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World Council of Churches - News Release

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>For immediate release - 25/08/2009 17:59:05

>WCC WEBSITE REVAMPED

Visitors to the website of the World Council of Churches (WCC) are now  being welcomed by a fresh, simplified look and a new homepage, designed to  give an immediate feel of the identity and values of the organization.

The homepage was rebuilt around three aspects of the council's mission:  the pursuit of unity, common witness and Christian service.

Visitors are invited to discover what the WCC says and does about these  three keywords. Relevant news or feature stories and ideas for personal  involvement in each thematic area are also proposed.

While the homepage is no longer centred on the latest news, all WCC press  releases and other news items can be read and - another novelty -  commented on the news page where users can also sign up to receive them by  e-mail. To give more opportunities for interactivity, "friends of the WCC  website" groups have been created on Facebook ( http://www.oikoumene.org/?i d=7106 )and LinkedIn ( http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2207838 ).

Commenting on the work of the web team, Mark Beach, WCC director of  communications said: "We are confident visitors to the site will find it  easy to navigate and learn more about the council's key mission of unity,  witness and service."

800,000 unique visitors from 227 countries came to the WCC website  www.oikoumene.org ( http://www.oikoumene.org/ )last year with an average  of 2,500 per day. Most content is available in English, German, French and  Spanish.

The WCC website

www.oikoumene.org ( http://www.oikoumene.org/ )

>Learn more about the WCC web office
>http://www.oikoumene.org/?id=3434

Additional information:Juan Michel,+41 22 791 6153 +41 79 507 6363media@wcc -coe.org

The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness  and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of  churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 349 Protestant,  Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 560 million  Christians in over 110 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman  Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, from  the Methodist Church in Kenya. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.