The 58th meeting of the WCC’s Commission of the Churches on International Affairs

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The 58th meeting of the WCC’s Commission of the Churches on International Affairs

The WCC’s Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) will meet on 2-6 November in Johannesburg and online, reviewing its work between the two WCC assemblies and preparing for the upcoming WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany.

CCIA members walking to the Prayer service in Brisbane, Australia, opening the 57th CCIA meeting — Members of the WCC’s Commission of Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) on their way to the Prayer service in St. John’s Anglican Cathedral in Brisbane, Australia, opening the 57th CCIA meeting, February 2020.

The 58th meeting of the WCC-CCIA will take place on the 75th anniversary of its establishment in 1946. Due to the continuing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting will take place in a hybrid form: partly physical in Johannesburg, South Africa, hosted by the South African Council of Churches - and partly virtual.

Under the leadership of CCIA moderator Rev. Frank Chikane, the commission will review the work done under the auspices of the commission since the 10th WCC Assembly in Busan in 2013, and prepare for the renewal of the commission following the Karlsruhe assembly.

On 2 November, the webinar marking the 75th anniversary of the commission will take place. The webinar will be a conversation between former and current CCIA moderators and former and current CCIA women commissioners, and everyone is invited to follow it online.

WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs opens meeting in Johannesburg with focus on helping to heal the world’s deep wounds

Learn more about the WCC’s Commission of the Churches on International Affairs

Webinar livestream "75 years of Ecumenical Prophetic Witness: Conversation with Past and Present CCIA Moderators"