Agnes Abuom, global ecumenist, peacemaker and African church leader, dies at 73
Nairobi, Kenya RNS Agnes Abuom, a global ecumenical leader and peacemaker, died on Wednesday at the age of 73 while undergoing treatment in a hospital in Nairobi. Sources close to her said she had succumbed after a short illness. Church leaders, ecumenical groups and ordinary Christians in Kenya, Africa and the rest of the world, […]
The Interview: Incoming World Council of Churches’ head Jerry Pillay
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, speaks with Rev Jerry Pillay who says that controversy after his election to lead the World Council of Churches was “expected”…
New World Council of Churches head draws criticism over Israel remarks
RNS Since being elected to lead the World Council of Churches earlier this month, Rev Jerry Pillay, former general secretary of the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa, has been rebuffing critics who accuse him of making anti-Semitic remarks by referring to Israel’s treatment of Palestinians as tantamount to apartheid. Pillay, the dean of the […]