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WCC urges Colombia to protect human rights defenders

Death threats against human rights defenders in Colombia have caused "great concern" for the World Council of Churches (WCC). A letter from the WCC to the Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, calls on the “government to take all necessary measures to effectively protect the life and physical integrity” of the human rights defenders.

10 July 2012
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Message to the Syrian churches

Members of the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches send a message to the Syrian churches expressing solidarity and concern over the violence and political turmoil in Syria from their meeting in Bossey, Switzerland from 14 to 17 February 2012

17 February 2012
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WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit with His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and the Catholicos of All Armenians. © Armenian Apostolic Church

WCC general secretary visits Armenian Apostolic Church

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), participated in the 20th anniversary of Armenia’s independence, had extensive conversations with the Catholicos of All Armenians, Supreme Patriarch Karekin II, visited different facilities and institutions of the Armenian Apostolic Church, as well as the Memorial to the Armenian Genocide at Tsitsernakaberd, and spoke at a theological seminary at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. This was part of Tveit’s official visit to Armenia, which took place from 21 to 23 September 2011.

26 September 2011
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Ecclesial and Social Visions of Indigenous Peoples Consultation Report

Around 35 theologians and leaders representing communities, churches and organizations of indigenous peoples in 16 countries in many parts of the world attended a consultation from 21-26 October, 2008 in Baguio City, Philippines. This consultation was called in response to a proposal by the Ninth General Assembly of the WCC to facilitate the theological contributions of indigenous peoples to enrich the life and work of the WCC. In solidarity with the struggles of the largest indigenous peoples' population in Asia, Baguio City in the Philippines was chosen as the context for this theological conversation.

24 June 2009
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Examples for sharing spiritual resources on social media, such as the prayers on the website Sacred Space, were discussed at the ECIC 2009.

To twitter or not to twitter the gospel

As social networks become more and more popular, churches still struggle to find the best ways of using these new features to communicate with their members and spread the gospel.

10 June 2009
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Among the witnesses to the Christian faith are also "martyrs" of our time "who died confronting injustice for the sake of the gospel", such as Martin Luther King. © WCC/John Taylor

Witnesses of faith show the way towards visible unity

Rediscovering the testimonies of Christian faith men and women of different Christian traditions gave over the centuries was the goal that brought some eighty participants from a variety of traditions and countries to the Italian monastery of Bose this autumn.

04 December 2008
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At a church in the virtual world Second Life. Image: Dean Terry

Following Jesus into virtual space

As the internet has developed into a social network where individuals as well as institutions exchange ideas via text, sound and pictures, churches face new opportunities and challenges. At the 13th European Christian Internet Conference in Lyon, France, 13-17 June, participants came from as far away as Iceland and Romania to share their views on how the churches should be "following Jesus into virtual space", as one of the keynote lecturers put it.

19 June 2008