Member Church News: Gatherings, Reflections, Publications

From across Ontario, Canada, nearly 100 young adults gathered for the eighth annual Young Adult Winter Retreat, which provides a space for men and women ages 18-30 to deepen their relationship with Jesus and build connections with others who are seeking to do the same.

Most Rev. Dr. P.C. Singh, president of the National Council of Churches in India and moderator of the Church of North India has been elected to serve as the president of The Bible Society of India.

“It’s been a month since COP 24 ended in Katowice, Poland. When describing my experience, I often get asked: Was COP 24 a success? In some ways it was…” Jessica Steele, who represented the United Church at the annual Conference of the Parties for the UN Convention on Climate Change, shares her reflections.

Pastor Andrew Brunson, of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church who was imprisoned in Turkey for almost two years, says he’d like to return to that country someday.

The Conference of European Churches’ new publication Religious Diversity in Europe and the Rights of Religious Minorities, is now out. Produced in partnership with Globethics.net, it contains contributions from experts discussing the challenges facing minority churches and religious minorities.

Theology can provide solutions for the sustainability issues that challenge the common home of humanity, according to the contributors to the latest issue of The Ecumenical Review, the quarterly journal of the World Council of Churches.