MECC Is Working on Launching an Ecumenical Youth Platform

On Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 August, the MECC Theological and Ecumenical Department (TED) held two virtual meetings with around 17 young people from various churches in Lebanon. These two gatherings were a follow-up to the youth consultation seminar held by the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) on the 11th of July 2020, within the “Kairos Middle East: Towards Churches Global Compact” process. Both meetings focused on developing the recommendations that were made by the youth during the first consultation seminar.

As the MECC believes in the pioneer role of the youth in facing the repercussions of the Beirut explosion that occurred on the 4th of August 2020, the objective of these two meetings was to establish an ecumenical platform for the youth, through which initiatives inspired by young people’s aspirations and concerns would be launched to address the disaster. These initiatives would be organized by youth from different churches and other religions and would act as a common testimony to unity among the citizens of one country.

It is worth nothing that these meetings will be followed by other similar events in order to reach the desired goals.