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The Associate Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance, Thomas Schirrmacher, visited the Evangelical Alliances of Lesotho, Eswatini (Swaziland), South Africa, as well as the emerging Evangelical Alliance in Mozambique for one day each during a trip to the South of Africa.
WEA participated in the General Assembly of Members of the International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development for the first time
The World Evangelical Alliance has appointed Dr. Vitaly Vlasenko as Ambassador for the Russian Orthodox Church.
During his visit to the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva on the occasion of its 70th anniversary, Pope Francis, along with many kind words, urged the WCC to once again prioritize the task of evangelism and mission.
Subsequent to his speeches at the 32nd General Assembly of the Liberia Council of Churches, Thomas Schirrmacher spoke with the leaders of almost all churches in the country and with several politicians. He also visited the oldest church in Liberia, the Providence Baptist Church.
Thomas Schirrmacher, Associate Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance for Theological Concerns, was keynote speaker at the 32nd General Assembly of the Liberia Council of Churches.
The lack of a critical publication of the final documents regarding one of the most important historical events concerning Reformed churches, namely the Synod of Dordt, has been one of the puzzles of church history research. The sources found in numerous European archives have never been used, nor have they been made accessible to the general public.