Consensus cards

18 June 2025, Johannesburg, South Africa: Orange consensus cards raised in affirmation, at the 2025 Central Committee meeting of the World Council of Churches taking place in Johannesburg (South Africa) from 18 to 24 June 2025 on the theme ’Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity’.

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Central Committee meeting

18 - 24 June 2025
Johannesburg, South Africa
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WCC central committee moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford Strohm pictured in conversation with Emma Rahman and a group of other stewards in the Ecumenical Centre chapel as the World Council of Churches central committee gathers in Geneva on 21-27 June 2023, for its first full meeting following the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe in 2022.

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Stewards programme 2025

14 - 26 June 2025
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Consensus cards

Central Committee meeting

18 - 24 June 2025

The Central Committee serves as the chief governing body of the WCC until the next assembly, meeting every 2 years. It is responsible for carrying out the policies adopted by the Assembly, reviewing and supervising WCC programmes and the budget of the Council.

Johannesburg, South Africa
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Stewards programme 2025

14 - 26 June 2025

The World Council of Churches (WCC) invites young people from across the globe to apply for the 2025 Stewards Programme, scheduled to take place from 14-26 June 2025. This exciting programme offers a unique opportunity for youth ages 18-30 to engage with the global ecumenical movement and actively contribute to the work of the WCC. The deadline for applications is 30 November 2024.

Johannesburg, South Africa
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Bossey students

Certificate of Advanced Studies in Interreligious Studies

29 June - 19 July 2025

Application deadline extended to 30 March 2025.

Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Interreligious Studies is a course of a three-week distance learning component and a three-week intensive residential period of study, research and community life, during summer months of June-August and results in 10 ECTS credits (ECTS-European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System, established 1988 by the European Commission). 

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GETI 2018 participants

GETI 2025: "Where now for visible unity?"

12 - 29 October 2025

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.

Wadi El Natrun, near Alexandria, Egypt