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  • 22 Mar 2009
    Water is a basic human right, say churches at Istanbul forum

    Members of the church-backed Ecumenical Water Network are urging that water be affirmed as a "basic human right" by government delegations meeting in Istanbul at the World Water Forum.

  • 17 Nov 2008
    US churches continue to seek unity in social justice and witness

    The US National Council of Churches' assembly focused on being global good neighbours, including immigration reform, the meaning of Christian unity in a pluralistic era, and obstacles to unity, racial justice and interfaith dialogue.

  • 30 Oct 2008
    Zimbabwe Christian leader criticizes lack of action by the churches

    The leader of Zimbabwe's largest functioning alliance of Christians says the country's main grouping of traditional Protestant churches and many wider church organizations have been too quiet on what is happening in his country.

  • 26 Sep 2008
    Politics faces an economic crunch

    The main British party conferences were about to sidestep the economy, but the latest bank crunch has made the topic unavoidable, says Simon Barrow. But do politicians or the churches have anything meaningful to say?

  • 1 Jul 2008
    Young theologians offer inspiration for global church of the future

    Ideas for "bringing unity down to earth", "communicative action" and a "theology of the wilderness" were among the winning entries submitted for an essay contest on Prospects for Ecumenism in the 21st Century.

  • 30 Nov 2007
    Appeal launched for forward-looking Scottish Churches House

    The Scottish denominations are launching a £500,000 appeal to transform Scottish Churches House into a modern conference and hospitality centre which will carry forward a long tradition of radical thinking and outward social engagement.

  • 27 Nov 2007
    Nigerian Methodist will keep unity impulse moving forward

    Nigerian Methodist Archbishop Michael Kehinde Stephen has been chosen to moderate the Continuing Committee on Ecumenism in the 21st Century, a group assigned to monitor and encourage initiatives in a global quest for Christian unity.

  • 13 Nov 2007
    Global Christian Forum ends in agreement to progress together

    After four days of meetings, some 240 leaders of a broad range of churches, confessions and interchurch organizations from over 70 countries agreed to carry forward what they call "the Global Christian Forum process" - an open dialogue platform.

  • 14 Oct 2007
    Young theologians encouraged to reflect on future of world Christianity

    Students of theology and young theologians are being invited by the World Council of Churches to bring new perspectives to the debate about the future of the ecumenical movement through an essay competition for the WCC's 60th anniversary.

  • 12 Oct 2007
    Catholics and Orthodox moving towards unity, says Pope

    Catholic and Orthodox Christians are moving towards unity, the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics declared at the end of his recent general audience in St Peter's Square, Rome. The Pope announced an international commission on the issue.