WEA Secretary General visits Houston
The WEA Secretary General visits high donors in Houston (Texas) and informs himself about the future of the United Methodist Church
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“Mission belongs to the essence of the church”
The new Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance, Bishop Thomas Schirrmacher, talks in an interview with the “Tagespost” about his ecumenical relationship with Pope Francis, about Christian mission and how he met persecuted Christians as a child.
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Secretary General receives inaugurational audience with the Coptic Archbishop of London, Angealos
The newly installed Secretary General of WEA received an official audience with the Archbishop of London and the Papal Legate of the Coptic Orthodox Church, His Eminence Angaelos.
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WEA Secretary General Expresses Solidarity with Eastern Orthodox Church, Laments Reconversion of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
For 175 years, standing in solidarity with Christians who are facing discrimination and persecution has been at the heart of the mission of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA). In continuation of this tradition, WEA Secretary General Bishop Dr Thomas Schirrmacher joined Orthodox and other church leaders lamenting the reconversion of the Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Istanbul into a mosque, when he visited Washington, DC earlier this year.
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Schirrmacher Addresses the President of COP26
The WEA Secretary General Addresses the President of COP26, Alok Sharma MP, Together with Other Christian Leaders in the Vatican
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Change at the top of the World Evangelical Alliance
Protestant theologian and scholar of sociology of religion Thomas Schirrmacher (60) will be inaugurated on Saturday as the new Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), the representative body of evangelical Christians worldwide. He is the first German to hold this office.