Switzerland Archives - Global Ministries https://www.globalministries.org/region/switzerland/ Global Ministries is a common missional witness of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ. Global Ministries works with approximately 290 faith-based international partners in close to 90 countries. Our Vision: That all of God’s people and creation share in God’s abundant life. Our Mission: To receive and share the Good News of Jesus Christ by joining with global and local partners to work for justice, reconciliation, and peace. Wed, 27 Jan 2021 02:48:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 https://www.globalministries.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/favicon-150x150.png Switzerland Archives - Global Ministries https://www.globalministries.org/region/switzerland/ 32 32 UCC national leaders, executives explore immigration and race issues during European trip https://www.globalministries.org/ucc_national_leaders_executives_explore_immigration_and_race_issues_during_european_trip/ Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:31:25 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/ucc_national_leaders_executives_explore_immigration_and_race_issues_during_european_trip/ October 02, 2017 Written by Anthony Moujaes Almost a dozen executives and leaders from the United Church of Christ, recently returned from a 17-day trip in Europe, spent the journey exploring questions about what it means to be a reforming church in … Read more

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]]> Multiple outbursts of violence shatter peace in Germany, Switzerland, and Turkey [CEC] https://www.globalministries.org/multiple_outbursts_of_violence_shatter_peace_in_germany_switzerland_and_turkey_cec/ Tue, 20 Dec 2016 17:49:09 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/multiple_outbursts_of_violence_shatter_peace_in_germany_switzerland_and_turkey_cec/ Europe has again woken up to news of multiple acts of violence claiming lives across the continent. Yesterday in Berlin an attack at the Christmas market left a reported 12 dead and up to 50 more with injuries. Earlier in … Read more

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]]> Young people reflect on interreligious studies [WCC] https://www.globalministries.org/young_people_reflect_on_interreligious_studies_wcc/ Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:16:42 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/young_people_reflect_on_interreligious_studies_wcc/ Seventeen students completed a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Interreligious Studies in August at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey. The six-week course, credited by the University of Geneva, is evenly split between distance learning and a residential experience. The students, … Read more

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]]> European Reformation Roadmap to link historical sites in 67 cities, 18 countries (WCC news) https://www.globalministries.org/european_reformation_roadmap_to_link_historical_sites_in_67_cities_18_countries_wcc_news/ Tue, 31 May 2016 19:10:25 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/european_reformation_roadmap_to_link_historical_sites_in_67_cities_18_countries_wcc_news/ A celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, called the “European Reformation Roadmap,” will begin in November 2016 in Geneva, then tour across sites of significance through May 2017. There will be activities in 67 cities in 18 countries, … Read more

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]]> WCC Annual Meeting on Interreligious Dialogue https://www.globalministries.org/wcc_annual_meeting_on_interreligious_dialogue/ Mon, 08 Feb 2016 18:17:39 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/wcc_annual_meeting_on_interreligious_dialogue/ The annual meeting took place 3-4 February 2016, between the officials of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) and the staff of the Office for Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation (IRDC) of the World Council of Churches (WCC), in Geneva, … Read more

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]]> Common prayer in Geneva responds to acts of violence https://www.globalministries.org/common_prayer_in_geneva_responds_to_acts_of_violence/ Mon, 16 Nov 2015 21:33:45 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/common_prayer_in_geneva_responds_to_acts_of_violence/ Commemorating the Armenian Genocide of 1915-23 was to have been the principal focus of the service of Sunday morning prayer on 15 November in the cathedral church of Saint-Pierre at the summit of Geneva’s old town. Following terror attacks in … Read more

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]]> World Student Christian Federation (Switzerland) https://www.globalministries.org/partner/world_student_christian/ Wed, 24 Dec 2014 06:02:43 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/partner/world_student_christian/ World Student Christian Federation (Switzerland)

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]]> Switzerland https://www.globalministries.org/mee_countries_switzerland_index/ Sun, 21 Dec 2014 23:42:52 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/mee_countries_switzerland_index/ World Student Christian Federation (Switzerland) Switzerland is located in Central Europe, east of France, north of Italy.  Population (2014 est) – 8,061,516 Area – 25,650mi Capital – Bern Ethnic Background      German – 65%      French – 18%      Italian … Read more

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]]> Swiss local churches reflect on water issues https://www.globalministries.org/swiss_local_churches_reflect_10_10_2014_1358/ Sat, 11 Oct 2014 01:58:06 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/swiss_local_churches_reflect_10_10_2014_1358/ Celebrating water as God’s creation and reflecting on challenges faced by people having inadequate access to this life-giving resource, members of Swiss churches gathered together in Geneva. Their meeting was held beside a pond called Étang de Mouilles on the … Read more

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]]> Students of diverse faiths seek understanding at Bossey https://www.globalministries.org/students_of_diverse_faiths_10_10_2014_1259/ Sat, 11 Oct 2014 00:59:14 +0000 https://www.globalministries.org/students_of_diverse_faiths_10_10_2014_1259/ “Religions as instruments of peace” is the subtitle of a 2011 summer course on “Building an interfaith community”. Twenty-three students from more than a dozen nations have assembled at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Switzerland for the course which runs … Read more

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