News about the WCC US office
NCCCUSA Interfaith Leader Heads for WCC
The Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches at its meeting in Armenia on September 28 elected Rev. Dr. Shanta Premawardhana as its Director of Inter-religious dialogue and cooperation. Dr. Premawardhana will begin his new assignment in Geneva this November.
[more]US Christian leaders met Iranian president Ahmadinejad
In an effort to promote dialogue as an alternative to a possible military confrontation between Iran and the United States, the WCC co-sponsored a discussion between Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and nearly 140 people of faith from across the United States.
[more]Living Letters delegation to the US finds seeds of peace growing where violence and sorrow flourished
From the farms and rolling hills of Pennsylvania's serene Amish countryside where five young schoolgirls were killed a year ago, to an immersion into the inner-city violence of Philadelphia, a World Council of Churches Living Letters delegation learned first-hand of the profound tragedy that can suddenly impact everyday life. But they also saw "rays of light" where forgiveness and reconciliation are helping to create a more humane...
[more]Gun control issues, peacemaking activities greet Living Letters team at start of United States visit
Discussions about gun control and small arms trafficking, violence in the streets and against ethnic groups, as well as the engagement by churches in peacemaking activities consumed the first days of a 10-day visit to the United States by an international ecumenical team representing the World Council of Churches (WCC).
[more]Living Letters to the US - join the visit!
"We're living letters. And we believe we're stamped and sealed with love, comprehension and peace." Blogging on the road, Brazilian theologian Marcelo Schneider uses these words to describe his experience as part of a Living Letters delegation currently visiting the United States as part of the WCC's Decade to Overcome Violence (DOV).
[more]World and US Church Leaders Bring Experiences of Violence and Peacemaking Together for Dialogue and Joint Action
Church leaders and communities facing situations of violence in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and New Orleans will share their experiences with an international ecumenical team visiting the United States from 15-23 September. Being from South Africa, Lebanon, Pakistan and Brazil the team members will express the solidarity of churches worldwide with the US churches while learning from their peacemaking efforts concerning urban and...
[more]US churches to share experiences of violence and peacemaking with international ecumenical solidarity team
Church leaders and communities facing situations of violence in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and New Orleans will share their experiences with an international ecumenical team visiting the United States from 15-23 September. Being from South Africa, Lebanon, Pakistan and Brazil the team members will express the solidarity of churches worldwide with the US churches while learning from their peacemaking efforts concerning urban and gun...
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CHICAGO (ELCA) - Leaders of three ecumenical partners of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) thanked the church body Aug. 9 for its role with their agencies. They also brought greetings to the ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
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In a radio interview yesterday, Rev. Dr Hans Ucko described the concern for interfaith relations and religious freedom which motivated the World Council of Churches (WCC) to co-sponsor an intra-Christian consultation on conversion. Ucko, the World Council of Churches (WCC) programme executive for inter-religious dialogue and cooperation, spoke with a reporter for the US-based National Public Radio.
[more]100 years of prayer for Christian unity
Churches throughout the world are preparing for next year's Week of prayer for Christian unity which will mark the 100th anniversary of the event. Worship resources in three languages have already been put at their disposal on the website of the World Council of Churches (WCC).
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