Member Church News: Ecumenical Women`s Assembly, Youth Mission, 150 years of mission partnership and statement on the Season of Creation 2019

The first Asian Ecumenical Women’s Assembly to be held in November 2019.

The biggest global conference on protection services and prevention of violence against women, The World Conference of Women’s Shelters, will bring together 1500 people from 120 countries this November in Taiwan.

The United Reformed Church in London is supporting those 1000 faith leaders, who signed a letter addressed to Boris Johnson, urging the new prime minister to accept 10,000 refugees from 2020 to 2021.

The campaign of the Independent Presbyterien Church of Brazil and the Brazilian Ministry of Communication, on explaining the different elements fo church logos has already eached thousands of people.

The Hungarian Reformed Church and the Korean Presbyterian Church in Minnesota organised their third solidarity visit to the reformed communities in Sub-Carpathia, Ukraine, this year.

The Church of South India conducted a two-day Child Protection Policy Dissemination Workshop at their Synod Centre in Chennai on the 22nd and 23rd of July 2019. The goal was to understand the biblical and theological affirmations related to children in the Bible.

47 people including youth, lay people and ministers from our member church – Evangelical Church of Rio de la Plata (IERP) met for a Youth Mission on July 27th and 28th 2019 to discuss how to strengthen yourth work and discern the reality of their respective congregations. This Youth Mission was organized by the ntre Ríos de la Iglesia Evangélica del Río de la Plata (IERP) – Entre Ríos District Conference of the Evangelical Church of the Río de la Plata (IERP).

Read about the staff and students of the Nile Theological College who continue to remain focused on fulfilling the Great Commission amidst the challenges faced in South Sudan.

Two of our member churches – the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Chile (IEPeCH) and the Presbyterian Church (USA) – celebrated 150 years of mission partnership. A thanksgiving worship service was held on July 21st 2019 at the Sanctuary of the Unión Cristiana Presbyterian Church in Santiago, Chile. Thanks be to God for this partnership!

The Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) and the Conferences of European Churches (CEC) are uniting once again this year in one voice to re-affirm responsibility for creation and issue an invitation to prayer.

Our member church, the Christian Reformed Church of North America (CRCNA) launches a new Campaign – the Climate Witness Project to help congregations learn about climate change and provide us with tools to be better stewards of our resources.