Carlos Valle made Honorary Life Member of WACC

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Carlos Valle made Honorary Life Member of WACC

By Philip Lee, Deputy Director of Programmes, WACC

At a ceremony held on Tuesday 5 October 2010 Rev.
Carlos A. Valle, former General Secretary of
WACC, was awarded Honorary Life Membership in
recognition of his services to Christian communication.

Carlos Valle, a Methodist minister from

Argentina, served as WACC?s General Secretary
1986-2001. Previously he served on the Executive
Committee of WACC?s Latin America Region, WACC?s
Board of Directors and as a pastor in Methodist congregations in 
Argentina.

A former President of INTERFILM, the Protestant
film organization, Valle was a staff member of
the ecumenical theological school, ISIDET, in
Buenos Aires, where he taught various courses on
communication, especially film and theology.

As General Secretary, Carlos Valle organized the
first WACC Congress which was held in 1989 in
Manila, Philippines. He worked to strengthen
cooperation and commitment between the World
Council of Churches and WACC and he convened the
first meeting of senior communication leaders in
European churches and ecumenical organizations.

Upon retiring, Carlos returned to Argentina to
serve as a chaplain to students at ISIDET in
Buenos Aries, where he continues to write on
issues related to communication, to work for his
church, and to take an active part in promoting
communication rights and social justice.

Carlos Valle has written several books, published
in both Spanish and English. They include
Comunicación es evento (1988), Comunicación:
modelo para armar (1990), and Communication and
Mission: In the Labyrinth of Globalisation (2002).

Honorary Life Membership of WACC is awarded to
individuals who have significantly upheld WACC?s
<http://www.waccglobal.org/en/about-wacc/principles.html>Christian
Principles of Communication, demonstrated long
involvement in Christian communication, and made
a significant contribution to the development of
communication theory and practice.

For more information about the Honorary Life
Membership,
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