Korean churches and government stand ready to welcome WCC Assembly 2013 Geneva/Busan | 01.09.2009 | WCC Central Committee According to members of the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCC), a beachfront location, an opportunity to be a witness for peace and reconciliation, and a commitment to engage the breadth of the region’s church community as widely as possible: these are among the features those attending the World Council of Churches' (WCC) 10th Assembly in Busan, South Korea can expect. The WCC central committee on 31 August chose Busan, the second largest city in South Korea with more than 4 mill
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,
