South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Today The World Council of Churches (WCC) has issued a statement of concern about post-election violence in Tanzania and has called for an investigation into what went wrong in the country. On October 29, Tanzania held its presidential election which incumbent President Samia Suluhu Hassan won […]
By Tali Feinberg — Originally published in South African Jewish Report Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein has called on South African Reverend Professor Dr Jerry Pillay to “retract statements accusing Israel of apartheid and calling for a boycott of the Jewish state” after Pillay was elected general secretary of the […]
Originally published in oikoumene.org On Monday a delegation led by World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit met with the South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and cabinet ministers in Johannesburg. The high-level delegation of the WCC with 16 representatives from all over the world, are […]
The World Council of Churches has elected Kenyan Anglican Dr Agnes Abuom of Nairobi, as the Moderator of the highest WCC governing body and South African, Dr Mary-Anne Plaatjies-Van Huffel, Moderator of the Uniting Reformed Church (URC) in Southern Africa, as the Africa president of the WCC. Abuom, who was […]