WCC NEWS: WCC statement commemorates quad-centennial of forced voyage of enslaved African peoples Caixa de entrada x World Council of Churches por  mailchimpapp.net  11:21 (há 7 minutos) para eu inglês português     Traduzir mensagem Desativar para: inglês WCC statement commemorates quad-centennial of forced voyage of enslaved African peoples Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC 27 May 2019 A statement from the World Council of Churches (WCC) Executive Committee commemorated the quad-centennial of the forced transatlantic voyage of enslaved African peoples from Angola to Jamestown, Virginia (USA). "The policy and practice of enslaving African people laid the foundations for the systematic disenfranchisement and disempowering of people of African descent for 400 years in the United States and around the world,” reads the statement. The statement also affirms the timely relevance and significance of related ecumenical work, and invites WCC member churches to find opportunities to commemorate this historic moment in their churches. The WCC “celebrates the spiritual resistance of African Peoples throughout these 400 years, the statement continues, “and affirms the historic partnership the US churches and ecumenical organizations in the US share with WCC in addressing racism globally.”   The WCC Executive Committee statement, 27 May 2019 WCC moderator and general secretary focus on Child Rights, WCC press release 22 May 2019 WCC remembers lost colleagues, WCC press release 24 May 2019 WCC Executive Committee convening at Bossey Ecumenical Institute, WCC press release 21 May 2019 National Council of Churches in the USA WCC Member Churches in the USA    The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 350 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 550 million Christians in over 120 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, from the [Lutheran] Church of Norway. Media contact: +41 79 507 6363; www.oikoumene.org/press Our visiting address is: World Council of Churches 150 route de Ferney Geneve 2 1211 Switzerland Add us to your address book   You receive this information as a subscriber to WCC e-news.   You are registered with the address marioalbertobenedetto@gmail.com Want to change the language or topics of mailings you receive from us? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from all mailings distributed by the WCC (including newsletters of the Ecumenical Water Network, PIEF, EAPPI, etc.) ResponderEncaminhar