Gedanken – Thoughts | Berichte – Reports | Erfahrungen – Experiences
We sang together, prayed, celebrated in different liturgical and spiritual traditions. We have met friends and made new contacts. We have discussed and argued. Enriched and stimulated by the colorful diversity of our Christian faith and the challenging words of the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches, the delegates, advisors, and guests are now on their way home again. „A Call to Act Together“ weiterlesen
… this was the theme of the last Assembly plenary yesterday morning. Unity – Mission – Reconciliation were the key-points the speakers reflected on. „Christian unity and the churches‘ common witness …“ weiterlesen
Yesterday evening we invited delegates and friends from our EKHN Partner Churches in Africa, Asia, USA and Europe for a reception together with the Baden Church and the Evangelical Mission in Solidarity.
Yesterday in the plenary the main word was „Compassion“.
On the weekend we got a message from Pradeep Kumar Samantaroy, Bishop of the Diocese of Amritsar of the Church of North India, asking for solidarity while facing violence against the Christian Community.
„In Solidarity with our Brothers and Sisters in the Diocese of Amritsar“ weiterlesen
During the weekend delegates, guests and participants of the General Assembly were sent on pilgrimages to different places in the Baden Church and neighboring churches. On Saturday they sent me to Kehl and Straßburg and today to the village of Wiesenbach. „Pilgrimage to places of reconciliation“ weiterlesen
Yesterday, on the 3rd day of the Assembly, Europe was the focus of the thematic plenary. In our morning devotion we started the day with the prayer „All means all“. „All means all“ weiterlesen
The first plenary session of the General Assembly celebrated today the purpose of God’s love in Christ for the whole creation, reconciling all things on earth and in heaven through the blood of the cross (Col. 1:19f. Eph. 1:10). „God’s Love in Christ for the Whole Creation – Reconciliation and Unity“ weiterlesen
In the todays opening of the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe Dr. Agnes Abuom and Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca set in their reports the agenda of the following days. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Federal President of Germany, found clear words regarding the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the war of Russia against the Ukraine.
„World Council of Churches 11th Assembly opened today in Karlsruhe“ weiterlesen