World Council of Churches 10th Assembly to take place 2013 in Korea Geneva/Swwitzerland | 31.08.2009 | WCC Central Committee The delegates at the World Council of Churches (WCC) Central Committee voted August 31 to hold the 10th WCC Assembly in Busan, Republic of Korea in 2013. The decision was taken by secret ballot and decided in one round. A total of four member churches extended invitations to the WCC to hold its next assembly in their country. Three of the four invitations came from Orthodox churches; Damascus, Syria, Rhodes, Greece and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and the fourth invitation came from the National C
Christian Unity remains central on Agenda of new WCC General secretary-elect Geneva/Switzerland | 30.08.2009 | WCC Central Committee World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary-elect Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit was asked on August 28 to outline his vision for the organization. He didn’t have to look far for inspiration. A tapestry on the wall just to his left at the press conference, in the same hall where he was elected to the office the day before, displayed the words – in Greek – of Christ’s prayer in John 17: ". . . that they all may be one". "That is the foundation of the World Council of Churches, and its goal,
Olav Fykse Tveit elected WCC general secretary Geneva/Switzerland | 27.08.2009 | Ecumenism Norwegian theologian and pastor Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, 48, was elected 7th general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Thursday 27 August during its Central Committee meeting. Tveit will be the youngest general secretary since Willem A. Visser 't Hooft who had led the WCC while it was in process of formation and following its founding assembly 61 years ago. Since 2002, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has been the general secretary of the Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and In
US Lawyer appointed as new UN liaison for Adventist World Church <br> <br> Religious liberty expert hopes to secure church a 'seat at the table' Washington D.C./USA | 26.08.2009 | Religion + State A veteran Seventh-day Adventist religious freedom advocate and lawyer will return to employment at Adventist World church headquarters to serve as the protestant denomination's liaison to the United Nations, the church's Executive Committee announced last week. James D. Standish, Esq., served as Director of Legislative Affairs at the Seventh-day Adventist Church World Headquarters for seven years. He spent the past year as executive director of the United States Commission on International R
«We Are A Bridge Between The Voiceless And Hopeless» <br> <br> Adventist Womens Ministries International Congress for West-Central Africa Ikeja, Lagos/Nigeria | 09.08.2009 | International The Director of Women's Ministries at the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Church, Heather Dawn Small, has stressed the need to empower and revive African women from the shackles of poverty, ignorance, illiteracy and indiscrimination, which, according to her, has remained a stumbling block to the development of our society. Small said this during the Adventist Women's Ministries International Congress to mark the 50th Golden Jubilee of Babcock University as an educational instituti
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People (August 9) <br> <br> WACC Calls for recognition of Indigenous Peoples' Communication Rights London/Toronto | 09.08.2009 | Media On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, August 9, 2009, the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) calls for recognition of Indigenous Peoples' communication rights as integral to their human rights. "Such rights are not just a matter of civil and political rights, but include economic, social and cultural rights" says the Rev. Randy Naylor, World Association for Christian Communication General Secretary. "Implementation of human rights demands recognition of
