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What does “God's security” look like?

As a 10-year-old schoolgirl, on 6 August 1945, at 8:15 a.m., Setsuko Thurlow, then Nakamura, suddenly saw a brilliant bluish light flash outside her schoolroom window. “I remember the sensation of floating in the air. When I regained consciousness, in the total darkness and silence, I found myself in the rubble.”

Diverse implications of world Christianity

“We must avoid stereotypes,” said Rev. Dr Nikolaus Schneider, chair of the council that coordinates relations and activities within the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD). As diverse groups encounter one another in the contemporary dynamics of world Christianity, he added, the key questions are whether the calling of the church is being fulfilled by a given community, and whether Jesus Christ is to be found there.

Scholars study WCC in 1960s and ’70s

Dr Katharina Kunter came upon the World Council of Churches (WCC) as an object of research through the discipline of Cold War studies, analyzing the encounter of Christian bodies in East and West from the end of the second world war to the fall of the Berlin Wall. She soon came to realize that the interplay of “northern” churches with the global South was equally influential in transforming attitudes and practices of the WCC and its member churches during those decades.

Norway government minister visits WCC

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit (left) met Thursday with  Rigmor Aasrud (right), Norway Minister of Government Administration, Reform & Church Affairs, at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva to provide background on the work of the WCC.

Living Letters team to visit the Philippines

An international team of church representatives will pay a solidarity visit to churches, ecumenical organizations and civil society movements in the Philippines from 1 to 5 December. It will be the last in a series of "Living Letters" visits to various countries organized ahead of the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation in May 2011, in order to accompany people and churches who long for peace, security and reconciliation in the midst of conflicts and violence.

Swiss president speaks with WCC general secretary during Oslo visit

The president of the Swiss Confederation, Doris Leuthard, met the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit on Thursday 14 October during her state visit to Oslo, Norway. Tveit has been general secretary of the Geneva-based World Council of Churches (WCC) since January 2010 and is a minister in the Church of Norway. Tveit’s presence in Oslo at the invitation of the king of Norway provided him with an opportunity to greet the Swiss leader.

Young Muslims, Jews and Christians become peace facilitators

While peace is a commonly held value within Judaism, Islam and Christianity, other religious values can often become sources of conflict. In order to build community beyond faith boundaries a group of young adults from each of the three faith groups spent a week focusing on the common value of peace recently.

Palestinian and Jewish activists call to work for peace

The plight of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation and the need to hold the Israeli State accountable under international law were highlighted at a roundtable hosted by the Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum in Geneva, Switzerland on 31 May. The roundtable was one of the events marking the World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel.