October 1, 2008 World Council of Churches marks 60th anniversary

The future of the World Council of Churches (WCC) lies in giving those less fortunate in the world a voice, a former Dutch church leader told a gathering in Amsterdam to commemorate the WCC’s 60th anniversary.

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May 1, 2008 About Sudan

Anglican Journal editor Leanne Larmondin travelled to south Sudan from March 26 to April 3 with an international, ecumenical delegation representing the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the All Africa Conference of Churches....

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May 1, 2008 No ‘quick fix’ for country’s problems

One of the lessons that a delegation of church leaders has learned from a recent visit to Sudan is that after 21 years of civil war, there is “no quick fix” available for Africa’s biggest country, said Rev. Samuel Kobia, general secretary of the World Council of Churches.

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April 14, 2008 Growing and coping in Sudan

Rumbek, Sudan – It is mid-morning on a Sunday in late March. The hot, equatorial sun is already warming up the day and still, an hour before the church service begins, the songs of praise are already rising above the enormous tree that provides shade to the hundreds of worshippers gathered below.

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April 1, 2008 Kobia to stand down as WCC general secretary at end of 2008

The general secretary of the World Council of Churches, Rev. Samuel Kobia, has announced that he will not seek a second term as the head of the world’s biggest Christian grouping.

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April 1, 2008 Focus turns to peace at end of anti-violence decade

The World Council of Churches (WCC) says it will hold an International Ecumenical Peace Convocation in Kingston, Jamaica in 2011 as the culmination of its 10-year Decade to Overcome Violence.

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March 1, 2008 Bishop urges end to Kenya crisis

An Anglican bishop who chairs the National Council of Churches in Kenya said parliamentary discussion offers a chance to end the political crisis following the bloody unrest after elections at the end of 2007.

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March 1, 2008 Primate cites progress in week of unity

The leader of the Canadian Anglican church delivered a homily at a Roman Catholic basilica in Toronto, the general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), for the first time participated with a pope in a service in...

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February 19, 2008 WCC says Kobia will stand down as general secretary

(ENI)—The general secretary of the World Council of Churches, Rev. Samuel Kobia, has announced that he will not seek a second term as the head of the world’s biggest Christian grouping.

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January 2, 2008 Diverse Christians discuss unity at historic global forum

Leaders meeting in Kenya belonging to all main Christian traditions, and from countries ranging from Armenia to Zimbabwe, pledged recently to convene international, local and regional meetings to deepen reconciliation and understanding.

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