WCC youth commission elects new vice moderator

WCC youth commission elects new vice moderator

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Tue, 11/10/2026 - 17:05

The World Council of Churches' Commission on Young People in the Ecumenical Movement, during its meeting in Ghana, elected a new vice moderator, Mawuli Assimadi, from the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Togo.

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“ At a time when young people and young adults are increasingly experiencing anxiety in the face of war, the rising cost of living, the climate crisis, loneliness, various forms of discrimination, and public policies that fail to take our future into account, it is imperative that churches become safer, braver, and healing spaces for young people in the ecumenical movement and church bodies,” said Assimadi. “ Spaces where we can find comfort, support one another, and continue our daily struggles through faith.”

Beyond this, Assimadi added, the church should also be a place that equips, empowers, and mobilises us to transform the realities that generate our anxiety in the first place

“ In my role as vice moderator of Young People in the Ecumenical Movement, I envision supporting the work that is…