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calvin09: official hymn for the Calvin Year publishedThe Jubilee Year “calvin09” for the 500th anniversary of the birth of the Reformer Jean Calvin has an official hymn. Greg Scheer of the Christian Reformed Church in the USA has won the competition for the international Calvin hymn announced...
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listen to the hymn
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The World Alliance of Reformed Churches a guest in Berne
From 10-12 October the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) is the guest of the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches (FSPC) and the Reformed Churches of Berne-Jura-Solothurn. Clifton Kirkpatrick, WARC President, and Setri Nyomi, WARC General Secretary, are meeting a delegation of the FSPC consisting of...
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Calvin’s greeting for the Luther Decade
“On the 500th anniversary of our common cause, the Reformation, I offer you my greetings today,” writes the Swiss Reformer Jean Calvin to his German colleague Martin Luther. In a recently discovered letter...
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How does Calvin sound?
The Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches (FSPC) and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) are looking for a hymn and a sermon for the festivities marking the 500th anniversary of the Reformer Jean Calvin. Contributions can be sent in up to...
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www.calvin09.org
Open Forum Davos 2008 begins
Today saw the opening of the sixth Open Forum Davos by the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches (FSPC) and the World Economic Forum (WEF). There are seven controversial topics on the programme between now and Saturday. On the first panel, “The Return of the Religious”, the former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami and the President of the FSPC Council, Thomas Wipf, joined in the debate...
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More at www.openforumdavos.ch
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