http://ekklesia.co.uk/tags View tagged content by tags en http://ekklesia.co.uk/node/7761 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><p>The WCC has honoured a former general secretary, Philip Potter, a Methodist from the West Indies who helped the churches take a high profile role in the struggle against apartheid and white minority regimes in southern Africa.</p> </div> </div> </div> http://ekklesia.co.uk/node/7761#comment Religion and Society News Brief caribbean philip potter wcc west indies world council of churches World News Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:35:27 +0100 Ecumenical News International 7761 at http://ekklesia.co.uk http://ekklesia.co.uk/node/7049 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-teaser"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><p>The Rev Philip Potter, a former general secretary of the World Council of Churches, has been honoured by the South African government for his determined commitment to combatting racism and apartheid in the 1970s and 1980s.</p> </div> </div> </div> http://ekklesia.co.uk/node/7049#comment People and Power Race and Identity News Brief apartheid Christianity gospel oliver tambo philip potter racism Thabo Mbeki wcc world council of churches World News Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:22:55 +0100 staff writers 7049 at http://ekklesia.co.uk