Category - 60th anniversary

Dutch gathering hails WCC for 'giving a voice to the victim'

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:36:40 +0100

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

Service marks 60th anniversary of NHS

Agencies — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:14:52 +0100

A service at Westminster Abbey has been held to mark the 60th anniversary of the National Health Service. During the event the Prime Minister Gordon Brown paid tribute describing it as the "noblest manifestation of the character of our country".

Christian leaders mark Israel’s anniversary with ‘just peace’ call

Press Office — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:10:38 +0100

Over 140 Christian leaders have made a unified call for a just peace between Israelis and Palestinians, to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the state of Israel. Their declaration is published today in The Independent newspaper.

JustPeace60 declaration

Simon Barrow — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:25:19 +0100

The 8 May is the 60th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel - something that has occasioned both great hope and great despair.

Palestinians and Israelis need a just peace

Ben White — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:33:34 +0100

As Israel marks its 60th anniversary this May, for Israelis and Palestinians the conflict and the suffering continues, says Ben White. He believes that this landmark is an important opportunity for Christian leaders around the world to add their voices to a special call for a justice-based peace.

Church leaders back just peace for all as Israel's 60th anniversary approaches

staff writers — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:33:54 +0100

As the 60th anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel approaches, Western church leaders are putting their names to a historic joint declaration calling for a just peace in Palestine/Israel. Desmond Tutu is among signatories.

WCC faces 'significant challenges' as it celebrates 60th birthday

Ecumenical News International — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:52:45 +0000

The main governing body of the World Council of Churches is meeting in Geneva from 13-20 February, during which it will celebrate the 60th anniversary its 1948 founding. The WCC is now the world's largest Christian grouping.

Grappling with change as a global church

Sara Speicher — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:33:44 +0000

This year the World Council of Churches, the primary post-war instrument of global church cooperation, is 60 years old. Sara Speicher explores its role and future in a radically changed world, and asks how churches today can negotiate togetherness and difference.