Ending Violence Against Women – Starting in the Church
On November 25th, 2022, many women’s groups and churches across the globe supported the International Day to End Violence against Women.
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WEA Expresses Concern Over Escalating Violence in the Holy Land, Calls for Prayer for Peace
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) expresses its deep concern over escalating violence in the Holy Land and calls upon all sides to exercise restraint and cease retaliatory actions that exacerbate the conflict, threatening the lives of innocent civilians.
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The Oppression of Women: Violence – Exploitation – Poverty
In many countries women experience violence and exploitation, they have been beaten and oppressed for centuries.
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Religion – The Cause of Unity or Division?
At this landmark event with more than a thousand listeners the questions posed were, is religion an instigator or a peacemaker in conflicts and pisions in society? To address such issues, religious leaders from various faiths and scholars joined to explore the depths of history, theology and politics.
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Schirrmacher testifies in British parliament
Thomas Schirrmacher, Director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF), testified in the British House of Lords in a meeting between Parliamentarians from the UK and from all over Latin America.
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Schirrmacher calls upon top religious leaders worldwide to sign the UNHCHR’s “Beirut Declaration on ‘Faith for Rights’ (F4R)”
The Associate Secretary General of World Evangelical Alliance, being among other things responsible for interreligious dialogue of this network of 600 million Protestants, calls upon top religious leaders worldwide to sign the UNHCHR’s “Beirut Declaration on ‘Faith for Rights’ (FAR)” and to help to fulfill UN’s Rabat Plan of Action.
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Against the Backdrop of growing religious Radicalization around the World, Christine and Thomas Schirrmacher call for stronger preventative Measures
60th General Conference of Military Chaplains on the Topic of “Violence within Religions” (Berlin, 24.10.2015) This General Conference held by all Catholic military and chaplains with representatives from many other European countries took place Berlin-Steglitz and […]