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Webinar explores how AI can guide people to church
11+ hour, 13+ min ago (601+ words) The European Christian Internet Conference, with WACC Europe, hosted a joint webinar on 29 April, "Feeding AI: How Data and Chatbots Can Guide People to Church." Via crucis in front of the Helsinki Cathedral, April 2026." Participants had the opportunity to hear…...
Peter Prove: Peace of God calls us to overcome all violence
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (191+ words) The World Council of Churches (WCC) director for international affairs'offered a keynote on the Evangelical Church in Germany's peace memorandum during the Academie Internationale Oekumene an der Universit't Hamburg on 29 April.' Irpin in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, August 2022. The memorandum,…...
Symposium will explore "Faith Meets Global Values - Crisis and Promise of Multilateralism
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (211+ words) The 12th Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations in International Affairs, scheduled for 5 May, will explore'Faith Meets Global Values - Crisis and Promise of Multilateralism." The hybrid event, with limited in-person participation, will be held at the Church Center…...
Webinar will explore how AI can guide people to church
1+ week, 1+ day ago (149+ words) The European Christian Internet Conference (ECIC) with WACC Europe invite all to a joint webinar on 29 April, "Feeding AI: How Data and Chatbots Can Guide People to Church." Participants will have the opportunity to hear two inspiring presentations on the…...
Webinar "Feeding AI: How Data and Chatbots Can Guide People to Church
1+ week, 1+ day ago (205+ words) The European Christian Internet Conference (ECIC) with WACC Europe invite all to a joint webinar on 29 April, "Feeding AI: How Data and Chatbots Can Guide People to Church." ECIC & WACC webinar "Feeding AI: How Data and Chatbots Can Guide People…...
Pacific Church Leaders" Meeting plenary asks: what foundations must we revisit?
2+ week, 2+ day ago (303+ words) The 2026 edition of the Pacific Church Leaders'Meeting, in a plenary session, revisited the foundations of Pacific ecumenism, exploring many years of ecumenical history, then exploring how the future is grounded in stories and theology. Rev. James Bhagwan, general secretary of…...
WCC honors J'rgen Moltmann's legacy at commemorative conference
2+ week, 3+ day ago (494+ words) Moderator of the World Council of Churches central committee Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm shared a lecture and a sermon during a symposium on 10-12 April at the Evangelical Academy Bad Boll, in Baden-W'rttemberg, Germany. Under the theme'Hope in God'The Future of…...
WCC Faith and Order Commission to convene in Sweden in October
2+ week, 3+ day ago (440+ words) The World Council of Churches Faith and Order Commission will convene in Sweden from 26-31 October." The meeting will invite reflections on what it means to be living churches in the Nordic context today, and how global ecumenical dialogue and local…...
WCC urges new approach to ensure unimpeded access to Jerusalem's holy sites
2+ week, 6+ day ago (194+ words) World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, after hearing reports of'Holy Fire Saturday in Jerusalem on 11 April was marked with violence against Christian worshipers, reiterated calls on Israeli authorities to protect the status of Jerusalem as…...
Prayer commemorates World Health Day: "we must become compassionate and merciful
3+ week, 3+ day ago (333+ words) A morning prayer for World Council of Churches (WCC) staff and visitors at the Ecumenical Centre on 7 April commemorated World Health Day. Those gathered also prayed for churches and people from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia,…...