By Stephen Brown – Lyon, France — French Protestants have celebrated the creation of a united church bringing together Reformed and Lutheran Christians as an opportunity for new ways of expressing their faith amid widespread changes in society.

Power, social injustice, the threat of extremism and Christian-Muslim relations will be among the main themes of a conference on the situation of Christians in the Middle East. The conference is set to take place next week in Lebanon. The international conference will bring together some 150 participants from the Middle East and beyond, representing churches as well as regional [...]

The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has expressed concern at the methodology and results of the Albania Census 2011. He has raised questions in regard to the reliability of the process which, he said, has implications for the rights of religious minorities and religious freedoms guaranteed in the country’s constitution.

Kirchenleitende diskutieren über die Zukunft der Kirchen Die Vielfalt der Konfessionen weltweit sei eine große Bereicherung, so das einhellige Fazit einer Podiumsdiskussion von Vertreterinnen und Vertretern verschiedener Konfessionen aus Deutschland und Genf (Schweiz). Als eine Erfindung Gottes bezeichnete der Oldenburger Bischof Jan Janssen, Vorsitzender des Evangelischen Missionswerkes in Deutschland (EMW), die „Artenvielfalt im Glauben“. Die Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema „Zukunft der [...]

The WCC general secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, and Abune Mathias, patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, affirmed their commitment in Addis Ababa to “continue working together to accomplish visions for justice and peace”.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, has strongly condemned the abduction of two Syrian archbishops who were kidnapped yesterday near Aleppo in Syria.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, has offered prayers and support for advocacy against violence on behalf of the WCC member churches in light of the bombing at the Boston Marathon on Monday. In a letter to the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, he said, “This violence in [...]

In a recent visit to Hungary, the WCC general secretary met with church leaders and prominent Hungarian politicians including Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán.

The general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, has called for an end to the increase of tensions on the Korean peninsula and encourages the parties involved to move immediately to dialogue about peace, reconciliation and reunification.

The Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), has expressed support of the religious track of the Cyprus peace process.