hope through stories, practical support, and social change as experienced by persons with disabilities.

Dieu est-il présent, même dans le déferlement d’un ouragan?

La pasteure Kelli Jolly, à l’instar de nombreuses personnes aux Bahamas, est habituée à vivre avec le possible passage de multiples ouragans, année après année. Elle officie en tant que presbytérienne itinérante pour l’Église méthodiste des Caraïbes et des Amériques, le district des îles Bahamas/Turques et Caïque, et le circuit ecclésial de Nassau.

Lunchtime discussion of the impact of Cyclone Idai

05 April 2019

The World Council of Churches invites you to participate in 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.

Archives Room, Ecumenical Centre, Geneva, Switzerland

“If this is the ecumenical movement I want to be in!”

Rev Prof. Dr Ofelia Ortega Suárez is a retired professor of Theology and Gender, and Christian Ethics for the Reformed-Presbyterian Church in Cuba. Ortega Suárez was born in Cuba. After her undergraduate studies in Theology and Christian Education at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Matanzas, she completed her post-graduate studies in Ecumenical Theology at the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Institute at Bossey. She returned to Cuba and obtained her master's degrees in Divinity and Education.

Linette Vassel: “We need to examine power more deeply as women”

Linette Vassel has been associated with the struggle for women’s rights in the Caribbean since the 1970s. She was the first coordinator of the Committee of Women for Progress, an activist organisation formed in 1976 which was among the pioneering organisations for the struggle for maternity leave with pay for women.

WCC general secretary to visit Caribbean

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit will visit Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Antigua from 29 September-9 October. Tveit will be preaching, meeting with religious leaders and visiting communities.

"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.

L’Anthologie du christianisme africain met en lumière le continent où la foi progresse le plus rapidement

Le christianisme connaît une diffusion plus rapide en Afrique que partout ailleurs dans le monde, a déclaré le père Lawrence Iwuamadi, professeur d’herméneutique biblique œcuménique auprès de l’Institut œcuménique de Bossey, en Suisse. Il a été l’organisateur d’un débat portant sur l’anthologie du christianisme africain, tenu par le COE le 15 février dernier, débat auquel a participé un groupe d’experts du Centre œcuménique de Genève.

“We value unity, fellowship, and learning from others” says new WCC member Blantyre Synod

Blantyre Synod is the component part of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) for the southern region of Malawi. The World Council of Churches (WCC) welcomed the Blantyre Synod to the ecumenical fellowship in July at the WCC Central Committee meeting. Rev. Alex Benson Maulana, general secretary of the Blantyre Synod, spoke to WCC news about why the synod has joined WCC.

Pour le Synode de Blantyre, nouveau membre du COE, rien ne vaut l’unité, la communion et l’apprentissage mutuel

Le Synode de Blantyre est l’élément constitutif de l’Église presbytérienne d’Afrique centrale pour le sud du Malawi. Le COE a accueilli le Synode de Blantyre au sein de la communion œcuménique en juillet, pendant la session du Comité central du COE. Le pasteur Alex Benson Maulana, secrétaire général du Synode de Blantyre, a évoqué avec les Nouvelles du COE les raisons de l’entrée du Synode au sein du COE.

EAPPI serves as global peacemaker, notes outgoing coordinator

Manuel Quintero is retiring after eight years of service as the international programme coordinator for the WCC Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). He took time to reflect on the mission of EAPPI, particularly within its current context, as well as aspects of the programme that have been dear to his heart.