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Bishop Younan praches during Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Raoul Wallenberg Award to RCH pastor

Despite all the divides and divisions, churches and congregations observed the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in the month of January, with a profound theme for this year, “We will all be changed by the victory of our Lord Jesus Christ” (cf. 1 Cor 15:51-58).

Nathan Weteto shares from Mbandaka

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News of the death of Rev. Jude Samson, 80, President of the United Church of Christ in the Marshall Islands

Over the last 24 hours, widespread storms hit the Middle Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee Valleys. Large hail, high straight line winds and tornadoes have been reported in Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky. There are power outages in Kentucky, Arkansas and Tennessee.

List of visiting missionaries with contact info.

The dignity of work and workers is a common value among the faith traditions. It is also the focus of a policy handbook titled "Convergences: Decent Work and Social Justice in Religious Traditions", for which the WCC has collaborated with the International Labour Organization.

On behalf of the member churches, the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit expressed deep sorrow over the passing away of Rev. Kang Young-sup on 21 Januray, a great Christian leader, whose efforts for the re-unification of the Korean peninsula has been significant throughout his life.

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Faith communities often play a crucial role in responding to disasters throughout the United States, such as by building houses, providing emotional care to survivors and meeting other unmet needs.

Rev. Dr Nyambura Njoroge is always reminding herself of the daily lives of people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. Their battle for dignity and enormous resilience keeps inspiring her while she coordinates World Council of Churches Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiative for Africa (EHAIA).

“Churches should not shy away from discussing health issues. The more we remain in denial, the more we end up promoting a culture of silence,” said Dr Sr Elizabeth Vadakekara from India, representing the Medical Mission Sisters in London. Vadakekara was speaking at a WCC consultation addressing the theme “Safe Spaces - transforming faith communities”, held 16–18 January at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.

Church World Service this afternoon applauded President Barack Obama’s decision today denying a permit to move ahead with the expansion of the Keystone XL pipeline, the hotly debated 1,700 mile-long project that would have run from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Young Christians from around the world are invited to apply to the WCC Stewards Programme for a hands-on learning experience at the WCC Central Committee meeting, 23 August – 7 September 2012, in Crete, Greece. Applicants must be between the age of 18-30 years.

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