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Rebecca Dali: My faith in God motivates me every second

Posted August 24th, 2017

During World Humanitarian Day on August 21, Dr. Rebecca Samuel Dali received the 2017 Humanitarian Award from the Sergio Vieira de Mello Foundation at the United Nations office in Geneva in recognition of her courageous efforts in reintegration of women abducted by the Boko Haram into their local communities in the northern Nigeria.

8월 13일에 “한반도 평화 통일을 위한 기도 주일”을 함께 함으로 전 세계 교회들이 한국 교회와의 연대를 표명하도록 초대함

Posted July 27th, 2017

이 기도의 주제는 로마서 14장 19절에 기초하고 있다. “평화 안에서 서로를 세우기 위해 우리는 무엇을 추구해야 할까요?” 기도의 날은 8월 15일 한국이 일본 식민지에서 해방된 광복절 2일 전에 열린다.

Churches across the world invited to pray for Korean reunification

Posted July 27th, 2017

On 13 August, churches across the world are invited to show solidarity with Korean churches by joining a “Sunday of Prayer for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula.”

WCC Executive Committee to focus on unity

Posted June 8th, 2017

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Executive Committee is meeting at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey this week from June 7-12, focusing on unity, renewal of the WCC strategic plan and financial strategy, the building project, preparations for the 11th Assembly and observance of WCC’s 70th anniversary.

German Protestant Kirchentag opens to call for renewal of global order

Posted May 25th, 2017

Former United States president Barack Obama joined German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in front of tens of thousands of people on 25 May, the first full day of Germany’s biggest Protestant gathering, the Kirchentag, or church festival.’

Young Presbyterian minister finds ecumenical work ‘life-changing’

Posted April 17th, 2017

Fresh out of college, Everdith (Evie) Landrau embarked on her first international experience—a month in Geneva. The visit was also her first exposure to global ecumenical body—the World Council of Churches.

Carrying the cross without fear

Posted April 13th, 2017

The brutal attacks on two churches in Alexandria and Tanta on Palm Sunday with more than 40 victims are not the first attacks on Christians in Egypt. In January, the so-called Islamic State declared threat on Coptic Christians and killed eight. In December 2016, a blast at the Cathedral in Cairo killed 30 people.

Amid conflict and looming famine in South Sudan, the church offers hope

Posted March 31st, 2017

For the general overseer of the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) there is trauma and hopelessness in his country, and the only institution that can offer hope at the moment is the church.

Presbyterians commemorate World AIDS Day

Posted December 1st, 2016

Since 1988, December 1 has been designated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as World AIDS Day, a time to raise awareness of the pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. The 2016 theme is “Leadership. Commitment. Impact.”

WCC executive committee issues statement on climate justice

Posted November 28th, 2016

While meeting in Nanjing and Shanghai, China November 17-23, the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee issued a Statement on Climate Justice that reiterates the urgent concerns of churches in relation to climate change, and calls on all states to fulfill the commitments of the Paris Agreement.