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Technological advances, changing communications media, social inequalities, ecological challenges...how can we keep the Gospel relevant in the midst of these upheavals?

Geneva, October 9, 2023. Barbara Allan, Head of the JC2033 Ambassadors Program, and Pastor Martin Hoegger, Head of Church Relations, met with Pastor Jerry Pillay, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, to present the JC2033 initiative. Here is the interview he gave them at the end of the meeting.

What a great joy it was to bring together JC2033 friends in Switzerland for our annual meeting on September 2, 2023! It was a festive and inspiring meeting for the 120 people who came to the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne, the very place where the “Lausanne Movement" was launched almost 50 years ago.

One of the values of JC2033 is unity. That's why we're linking up with other initiatives to celebrate the 2000th anniversary of the coming death and resurrection of Jesus. For the 2023-2033 decade, an ever-increasing number of movements have set out on their own.

On the way to Emmaus-Nicopolis. The third JC2033 walk on the road to Emmaus took place from 16 to 23 April 2023. 28 people aged between 20 and 75 took part, from Switzerland, Belgium, England and the Philippines. We were 8 Catholics, 8 Evangelicals and 12 Reformed.

On Pentecost 2023 in Jerusalem, Olivier Fleury represented JC2033 at a celebration with several international missionary and prayer movements. They affirmed the decade leading up to 2033, the 2000th anniversary of Jesus' Resurrection and the gift of the Holy Spirit.

From 8 to 10 March 2023, the JC2033 international gathering took place in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. It was an intense three days of meetings, reflections and celebrations. In these five articles, find out more about the various stages of the event! Together For The Decade.

110 Christian Leaders, representing 79 organisations in 22 countries, met in Rome from February 3 to 5 for the Global 2033 Initiative. They were responding to the invitation of Henry Cappello, founder of the Caritas in Veritate Mission and Executive Director of Global 2033. The topic was world evangelization for the decade 2023-2033.

The initiative "Easter Together 2025" focuses on the decisions of the Council of Nicaea, with,  first of all, a call to find unity around the date of Easter. It also calls for a common vision to witness to the Resurrection of Jesus, as the Council of Nicaea defined the Christian Faith by placing the Resurrection of Christ at its centre.