The Assemblies of the World Council of Churches since 1948
The Assemblies of the World Council of Churches define the missions the officials of the organisation. It is called regularly by hosting Churches on specific themes. They elect the central...
General Secretaries of the World Council of Churches
The general secretary of the WCC is elected for an extendable five-year mandate. He is nominated by the members of the Central Committee elected at the General Assembly. The general...
Willem Adolph Visser’t Hooft (1900-1985)
Willem Adolph Visser’t Hooft was a great figure of the ecumenical movement that developed within Protestant and Orthodox Churches in the 20th century. After being a leader in Christian youth...
The International Missionary Council
The International Missionary Council (IMC) was created in 1921. It’s beginnings are found in the Edinburgh Conference of 1910. The purpose was to develop an evangelisation charity taking into account...
The World Council of Churches
The World Council of Churches has its headquarters in Geneva, and gathers over 300 different churches, be they Protestant, Anglican, or Orthodox, from over 140 countries. Though they are all...
The Gypsy Evangelical Mission in France
This Mission is a member of the French Protestant Federation and unites several separate Churches. The Protestant Gypsy Evangelical Mission is part of the Revival Movement which transformed evangelization by...
The World Christian Student Federation (WCSF)
The World Christian Student Federation is an international youth ecumenical movement created in the late 19th century as an evangelizing mouvement. It played a key role in the setting up...
The Catholics
The Catholics are the largest branch of Christianity. They belong to the Roman Church and the united East Churches in Rome.
The first schisms within Christianity
Christianity developed quickly in the Roman Empire with a lot of diversity. Disputes arose and were settled by ecumenical councils which defined the correct doctrine and condemned the others. They...
The orthodox
The East-West schism in 1054 separated the Oriental Churches from the Occidental ones. The orthodox were the main branch of Christians of oriental origin. Their organisation changed over centuries. After...
The branches of Christianity
Born in Palestine amongst Judaism, Christianity progressively established itself in the Roman Empire and then spread all over the world. It evolved along with a great doctrinal and ritual diversity:...
The Bourbons
The Bourbons descended in direct line from Louis IX also called Saint Louis ; they were blood princes. They had precedence over all the other noble men in the Kingdom and...
The Huguenot memorial in Ile Sainte-Marguerite
Along with the Castle of If, in Marseilles, the Tower of Constance, in Aigues-Mortes, and the Fort of Brescou, in Agde, the fort on the île Sainte-Marguerite is one of...
The Kirchentag
The Kirchentag is a meeting organised by lay members of the EKD (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland) (German Evangelical Church) for German and European Protestants since 1949. It’s purpose is to...
Jacques Sturm (1489-1553)
Jacques Sturm was a major figure of the Protestant Reformation in Strasbourg. He was open to new religious trends, and adopted Luther’s message, thus imposing on the city an authoritarian...
The Maison des missions (Mission centre)
The foundation stone was laid on 28 July 1886 at 102 boulevard Arago, opposite the Protestant Institute of Theology. It was inaugurated in 1887.
The Protestant Independent school of theology of Paris
The Protestant Faculty of theology of Paris was founded in 1873, and called Protestant Independent school of theology, upon the initiative of Strasbourg University professors, especially Frédéric Lichtenberger and Auguste...
Around Saint-Germain des Prés
Saint Germain des Prés played a key role in the birth of Protestantism, thanks to the humanist and theologian Jacques Lefèvre d’Etaples
The Temple de l’Etoile
During the 19th century Paris spread to the West, especially into the Passy, Auteuil, Batignolles and Porte Maillot districts. Several Temples were built and attest to the revival of Protestantism...