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From 16-19 October, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay was in Brazil to attend the 34th General Council of the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil and to engage in conversations with church leaders from the region.

On 17 October, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay addressed the 34th General Council of the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil, the WCC’s largest member church in Latin America. 

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, in a video message to “GenFest” in Brazil, greeted the young people gathered July under the theme “Juntos para cuidar” (Together to care). 

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay extended deep sympathy for the people and churches of Southern Brazil as they endure catastrophic flooding, loss of life, and widespread destruction of homes, roads, and bridges.

Rev. Dr Walter Altmann, who served as moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee between the 9th and 10th assemblies celebrated 80 years of age on 4 February. 

In the wake of severe flooding in the Taquari Valley, Brazil, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed sorrow and concern for the people affected.

Friday evening when the leaders of the G20 states will be meeting in Hamburg and discussing global economic, social, environmental and political issues, the churches in Germany are inviting people in Germany and all over the world to a common peace prayer.

“The vision for mission and the many ministries of the Methodists in Brazil have deep value and impact for the people,” wrote Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), in a letter to the 20th General Council of the Methodist Church in Brazil on 8 July.

The moderator of the WCC Central Committee addressed a plenary session at the general assembly of the Latin American Council of Churches on 23 May in Havana, Cuba.