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The World Council of Churches General Secretary Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia will be speaking this Sunday, December 16th at the Washington National Cathedral’s Sunday Forum: Critical Issues in the Light of Faith.

College of Preachers, Washington National Cathedral sponsored by the US Conference for the WCC

The greater Horn of Africa, along with the themes of water, nuclear disarmament and the Middle East, will be the primary focus of the United Nations advocacy week of the WCC. It brings together around sixty key people responsible for international affairs and advocacy in WCC member churches, specialized ministries and ecumenical organizations.

Peace and overcoming violence will preoccupy the Board of Directors of the United States Conference for the WCC at their 24-25 October meeting in New York.

"Pathways to Peace: Religious Perspectives on Solving Global Problems" is the title of an interreligious briefing at the Church Center at the United Nations in New York on 11 October 2007. Rev. Christopher Ferguson, the WCC representative to the UN, serves on the panel along with Nurah Jeter Ammat'ullah, executive director of the Muslim Women's Institute for Research and Development and Aaron Etra from the Jewish service organisation B'nai B'rith International.

By meeting an Arabic Lutheran congregation and Muslim leaders from its neighbourhood, the group will focus on violence and peacemaking efforts in the post 9/11 context of immigration to the US, especially issues affecting Arab and Middle Eastern communities.

The United Church of Christ (UCC) is preparing for the largest general synod in its history, concurrent with the church’s 50th anniversary this year. The theme for the conference is “Let it Shine – the UCC at 50 Years.”

The fourth annual WCC Scholars Gathering will take place this year at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. Western is affiliated with the Reformed Church in America, and has generously offered to host this unique gathering of international ecumenical young scholars. Primary support for the gathering is provided by the WCC's Ecumenical Faith Formation programme.

This is an invitation to join thousands in a "Christian Peace Witness for Iraq." As followers of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, our faith compels us to make our voice heard-to repent of our complicity with the invasion and occupation of Iraq and to renew our commitment to peacemaking.

This will be the fifth annual Ecumenical Advocacy Days conference, held in Washington DC, March 9-12, 2007. The theme, "and How are the Children?" will guide and inspire this gathering of over 1,000 religious advocates. Experts will train participants on advocacy and policy issues, and on Monday, the conference will conclude with lobby visits on Capitol Hill.

With support from True Majority, Working Assets, the RainbowPUSH Coalition, the National Organization for Women and hundreds of other national and local groups, word about the Jan. 27th antiwar mobilization is reaching far and wide. Momentum is building and people from all walks of life and every corner of the country will be marching on Washington, DC, on Saturday, Jan. 27th.

Thousands of Christians from many nations gathered together in Brazil for 10 days in February at the 9th Assembly of the World Council of Churches. They prayed, discussed, reflected and planned, inspired by the Assembly theme – "God, in your grace, transform the world."

The Assembly, the governing body of the WCC, represents the 348 member churches. Using the consensus process, the Assembly addressed faith and order, religious plurality and inter-faith dialogue, overcoming violence, indigenous rights, the environment, economic justice and much more. The Assembly elected a new 150-member Central Committee to lead the WCC into the next decade and appointed presidents for each region and for...

This April nine WCC scholars currently studying in the United States came together for a time of sharing, fellowship and reflection. The gathering was the third annual World Council of Churches scholars gathering, hosted this year by Lexington Theological Seminary in Lexington, KY. This is a time for the scholars to fellowship together, reflect on their time in the United States, and consider how to carry on their ecumenical work when they return to their home countries and churches.