WCC News met online with Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the World Council of Churches central committee, and she offers reflections on the impact of COVID-19, what gives her hope, and the future of the ecumenical movement
“Your website homepage is the virtual front door to your church and is the first thing a new parishioner will usually check out before setting foot in your church…and first impressions count!” says digital coach Evan Englezos
The Rev’d Jane Trigg explores one way to cultivate an attitude of gratitude using a simple six-step process that combines a traditional technique introduced by Ignatius of Loyola with that of a modern-day take developed especially for Australian school students
“While preparing for the hastily organised sanctuary liturgy all those years ago, I vividly remember looking for vigil candles. As I picked up a box of 100 candles in the storage room, I looked at them hoping that enough people would turn up to light them all. Later that day, as more and more people arrived at the vigil, I had to keep bringing additional candles out from storage for people to light. In the end, 1,500 people turned up. I have never been happier to be 500 short of anything in my life,” says The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt
“Narrative theology is my favourite branch of the theological tree. In part this is because I am convinced that narratives are the best tool we have for capturing meaning, describing purpose and expressing identity. I support the view of American scholar Jack Niles who writes that we should have been called Homo narrans, the ‘story-telling primate’,” says The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt
Refugee Week is an opportunity to celebrate the contributions refugees make to our communities, while raising awareness, remembering and honouring the perilous journey that refugees have taken to find safety and freedom – mark Refugee Week and World Refugee Day with these event, promotional, advocacy and ministry resources
A World Council of Churches pilgrim team has engaged in online visits to First Nation communities on Standing Rock…in solidarity with the local First Nation communities, particularly along the shore of the Missouri River (Lake Oahe), in their struggle for justice, including water justice
“Perhaps our world might have been very different, perhaps even safer, if back in the 1940s there were more women in those men-filled rooms making decisions. What kind of world might that have produced?” asks Bishop John Roundhill
Anglican clergy and local church leaders have been invited to take part in research that explores their responses to intimate partner violence
“We Anglicans in the Maranoa and Warrego Regions have learned much from the foundation of the first Mission District (later Mission Area) of the Anglican Church Southern Queensland. We have learnt that new ministry models need to be developed in an ongoing way, requiring flexibility as the needs of an area change,” says Jennifer Crocker from The Parish of Mitchell