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Emerging Prophetic Voices
17 Apr
Prophetic voices break open boundaries, create inclusivity; help the voiceless to find their voice and then place that voice within the very community that would have excluded them. This is according to Revd Lauren Matthew of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and youth representative to the World Methodist Council.
Dr Rosalee Velloso Ewell (pic courtesy WCC)
Churches seek renewed commitment to evangelism
26 Mar
On 24 March, the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism pre-assembly event invoked renewed thinking and commitment on evangelism, disassociated from the forces of oppression, and grounded in humility and respect for all.
Church council seeks to re-define mission and evangelism
16 Mar
Some 300 church leaders from various parts worldwide will be gathering in Manila from 22 to 27 March for a pre-assembly of the World Council of Churches' (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism.
Radio Veritas – The Good News. For a Change.
24 Sep
The Catholic Church in Southern Africa celebrates the granting of a licence to Radio Veritas. Since the Millennium Jubilee year 2000, Radio Veritas has been working untiringly for a radio broadcast license. This has finally come to fruition.
National Religious Leaders Forum and National Inter-Faith Leadership Council unite.
04 Sep
The leadership of both the National Religious Leaders Forum (NRLF) and the National inter-faith Leadership Council (NILC) are pleased to announce that they have united to form one Body – the National Inter-Faith Council of South Africa (NIFC- SA).
Desmond Tutu (pic courtesy Timeslive)
We must be God's partners to tackle hunger, says Tutu
19 Jul
Desmond Tutu has said that God calls us to be his partners in changing a "crazy" world of extreme economic inequality. The former archbishop made the remarks in the UK, while receiving an honourary doctorate from the University of Leicester on Friday (15 July).
Christians reach broad consensus on appropriate missionary conduct
09 Jul
“Christian Witness in a Multi-Religious World: Recommendations for Conduct”, a five-page document on the conduct of mission “according to gospel principles”, was released during a public presentation on Tuesday 28 June at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Prophetic Diakonia in action: Speaking truth to power
28 Jun
The church has the power that equips it with fearlessness to confront and speak truth to the powers of this world.
Dr Susan Parry (pic courtesy WCC)
Building AIDS-competent churches in Southern Africa
24 Jun
Dr Susan Parry has turned her vision of the “AIDS-competent church” into a reality that has helped thousands of people across southern Africa and the rest of the world whose lives are affected by HIV.
Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit (pic courtesy WCC)
Challenge injustice and violence to find unity
08 Jun
Wealth and property shape a “false reading” of human value, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit said recently at a Protestant convention in Germany. “Property and possessions have purpose in as much as they help us to live as the people God called us to be and no more,” Tveit said in a Bible study at the German Protestant Kirchentag which met in Dresden 1-5 June.
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