World churches reflect on nonviolent strategies

Five years after the World Council of Churches (WCC) launched its Decade to Overcome Violence participants at the 9th Assembly have paused to mark the midpoint, reviewing what has occurred so far and looking to what can yet come.

A powerful afternoon plenary session used multimedia, music, speakers, storytelling, and liturgical dance to illustrate instances of overcoming violence around the world. A special focus was given to violence that affects children and youth. (...)