Council for World Mission Urges Church Leaders to Engage Youth in Mission

As churches and church bodies around the world gear up for the 9th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Brazil this month, the Council for World Mission has called on church leaders around the world to include youth in mission.

The executive staff of CWM are due to promote the importance of youth in mission at the forthcoming Assembly in Porto Alegre from Feb. 14th to 23rd.

Participants at the massive world gathering in Brazil will take part in a workshop designed to affirm contributions of the young by raising awareness of the CWM Training in Mission Programme.
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