On 20 June, young people at the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee plenary brought the governing body back in time 1700 years, to when the first Ecumenical Council had just concluded.
Confessional meetings at the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee help ground people both in their own church traditions, and in the contributions they each have to make to the global fellowship of churches, participants say.
World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee moderator Bishop Prof. Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, in his report to the WCC governing body, addressed how to share hope in a world beset by dramatically increasing suffering and violence.
In his report to the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay reflected on daring to hope in the context of struggle and pain.
At the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, participants reflected on the spiritual journey of South Africa’s liberation from apartheid and the ongoing pilgrimage towards justice, reconciliation, and unity.
During a press conference on 18 June—the opening day of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee in Johannesburg, South Africa—a journalist’s question sparked candid answers: “Is the world listening to the WCC?"
Welcomed by African churches, the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, held its opening prayer on 18 June, beginning a meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa that will run through 24 June.
The Prophetic Witness for Life, Justice, and Peace Conference and Seminars concluded in Johannesburg on 16 June, marking a moment of reawakening and recommitment for church leaders and partners across southern Africa. Participants pledged to transform the insights and prophetic calling of their gathering into tangible action within their congregations, communities, and countries.
A webinar on 16 June highlighted Anglican perspectives on unity. The third in a preparatory series for the upcoming Faith and Order World Conference—which will convene under the theme “Where now for visible unity?—the webinar focused on the Anglican document “The Nairobi-Cairo Proposals: Renewing the Instruments of the Anglican Communion.”
On 15 June, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Kairos Document and the 1976 Soweto Uprising, church leaders from across denominations and southern African countries embarked on a pilgrimage of reflection, lament, and discernment.
Participants in an ongoing “Prophetic Witness for Life, Justice, and Peace Conference” on 14 June in Johannesburg, South Africa, broke into seminars focusing on many facets of justice—climate, economic, racial, gender, and health.
World Council of Churches (WCC) director for communication Marianne Ejdersten answers questions about the focus of the coverage for the WCC central committee meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa from 18-24 June.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is scheduling a press conference Wednesday 18 June at 12:45-13:20 featuring the leadership of the central committee, including Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, moderator of the WCC central committee; Rev. Merlyn Hyde Riley, vice-moderator of the WCC central committee; H.E. Archbishop Dr Vicken Aykazian, vice-moderator of the WCC central committee; and Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, WCC general secretary, in addition to local church leaders represented by Bishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka of Mthatha Diocese in the Roman Catholic Church, president of the Southern African Council of Churches and the first Catholic to head the ecumenical body in Southern Africa.
Visitors to the World Council of Churches (WCC) doing the first two weeks in June delved into many topics, from human rights, to combatting xenophobia, to engaging young people in ecumenism.
Bishop Sean Rowe, presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church (USA); Bishop Mark Edington, bishop in Charge of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe; and Right Bishop Rev. Peter Eaton, bishop of southeast Florida visited the World Council of Churches (WCC).
Global South World ranked the top 100 most influential journalists on TikTok in Latin America. Coming in at number 14 was Rev. Eugenio Albrecht from Argentina.
This is the detailed financial report and appendix of the World Council of Churches for 2023. The report contains the following Report to the Member Churches on the 2024 Financial Report Report of the Statutory Auditor to the Executive Committee and to the Member Churches Schedule I: Consolidated Balance Sheet Schedule II: Consolidated Income & Expenditure Account Schedule III: Consolidated Statement of Movements in Funds & Reserves Schedule IV: Consolidated Cash Flow Statement Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements Schedule V: Restricted Funds Schedule VI (a) and (b): Restricted Funds Programmes Schedule VII: Unrestricted and Designated Funds Schedule VIII: Unrestricted Operating Funds Schedule IX: Unrestricted Operating Funds: Infrastructure Annual Summary of Contributions Non-financial Contributions
The World Council of Churches (WCC) annual review 2024 is now available in four languages: English, German, French and Spanish. Entitled “Pursuing Peace Together,” the annual review records many of the WCC’s activities undertaken in 2024 and continuing into 2025.
World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay strongly condemned the Israeli military attack on Iranian territory as “an unlawful act that violates international law and the sovereignty of a nation-state.
World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay extended prayers and deep concern on behalf of the global fellowship to all those affected by severe flooding in South Africa.
