“Let us come together in prayer, praying for an end to the coronavirus pandemic.”
The prayer hour will be led by Fr Proud Mukamba CMM, Managing Director of Mariannhill Mission Press.
15 November 2021 11:00 – 12:00
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The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee will meet for the first time in two years, 12-17 November, focusing on preparations for the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany in 2022, and celebrating 75 years of ecumenical formation at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute.
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The South African Council of Churches (SACC) joins the rest of South Africans in expressing our condolences to the De Klerk family on the passing away of Mr F.W. De Klerk. Mr De Klerk will be remembered for the decision he took to persuade his ruling National Party to abandon the injurious policies of apartheid that dehumanised millions of his fellow citizens for decades in what was described by the United Nations as a crime against humanity.
The SACC embraced the changes that Mr De Klerk brought about, beginning with the unbanning of liberation movements and the release of political prisoners – and notably Nelson Mandela who spent his first night of freedom at the home of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former General Secretary of the SACC who defended the churches against the apartheid government’s attacks; in his famous statement to the Eloff Commission, titled “Divine Intention”.
We are heartened that Mr De Klerk departed in a spirit that was at one with the best instincts of justice, recognising and admitting the horrible injustices of apartheid. Of course there may be reason to also look at those aspects of apartheid dirty tricks that he may have been part of in government, but this is not the time.
The country remains dangerously splintered and variously wounded; and his passing should rather offer us all a moment to pluck up the courage to build a common South African identity beyond the apartheid legacy of racial and ethnic divisions that now define our politics.
We extend our pastoral hand to the De Klerk family and the De Klerk Foundation at this difficult time.
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Rev Moss Nthla encourages us to vaccinate 7 out of 10 people through the #VaxuMzansi movement.Keep up to date on Covid-19 & vaccine information by checking the religious forum page, RFAC.
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This November, millions of Christians worldwide will unite for one cause: to join the global Body of Christ for the 2021 International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted (IDOP). The number one thing persecuted Christians ask for is prayer, and we want to equip you to be able to meet their request.
Each year, in preparation for the first or second Sunday of November, ICC assembles a unique resource kit for both churches and individuals on the plight of the persecuted.
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On Thursday 4 November 2021 the Constitutional Court in South Africa sat to decide on the ratification of the high court’s declaration that the legislation that prevents the burying of foetuses under 26 weeks is unconstitutional.
While the Church argues the dignity of a human person from conception, the opposing government argues administrative burden and emotions.
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The church members of the.World Council of Churches (WCC) and partners are preparing for the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children, which will be observed this year on 19 November.
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The 58th meeting of the World Council of Churches’s Commission of the Churches on International Affairs is opened in Johannesburg, South Africa today with a prayer, lively songs and warm welcome by South African Council of Churches’s president Archbishop Thabo Makgoba.
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The World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed great joy about being able to plan for an in-person meeting after COVID-19 forced meetings to be online for two years.
“Being able to prepare for both the WCC executive committee and the WCC 11th Assembly gives us cause to celebrate, even while being prayerfully conscious of the grave challenges still weighing heavily on the shoulders of our one human family,” said Sauca.
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In a letter from the World Council of Churches (WCC) to G20 leaders, global religious leaders representing half a billion Christians in over 100 countries warned that rising global temperatures will have increasingly disastrous consequences on impoverished and vulnerable communities that contribute least to the climate crisis.
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