New videos highlight economic justice work
Two new animated videos highlight the economic justice work of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) and its partners. The first video features the New International Financial and Economic Architecture (NIFEA) program for which the WCRC partners with the Council for World Mission, Lutheran World Federation, World Council of Churches, and World Methodist Council. […]
Applications invited for 2024 GEM School
Applications are open for the 2024 Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management (GEM School) for an Economy of Life, which will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, 19-30 August 2024. GEM School aims to train church leaders and young persons on eco-just international economics and global economic governance, thereby equipping churches with tools to enable […]
NIFEA partners call for fair redistribution of wealth and social protection
In a letter to the United Nations General Assembly, the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) joined other global Christian organizations in reiterating a call for a New International Financial and Economic Architecture (NIFEA). “In a world confronting multiple crises – the cost of living crisis, the pushback on democracy, human rights and gender justice, […]
Online conference to focus on degrowth
The New International Financial and Economic Architecture (NIFEA) initiative will host an online conference on “Degrowth: Living Sufficiently and Sustainably” on 1 October, with a pair of two-hour sessions. The conference will be a space to discuss and unpack various visions of “degrowth” or “post-growth” with a view to addressing the urgent eco-crisis and pandemic […]
Webinar to address global tax system
An ecumenical webinar will focus on using the global tax system as a tool to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and to repair systemic issues such as rising socio-economic inequality and runaway climate change. “ZacTax: A Reparatory Tax System for a Just and Sustainable Recovery” will be held on 25 June, 15:00 – 16:30 (CEST). […]
Online panel will explore tax reform from faith-rooted perspective
A public online panel discussion—“In a Time of Pandemic, Inequality, and Climate Change: Zacchaeus Tax and Jubilee Now!”—will explore how taxation, reparations, and debt cancellation could contribute to shaping an Economy of Life in a world marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, widening socio-economic inequalities, and a growing climate emergency. Offered as part of an ongoing […]
Zacchaeus campaign calls for tax justice
But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the LORD, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possession to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.” —Luke 19:8 A new, ecumenical campaign advocating for tax justice was launched on 11 July […]
In Zambia, foreign investors complicate “economy of life”
To witness and attempt to understand contrasting narratives of foreign investment-linked development and socio-economic injustice, participants of the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management for an Economy of Life (GEM School) visited a mining company on 22 August. The GEM School 2017 was promoted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and World Communion […]
GEM school integrates theology and economics
With the aim of building competency in economics within churches, the second Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management for an Economy of Life (GEM School) was held from 21 August – 1 September in Lusaka, Zambia. Fifteen participants from different churches worldwide came together at the Kingsley Mweenda Centre of the Council of Churches […]
GEM school ends with hope for a better tomorrow
“As a professor of economics and economic ethics with a theological background, and as dean of the GEM school, I can say that pluralistic economics—getting new prominence as an international student initiative—is an attempt to challenge neo-liberal monolithic economics. It is time for new thinking about economics,” stated Prof. Martin Büscher, first chair for economics […]