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Living the Good News Today: A Message to the Baptist World Alliance 

7 July 2025

Report of the WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay to the WCC Central Committee meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa on 18-24 June 2025.

Westminster Abbey, London, UK, 12 June 2025.

The World Council of Churches welcomes the Oceans Conference 2025 being held in Nice, France from 9-13 June 2025 under the theme, “Accelerating action and mobilizing all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean.” This gathering affirms our collective commitment to protect and preserve one of the most vital and vulnerable components of our planet—our oceans. 

On 1 June, at the Berner Münster in Bern, Switzerland, Ecumenical Vespers marked a celebration of joy and unity in faith organized by the Swiss National Council of Churches and the Protestant Church in Switzerland.

“A Response to the Call of the Church and the Cry of the People", speech by Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, World Council of Churches general secretary at the Conference on the Preservation of Armenian Religious, Cultural and Historical Heritage in Artsakh/Nagorno Karabakh, Bern, Switzerland, 27 May 2025.

In his report to the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay reflected on what it means—amid wars, rumours of wars, violence, trade wars, climate catastrophes, retaliations, and the quest for self-protection and preservation of identity—to be God’s family.

On behalf of the World Council of Churches (WCC), I extend greetings to Buddhist communities and friends around the world for the Buddhist Feast of Vesak.

In a letter to Pope Leo XIV, World Council of Churches  (WCC) moderator of the central committee Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm and WCC  general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay extended heartfelt greetings and congratulations.

Statement of the World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay on the recent escalation of violence following India’s military strikes on Pakistan.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed profound sorrow and concern over an aerial attack on the Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) hospital in Old Fangak, South Sudan, on 3 May.