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On December 9, 2020, the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) and the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) presented the 2020 Yearbooks “Religious Freedom” and “Persecution and Discrimination against Christians” at a Video press conference.
In the short film “Tell me about the war”, which the International Society for Human Rights produced this year, you will hear war veterans from seven countries of the former Soviet Union.
ARTICLE After a short introduction, showing that suffering, persecution and martyrdom have been prominent in the theology of the Early Church, and that the Bible speaks about them constantly, the main part of the article outlines 18 examples of Bible texts and Bible topics. These have often been neglected, as the subject has not been seen as integral to Scripture, to the church and to mission.
The International Council (IC) of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Thomas Schirrmacher as the next Secretary General/CEO.
The latest issue of Evangelical Review of Theology has been published and can be downloaded here
The latest issue of the Theological News, the newsletter of the Theological Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance, a quarterly news sheet, is published and can be downloaded as PDF.
The Union of Victims’ Associations of Communist Tyranny e.V. (UOKG), the Human Rights Center Cottbus (MRZ), the International Society for Human Rights (IGFM) and the Memorial Foundation Victims of Communism (VIC) organized a tribunal on “Forced Labor in Political Prison in the GDR”.
Archbishop and Professor Dr. Thomas Paul Schirrmacher is President of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights, President of the International Institute for Religious Freedom, Co-President of Religions for Peace and President of the Bonn Abrahamic Center for Global Peace, Justice and Sustainability (BAC). Read more …
