Member Church News: European Asylum Policies, World Peace, Mutual Love

The 35th General Assembly of the Church of Christ in Thailand is being held from 22 to 26 October 2018 under the theme “You are the light of the world” based on the gospel of St. Mathew 5:14. Read More

A meeting of 150 asylum experts from churches and civil society drew strong criticism of current European asylum policies and plans in this area. The 15th European Asylum Conference took place in Athens from 15 to 20 October at the invitation of the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) and Diakonie Deutschland. Read More

The World Peace Forum with the theme, “HereWe Pray Together”, under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi took place from 18 to 19 October 2018 in St. Catherine, South Sinai. “We want a world without terrorism and Egypt will remain a country of peace; terrorism has no religion and no homeland. Egypt will stand by its army and police in the face of terrorism and evil power,” said General Khaled Fouda, governor of South Sinai. Read more

The 3rd Global Christian Forum gathering took place in Bogotá, Columbia, from April 24th to the 27th 2018. 250 Church leaders from 55 countries gathered for dialogue on the theme “Let mutual love continue” (Hebrews 13,1). The GCF brings together in one place the widest range of leaders of world Christianity today. Bogotá is only the third ever global gathering of this unique forum, and the first gathering in Latin America. Watch here

A young priest in the Czechoslovak Hussite Church has been pleasantly surprised by the welcome and openness she experienced at the Synod of Bishops on young people. Read More

Rev. Christien Crouwel is appointed as the new general secretary of the Council of Churches in the Netherlands (CCN) starting from 1 January 2019, succeeding Rev. Klaas van der Kamp. Crouwel, 53, is a pastor at the Protestant Church in the Netherlands and the Drugspastoraat Foundation in Amsterdam. Read More

A new book based on 15 years of painstaking research will reveal the secrets of one of Scotland’s most iconic churchyards, Greyfriars Graveyard. Read More