Christ’s Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity: Report of the WCC 11th Assembly

2023

The Report of the WCC 11th Assembly is an important element of a wider collection of resources that offers a flavour of what took place at the assembly in Karlsruhe in 2022, which gathered more than 4500 people, including 659 official delegates from the WCC’s 352 member churches around the theme “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity.”

This report includes an overview of the assembly, the message and unity statement, various reflections, an overview of the spiritual life of the assembly, reports of the work since the previous assembly, an overview of thematic plenaries and ecumenical conversations, reports of assembly committees, statements and minutes, messages from pre-assemblies, greetings to the assembly and various appendices.

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Report of the WCC 11th Assembly

Contents

Preface by the Acting General Secretary

The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches

An Overview of the 11th Assembly
Message of the 11th Assembly: A Call to Act Together
Unity Statement

Reflecting on the Assembly

An Affective Appreciation
Moving the World to Reconciliation and Unity
Reflections from Members of the Leadership of the Central Committee

Praying Together

Assembly Spiritual Life
Opening Prayer
Sending Prayer

Deliberating Together

Thematic Plenaries
Ecumenical Conversations

Reviewing the Work of the World Council of Churches

Pilgrims on the Path of Peace: The Journey of the WCC from Busan to Karlsruhe
Witnessing Together to Christ’s Compassionate Love: Report of the Moderator of the Central Committee
Report of the Acting General Secretary

Reporting from the Assembly Committees

Report of the Finance Committee
Second Report of the Nominations Committee
Report of the Policy Reference Committee
Report of the Programme Guidelines Committee

Speaking to the World

Public Issues at the 11th Assembly
Statements and Minutes Adopted by the Assembly
Statements Issued by the Leadership of the Central Committee
Statements Adopted by the Executive Committee

Hearing from the Pre-Assemblies

Greetings to the Assembly

Opening Greetings
Local Hosts
Churches and Ecumenical Partners
Interfaith Messages
United Nations Working Group on People of African Descent

Appendices

Appendix 1: Assembly Delegates and Participants
Appendix 2: Assembly Committee Membership
Appendix 3: WCC Central Committee Members Elected at the Assembly
Appendix 4: Member Churches
Appendix 5: Constitution and Rules of the World Council of Churches
Appendix 6: WCC 11th Assembly Programme