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WCC launches global ecumenical network for advocacy for just peace

[WCC] The World Council of Churches (WCC) has launched an Ecumenical Peace Advocacy Network (EPAN)

09 December 2014

Asian churches to move beyond conflict, towards just peace, human security and dignity

Participants in a recent WCC consultation in Myanmar have stressed the need to equip churches and ecumenical organizations to build  a world of peace

05 December 2014

UN and church leaders agree more cooperation is needed to fight Ebola

Dr David Nabarro: “The faith groups are absolutely key to the Ebola response because they have access to the communities.”

02 December 2014

Ebola attacks what makes us human, says Archbishop of Canterbury

Watch the Archbishop of Canterbury speaking about the Ebola outbreak and how churches and faith communities are responding. 

28 November 2014

WCC condemns attack on worshippers at Jerusalem synagogue

The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has expressed concern and sadness over the attack on a synagogue in west Jerusalem on Tuesday 18 November.

19 November 2014

WCC condemns the killing of Christian couple in Pakistan

The recent killing of a Christian couple by an angry mob in Pakistan has prompted condemnation from the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.

12 November 2014

Churches in Pacific strengthen ecumenical collaboration

Qualities of the Pacific region – communal life, unbroken tradition of faith, work to combat injustice, deep scriptural grounding – are valuable contributions toward fulfilling the World Council of Churches (WCC) call

12 November 2014

WCC express concern over latest in Asia Bibi case

WCC General Secretary the Revd Dr Tveit called Asia Bibi's charges "questionable" and death penalty "totally inappropriate". 

28 October 2014

WCC congratulates new leadership of the ACT Alliance

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit congratulated the new leadership of the ACT Alliance, a partner organization of the WCC

27 October 2014

Churches to be more inclusive of persons with disabilities

Members of the Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network (EDAN), a programme of the World Council of Churches (WCC), met in the Netherlands to develop a new statement with the working title “Gift of Being: Called to be a Church of All and for All”. 

17 October 2014