The newest edition of „Theological News“
TN is the newsletter of the Theological Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance
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World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) offers to send peace representatives to all governments and religious bodies in conflict with Evangelicals
At the end of his speech on principles of peace-making at a Vatican conference on “Ethics in Action,” Prof. Thomas K. Johnson, WEA Ambassador to the Vatican, asked the photographers to come to the front. He then publicly shook hands with the Iranian Shiite Ayatollah Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad, a prominent international spokesman for his variety of Islam.
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Patriarch Bartholomew informs the World Evangelical Alliance about the results of the Orthodox Council in Crete
Das Ehrenoberhaupt der Orthodoxen Kirchen, der Ökumenische Patriarch Bartholomäus informierte die Weltweite Evangelische Allianz (WEA) über die Ergebnisse des Orthodoxen Konzils in Kreta. Anlass war ein Besuch des Vorsitzenden der Theologischen Kommission und Moderators für zwischenkirchliche Beziehungen der Weltweiten Evangelischen am Amtssitz des Patriarchen.
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WEA wants to collaborate on the security of all countries through freedom of religion
WEA has pledged to do everything in its power to help build peaceful societies by advocating religious freedom and peace initiatives between religious communities.
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The World Evangelical Alliance introduces its new leadership structure to global denominations in Rome
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) has introduced its new leadership structure to heads of global denominations in the course of the annual meeting of the Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions (CSCWC).
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The one body of Christ includes people of all nationalities, countries, cultures, languages, and also people of all classes and social milieus
Thomas Schirrmacher, the Associate Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance responsible for relationships among the churches, praised the “Jesus Unites” platform in a welcoming address at the Free Evangelical Church in Bonn and described it as a model for other countries. “Jesus Unites” is making a significant contribution as German churches and mission agencies work faithfully with the growing number of immigrant churches, congregations holding worship services in languages other than German, and multi-cultural churches.
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WCC and WEA meet and explore areas of future cooperation
The leadership and representatives of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) and the World Council of Churches (WCC) have met in the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, Switzerland to explore and discuss possible areas of future cooperation.