Porto Alegre, Brazil - Anglicans will have a significant role in the World Council of Churches over the next seven years, both through representation on the Central Committee and also by the election of Dr. Mary Tanner, a member of the Church of England, as one of eight regional presidents of the WCC
24 February 2006
Challenging the gathered churches with a new vision for Christian identity in the light of religious plurality, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, visited the World Council of Churches 9th General Assembly in Porto Alegre, Brazil on 17 February and was the keynote speaker at the day's plenary session.
23 February 2006
A new body to lead the World Council of Churches (WCC) into the next decade was elected in Porto Alegre on Wednesday. Delegates at the WCC's 9th Assembly also endorsed measures designed to strengthen youth participation in the organization's decision-making.
23 February 2006
The Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission (IATDC) has initiated a new round of consultation across the Anglican Communion on the relationship between the Anglican churches in preparation for its next meeting in Limuru, Kenya, in September 2006.
23 February 2006
'A united church is no optional extra,' said Archbishop Desmond Tutu in an impassioned speech to the World Council of Churches 9th Assembly in Porto Alegre. Rather, he said, it is 'indispensable for the salvation of God's world'.
23 February 2006
We are gathered on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the formation of Province of South East Asia to give thanks for the ministry of Archbishop Yong Ping Chung and to rejoice in the installation of Bishop John Chew as the Third Archbishop.
23 February 2006
Delivered at the Anglican Cathedral, Porto Alegre, Brazil on 19 February, 2006. I bring you greetings on behalf of the world-wide Anglican Communion to this celebration in the middle of the World Council of Churches Assembly meeting here in Brazil. My own church is the Church of Ireland. A very small church on the a small island located in western Europe
20 February 2006
If someone says to you 'Identify yourself!' you will probably answer first by giving your name - then perhaps describing the work you do, the place you come from, the relations in which you stand. In many cultures, you would give the name of your parents or your extended family
17 February 2006
Porto Alegre, Brazil - 'God has given us the gift of life and we have abused it.' These words are from the report by Dr. Samuel Kobia, Secretary General of the World Council of Churches (WCC), to the gathered delegates of the ninth General Assembly that opened on February 14 in Porto Alegre, Brazil
17 February 2006
The first Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in the 21st century opens in Porto Alegre, Brazil, today, 14 February, under the theme 'God, in your grace, transform the world.'
14 February 2006