 | Overcoming Violence: WCC Statements and Actions 1994-2000 (WCC, 2000, 130 p.) |
 |  | (introduction...) |
| | Preface |
| | Foreword - Rev. Dr. Konrad Raiser, WCC General Secretary |
| | The World Council of Churches: An Introduction |
|  | Documents from 1994 |
| | Overcoming the Spirit, Logic and Practice of War - Background Document Prepared for the WCC Central Committee, Johannesburg, South Africa, 20-28 January 1994 |
| | Recommendations of the WCC Central Committee, Johannesburg, South Africa, 20-28 January 1994 |
| | Programme to Overcome Violence: Assumptions and Principles - Adopted by the Board of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, Kitwe, Zambia, 25-30 June 1994 |
| | Documents from 1995 |
| | Recommendations of the WCC Central Committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 14-22 September 1995 |
| | Documents from 1996 |
| | Note on the Contemporary Role of the Church in International Affairs - WCC Central Committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 12-20 September 1996 |
| | Recommendations of the WCC Central Committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 12-20 September 1996 |
| | Documents from 1999 |
| | Excerpt from Together on the Way: Official Report of the Eighth Assembly of the World Council of Churches, Harare, Zimbabwe, 3-14 December 1998 |
| | The Decade to Overcome Violence: Churches Seeking Reconciliation and Peace* (2001-2010) - Message of the WCC Central Committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 26 August-3 September 1999 |
| | A Basic Framework for the Decade to Overcome Violence - Working Document of the WCC Central Committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 26 August-3 September 1999 |
| | Reports of the Programme to Overcome Violence |
| | Report of the Consultation on the Programme to Overcome Violence, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 13-18 April 1996 |
| | Final Documents: Programme to Overcome Violence Consultations |
| | Theological Perspectives on Violence and Non-Violence - Boston, USA, 30 March-3 April 1998 |
| | Small Arms: Big Impact, Consultation on Microdisarmament - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 1998 |
| | Peace to the City: A Global Initiative of the WCC |
| | Dreaming the Decade to Overcome Violence - Final Report of the Peace to the City Core Group, Stuttgart, Germany, 15-16 June 1999 |
| | Addresses of the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, Rev. Dr. Konrad Raiser |
| | Peace on Earth: New Visions and New Praxis - Consultation on Non-Violent Approaches to Conflict Resolution, Corrymeela, Northern Ireland, 2 June 1994 |
| | 1997 Christmas Message By Rev. Dr. Konrad Raiser, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches |
| | Excerpt of the 1999 Report of the General Secretary to the WCC Central Committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 26 August-3 September 1999 |
| | 2000 Christmas Message By Rev. Dr. Konrad Raiser, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches |
Recommendations of the WCC Central Committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 14-22 September 1995
The WCC Central Committee, meeting in Geneva, September 1995, decided that:
a) The focus of the Programme to Overcome Violence (POV) should be building a culture of peace through practical means to overcome violence at different levels of society, and encouraging the churches to play a leading role in using non-violent means such as prevention, mediation, intervention and education to overcome violence in their particular contexts;b) The POV should collect stories from different regions about the experiences of churches in overcoming violence;
c) The programme should include studies of the causes of violence, with special attention given to situations where churches or religious groups contribute to these causes. This should draw on the already existing material and experiences (for example peace institutes);
d) The programme should encourage the continuing attention to the theological and ecclesiological dimensions of violence. (See minutes of the Central Committee 1994, page 113, c.) This should relate to the WCC studies of the early seventies and already existing theological studies in various regions;
e) While the overcoming of violence should be a clear emphasis in all the units, the Programme to Overcome Violence should be a programme of Unit III. The programme should be given sufficient staff and resources to carry out its mandate;
f) A small consultation should be called, early in 1996, to give further shape to the programme, drawing from previous background discussions, and in light of the focus in a) above;
g) The POV can only succeed to the degree that member churches also give it priority in their own work.
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