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GETI 2025: "Where now for visible unity?"

The Global Ecumenical Theological Institute 2025 (GETI), at the WCC Commission on Faith and Order’s World Conference in Egypt, is the fourth in a series of such global study programmes.

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 GETI is an international study programme of the WCC’s Ecumenical Theological Education (WCC-ETE) programme. The first GETI took place at the 10th WCC Assembly in 2013 in Busan, South Korea. Subsequently, GETI 2018 followed, organised on the occasion of the WCC CWME World Mission Conference in Arusha, Tanzania, then the third GETI at the 11th WCC Assembly in 2022 in Karlsruhe, Germany.


WCC-GETI aims to enable participants to:

  • Strengthen knowledge of current local and global ecumenical themes. 
  • Engage with past, present and future issues in ecumenical discourse.
  • Utilize interdisciplinary approaches for ecumenical studies.
  • Express a theologically informed and contextually grounded ecumenical theology.
  • Seek constructive solutions for challenges in changing religious and societal landscapes.

The Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order will take place at Wadi El Natrun, near Alexandria, Egypt in close collaboration and at the invitation of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St Mark of the Coptic Orthodox Church. It will meet at the Logos Papal Centre of the Coptic Orthodox Church, close to the ancient and highly significant St Bishoy Monastery, one of the most important monastic centres in Egypt. The See of Alexandria is historically significant for early Christianity, with an important role in the debates that led to the Council of Nicaea. St Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, sought to resolve the Arian controversy and facilitated the reception of the Nicene faith. Established by the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Logos Papal Centre embodies Alexandria’s legacy of cultural diversity and scholarly and theological exchange and is a living testament to the enduring influence of Alexandrian theology. 

As a bridge between ancient monastic traditions and the contemporary needs of a diverse society, the Logos Papal Centre stands as a place of dialogue and intellectual and spiritual inquiry. Deeply rooted in the rich history of Alexandrian theology, the venue of the Faith and Order Sixth World Conference and the GETI 2025 symbolizes the yearning for deep theological reflection in service to the unity of the churches and all humanity. 

For more information please contact [email protected]

Click here to read the application guidelines for GETI 2025 and submit your application 
Closing date for applications is 15 November 2024