29 February 2020, Jerusalem: Two participants in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel document how a home in the Shu’fat village in Jerusalem has just been demolished.
Resource "Hope for Children Through Climate Justice: Legal Tools to Hold Financiers Accountable" introduces communities to climate litigation, a rapidly growing and impactful way of addressing the climate crisis and protect the rights of young people and future generations.
Marina Silva, Brazilian Minister of Environment and Climate Change, receives a copy of the "Call for Action towards COP30" from the hands of Bishop Marinez Bassotto, Primate of the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil.
At COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, the World Council of Churches (WCC) advocates for justice-driven climate action. WCC representatives engage with global leaders and faith-based organizations to emphasize the moral imperative of addressing climate change. They call for meaningful climate finance to support vulnerable communities, protection for those most affected by climate impacts, and a swift transition away from fossil fuels. Through interfaith dialogues and collaborative efforts with partners like the ACT Alliance and the Lutheran World Federation, the WCC amplifies a collective voice for climate justice grounded in equity, accountability, and compassion
“Just Digital,” an online course aiming to help individuals and groups navigate wisely online and advocate effectively, is newly available in French and Spanish.
Iskandar Majlaton is local programme coordinator for the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). Operating in extraordinary circumstances that include the start of the war between Israel and Palestine that began in October 2023, the continued occupation of Palestinian land, and the increasing insecurity and violence that threatens the region.
The newly published resource "Hope for Children Through Climate Justice: Legal Tools to Hold Financiers Accountable" provides churches and communities essential legal tools designed to hold financial actors accountable for their role in perpetuating the climate crisis.
Nearly 50 church leaders, faith representatives, ecumenical organizations, Indigenous community members, and climate experts convened in Brazil to issue a powerful call for climate action ahead of COP30.
As the global community prepares for critical climate negotiations at COP30, faith groups worldwide are mobilising their moral voice through a series of strategic webinars organised by the Interfaith Liaison Committee to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The World Council of Churches (WCC), serving as co-chair of the Interfaith Liaison Committee, will lead this interfaith initiative to develop a unified Talanoa Call to Action that bridges spiritual values with climate justice imperatives.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) delivered a statement on the human rights situation of Armenian hostages at the 58th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council.
Rev. Dr Mikie Roberts, World Council of Churches (WCC) programme executive for Spiritual Life and Faith and Order, is visiting Australia, where he shared the spirit and nuances of music-making, songwriting, and cross-confessional theology with students at the United Theological College in Sydney.
A new group from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel have released a report on incidents in Bethlehem, Jerusalem, the Jordan Valley, and South Hebron Hills.
In its most recent meeting, the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism heard updates from its three working groups, and continued to map plans for a world mission conference in 2028.
A side event to the UN Human Rights Council titled “Registration and Legal Status of Places of Worship: Negative Impacts on Religious Minorities” was co-organized by the World Evangelical Alliance, Anglican Communion, World Council of Churches (WCC), Open Doors International, and Stefanus Alliance in Geneva.
Hagop Djernazian, with other young Armenians from Jerusalem, has just returned from a global US tour that included the cities of New York, Boston, Detroit, Chicago, and Washington, DC. He took time to describe their 10 days of raising awareness to protect Armenian land in Jerusalem.
It was with much sadness that I received news of the death of dear Archbishop Anastasios of Albania. I count it as one of the great privileges of my life to have worked closely with him when we were both Presidents of the World Council of Churches from the Assembly at Porto Alegre in 2006 to the Assembly in Busan in 2013.
