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Latest "English Hymnal" descendant christened in London

It wasn’t a thousand voices shouting to the saints, as one of the hymns in the sample booklet put it; but about 80 people gathered in St James’s, Sussex Gardens, in London recently to put a fair wind behind the latest revision of the famous green-bound hymn book whose first music editor, in 1906, was the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, then only 33 years old

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay addressing the All Africa Conference of Churches 12th General Assembly on 19 November 2023. Photo: AACC
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WCC general secretary reflects on justice, reconciliation, and unity at All Africa Conference of Churches assembly

World Council of Churches general secretary The Rev’d Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay stood before the All Africa Conference of Churches 12th General Assembly to reflect on unity, reconciliation, and justice