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Reformed Communiqué - September 2012

Rundbrief der Weltgemeinschaft Reformierter Kirchen (WGRK)

Conference on global economy will meet in Brazil - In Lebanon can two walk together if they do not agree? - Pieter Holtrop: Dutch theologian mourned - Omega Bula, an architect of the Accra Confession, retires

Reformed Communiqué
September 2012

Vol. 3 No. 3

Welcome to the electronic version of Reformed Communiqué, the quarterly newsletter of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC). It aims to quickly reach a wide audience, including youth and others not yet involved in WCRC, about the critical events in the life of the Reformed family worldwide. It also hopes to draw more WCRC constituents to our website, programmes and resources. We offer this alongside the print and web versions of the newsletter. We welcome your feedback wcrc@wcrc.ch as well as names to add to our list of subscribers. Thank you.

Reformed Communiqué is published quarterly by the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), a fellowship of 80 million Reformed Christians in 230 churches in 108 countries. Its member churches are Congregational, Presbyterian, Reformed, Uniting and United churches with roots in the 16th-century Reformation led by John Calvin, John Knox and others. WCRC has a small secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland.

Editor: Kristine Greenaway

Full version: PDF (September 2012)

Selected articles follow.

Theology seminar features learning from exposure to new contexts

When fifty theology students from around the world spend four weeks studying and living together, the learning process quickly becomes intensive and all-involving. The head of the theology office for the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) knows this from first-hand experience.

Douwe Visser directed the Global Institute of Theology (GIT) in Indonesia in June that gathered students and faculty from twenty-two countries for an intensive programme of theological study and field visits at Duta Wacana Christian University in Yogyakarta.

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Position posting – General Secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches

The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) is seeking a General Secretary to be the Chief Executive Officer of WCRC who will be responsible to the General Council and the Executive Committee to direct and coordinate the work of the Communion. 

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Conference on global economy will meet in Brazil

An ecumenical conference to propose a new international financial and economic architecture will take place at the end of September amid growing concerns about the impact of the economic and financial crisis on humanity and the Earth.

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Partnership Fund – In Lebanon can two walk together if they do not agree?

Lebanon has provided a timely case study for an international congress of French-speaking practical theologians on the theme of living together – a challenge for many societies today and also for theology.

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Pieter Holtrop: Dutch theologian mourned

It is with a sense of sadness that we learned in August of the death of our colleague and friend, Pieter Holtrop. Holtrop was an outstanding professor who gave freely of his tremendous gifts to the Reformed family worldwide. From 1989 he served as a member of the Executive Committee of the former World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC).

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Omega Bula, an architect of the Accra Confession, retires

Omega Bula is one of the architects of the Accra Confession. The declaration that condemns systems of economic exploitation of the poor as "sin" is at the heart of the justice and theology programmes of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC). It is also at the heart of Bula's work in global ecumenical partnerships with The United Church of Canada.

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From the General Secretary

One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. (Luke 6: 12)
Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. (Matthew 26: 41)

"Come, let us pray!" This is an invitation that I wish Reformed Christians would give one another more often. Unfortunately, in this twenty-first century it is more common to receive an invitation to enjoy a meal together or a game or some other fun activity than to enjoy praying together.

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WARC/Global Dialogue on the Accra Confession

Strong emphasis on need for action by Christians against economic and ecological injustice
Setri Nyomi: ''We cannot ignore the millions of victims of injustice and the consequences of human devastation upon the Earth.''

Barbara Schenck

Niederlande: Balkenende: ''The church is a haven. You can recharge there''

Premierminister Balkenende würdigt neue Möglichkeit, den Glauben mit der Zeitschrift ''glossy'' zu zeigen
Friday afternoon (11. September 2009) Prime Minister Balkende received the ‘glossy’ newspaper “We believe” from the hands of Dr. A.J. Plaisier, secretary general of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.

Barbara Schenck

Evangelische Nachrichten aus Tschechien

Nachrichten aus der EKBB auf Deutsch und Englisch
Bulletin der Evangelischen Kirche der Böhmischen Brüder (EKBB), der Diakonie der Evangelischen Kirche der Böhmischen Brüder und der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Karlsuniversität als PDF auf www.srcce.cz

Barbara Schenck

Presbyterian Church of Wales: Rückzug der britischen Truppen aus Afghanistan gefordert

Moderator Rev Haydn Thomas: Terrorismus mit Terrorismus zu beantworten ist keine Antwort
''In his final address as Moderator, the Rev Haydn Thomas will tell the Church’s General Assembly that Prime Minister Gordon Brown should return to his roots as son of the manse by basing his foreign policy on Christian principles'', meldete Christian Today am 8. September 2009.

Barbara Schenck

Globaler Dialog in Südafrika: Krise als Chance für eine Bewegung für soziale Gerechtigkeit

Mohau Pheko: current crisis is ''a spectacular failure'' of the current system
(WARC) The global financial crisis is a golden opportunity for a movement for economic justice according to a South African businesswoman and political economist.

Barbara Schenck

Vollversammlung des ÖRK 2013 in Korea: Chance für Dialog mit Evangelikalen und Pfingstkirchen

''Beitrag für die friedliche Aussöhnung und Wiedervereinigung'' des geteilten Koreas
Der am 31. August vom Zentralausschuss beschlossene Veranstaltungsort für die nächste Vollversammlung des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) in der südkoreanischen Hafenstadt Busan im Jahr 2013 bietet nach Ansicht des Vorsitzenden des internationalen Ausschusses des Nationalen Kirchenrats in Korea (NCCK), Pfarrer Dr. Jong-Wha Park, besondere Chancen für einen verstärkten Dialog mit den evangelikalen und Pfingstkirchen in Korea.

Ökumenischer Rat der Kirchen - Nachrichten, 1. September 2009

Internationale Konsultation Südafrika: Reformierte Kirchen analysieren Auswirkungen der globalen Wirtschaftskrise

Vizepräsident Weusmann (ERK) erinnert an ständigen Dialog zwischen Kirchen in Deutschland und Südafrika
(WARC/RWB, 2. September 2009). Eine Zusammenkunft von reformierten Kirchen weltweit beginnt diese Woche in Johannesburg, Südafrika; im Zentrum der Debatten wird die Rolle stehen, die die Kirchen bei dem Ruf nach wirtschaftlicher Gerechtigkeit und Schutz der Umwelt zu spielen haben.

Pressemitteilung des Reformierten Weltbundes

Internationale Calvin-Konferenz in Budapest

Ein Bericht von Lajos Békefy
Europäische Wissenschaftler haben sich in Budapest zu einem internationalen Calvin-Symposium getroffen. Die Fachtagung mit über 200 Vorlesungen fand statt im Rahmen der Jahresversammlung des Kollegium der Doktoren der Reformierten Kirche Ungarns vom 24. bis 28 August 2009.

Dr. Lajos Békefy

Globalization we can grasp – Nachhaltigkeit und Gerechtigkeit in der Weltgemeinschaft

Ein Curriculum mit Videos
(WARC, Juli 2009) Christians are increasingly articulate critics of economic, social and environmental abuse. What is often missing for ordinary people in those critiques is an idea of what they can do to make a difference at home, in their parishes and in the broader community.

Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu: Umweltschutz entspricht dem Willen Gottes

Setri Nyomi: Den eigen ''lifestyle'' ändern
(WARC, 25. August 2009) The Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu will be following God's will by taking a leading role in efforts to reverse the effects of climate change according to the leader of a global alliance of Reformed churches.

The World Alliance of Reformed Churches, Tuesday, 25 August 2009, 9:04 (EST)
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