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Hauszeitschrift der Gemeinschaft Evangelischer Kirchen in Europa (GEKE)

Philipp Melanchthon – Brückenbauer der Reformation - Protestant Cooperation in North-West Europe is put on a new Basis - Was bedeutet Ihrer Kirche die Mitarbeit in der Nordwestgruppe? - Philip Melanchthon – Bridge-Builder of the Reformation - La communion ecclésiale dans la région - Gemeinsamer Dienst in der GEKE - Letting church fellowship come alive locally

''Come With Jesus to the Streets''

With an expected 150 registered delegates, the Women’s Pre-Council is gathering both women and a few men from the entire world in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this week.

Anti-apartheid document finds new life in US Reformed Church Washington DC

(ENI/RNS). For some 400 years, the small Reformed Church in America has relied on only three confessional statements of belief, all of them forged in the crucible of the Reformation. This week, they'll add a fourth, and its unlikely origins - apartheid-era South Africa - speak volumes about the changing nature of global Christianity and its impact on one of America's oldest denominations, Religion News Service reports.

The world’s two largest networks of Protestant churches in the Reformed tradition are meeting in Grand Rapids in the northeastern United States June 18 - 26 to found a new organization signaling a new level of relationship between two families of churches once divided from each other.

Dana Robert calls for common witness to Christ despite divisions

''We must not allow difficult theological, socio-cultural and political issues, or disagreements over theologies of religion, to discourage us from sharing God’s love and salvation through Jesus Christ with all the world.'' With these words, keynote speaker Dana L. Robert encouraged delegates to Edinburgh 2010 in their commitment to unity of purpose in Christian mission, evangelism and dialogue.

From 2-6 June, a broad partnership of Scottish churches is welcoming 300 delegates from over 60 countries for the Edinburgh 2010 conference.

New Moderator and other News

(ENI). Scotland should look forward to the world being a better place and the Church united when it celebrates the 500th anniversary of the Scottish Reformation in 50 years time, the new moderator of the (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland, the Rev. John Christie has said.

The inconclusive result of the General Election provides a unique opportunity to re-orient Westminster politics towards the common good, according to Simon Loveitt, who speaks on public issues for the United Reformed Church.

CALL – Church Action on Labour and Life

With a Conference in the European Parliament in Brussels the Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches (CSC of CEC) is launching today the new European Christian Employment and Economy Network ''CALL'': Church Action on Labour and Life.