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Media accreditation remains open for the WCC central committee meeting,

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee will convene at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, 21 – 27 June. Media accreditation is mandatory for access to open sessions, press conferences, briefings, and seminars – onsite, as well as online.

19 June 2023

News

WCC executive committee convenes to prepare for central committee meeting

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee will convene from 19-20 June to focus on preparations for the WCC central committee, which will meet on 21-27 June.

19 June 2023

News

On 16 June 2023 at the Ecumenical Center, Prof. Rev. Dr Simone Sinn, Rev. Dr Wesley Ariarajah, and Dr Jesudas Athyal in conversation on Christian witness in a pluralistic world: Building on the legacy of Asian ecumenism.

Accepting others in their otherness

Accepting others in their otherness is at the heart of ecumenism and interreligious dialogue. This was the message at a tray lunch event titled “Christian Witness in a pluralistic world: Building on the Legacy of Asian Ecumenism,” held on 16 June at the Ecumenical Centre and organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC).

16 June 2023

News

WCC executive committee appeals for permanent cessation of hostilities in Sudan, urges solidarity and support

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, in a public statement, urged a permanent cessation of hostilities in Sudan, where people are facing a humanitarian catastrophe following weeks of intense fighting between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

26 May 2023

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WCC general secretary: “we remain assured that God is in control”

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, in his report to the WCC executive committee, focused on strengthening the global fellowship by mapping a strategic plan that is grounded in unity and hope.

22 May 2023

Media advisory

Media accreditation is now open for the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee meeting, 21 – 27 June in Geneva

The upcoming central committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) 21 - 27 June will be the first meeting since this central committee was elected at the WCC assembly in Karlsruhe, last year.

22 May 2023

Document

Lecture - Speech

Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm: "Just Peace through Military Force? Peace Ethical Considerations in Light of the War of Aggression against Ukraine"

Lecture of the World Council of Churches central committee moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm delivered at the Kitzingen deanery, a regional church district near Würzburg, Germany.

22 May 2023

Moderator of Central Committee

News

“Working Together” hones collaboration to address the needs of the world

Making its 20th year, the “Working Together” meeting between the World Council of Churches (WCC) and specialized ministries is convening 3-4 May.

03 May 2023

Feature story

Aerial city view with the bridge over the river and a castle

Lutheran World Federation's 2023 Assembly to draw global eyes on Krakow, Poland

There is an old Lutheran adage that to be Lutheran is to be ecumenical, so the theme of the upcoming Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) taking place in Poland, "One Body, One Spirit, One Hope,” is seen as totally appropriate for the times.

03 May 2023

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Report

WCC Annual Review 2022

This annual review of the activity of the WCC records many of the activities undertaken by the council during 2022 and continuing into 2023.

25 April 2023

WCC Programmes

Feature story

two hands mark a piece of cloth with paint of different colors

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity writing team: “There’s nothing wrong with how God is in our lives”

Each year, ecumenical partners in a different region are asked to prepare the materials for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. This year, Christians from Minnesota developed the resources with input from an international group representing the Roman Catholic Church’s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order Commission. The resources include an ecumenical opening prayer service, biblical reflections and prayers for eight days, and other elements of worship.

20 April 2023

Feature story

Dr Stephen G. Brown delivering keynote address

Ecumenical Review editor reflects on the ecumenical theology of Joseph Ratzinger

In his first address after his election on 19 April 2005, Pope Benedict XVI pledged to work for the full and visible unity of all of Christ’s followers, Dr Stephen G. Brown, editor of the World Council of Churches journal The Ecumenical Review, has recalled in an address to a symposium in Dublin.

19 April 2023

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WCC to co-host hybrid side event on “Blue Communities” at UN Water Conference in New York

The United Nations is organizing a global water conference during 22-24 March, 2023 at the UN headquarters, New York , after almost 50 years – the last being organized in 1977 in Mar Del Plata, Argentina. This conference is also organized as a Midterm Comprehensive Review of Implementation of the UN Decade for Action on Water and Sanitation (2018-2028).

07 March 2023

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WCC interreligious journal focuses on “healing wounded memories”

The latest issue of Current Dialogue, the journal of the World Council of Churches (WCC) on interreligious dialogue and cooperation, takes as its theme “Healing Wounded Memories through Interreligious Perspective and Engagement.”

16 February 2023

News

Der ÖRK erreicht immer mehr Menschen auf der ganzen Welt

Eine Website, die 2022 über zwei Millionen Mal besucht wurde, und mehr als 92 000 Follower und Fans auf den sozialen Medien: Das Gesicht und die Geschichten des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) gehen um die Welt – auf verschiedene Art und Weisen.

13 January 2023

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The face of the WCC: reaching more and more people across the world

From a website visited more than two million times in 2022, to more than 92,000 followers and fans on social media, the face—and the stories— of the World Council of Churches (WCC) have been travelling across the globe in many ways.

12 January 2023

Feature story

Pope Benedict XVI met former WCC general secretaries Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia (January 2008) and Bishop Olav Fykse Tveit (December 2010). Photos: L'Osservatore Romano

Das ökumenische Vermächtnis von Papst Benedikt XVI

In einer Ansprache am Tag nach seiner Wahl zum Papst gelobte Benedikt XVI., an der vollen und sichtbaren Einheit aller Jünger Christi zu arbeiten und alles in seiner Macht Stehende zu tun, um das grundlegende Anliegen der Ökumene zu fördern.

01 January 2023

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WCC executive committee approves plans, budget for 2023

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, in its first online meeting on 19 December, reviewed and approved plans and a budget for 2023.

20 December 2022

News

The Ecumenical Review focuses on the continuing significance of Black liberation theology

The latest issue of The Ecumenical Review, the quarterly journal of the World Council of Churches (WCC), focuses on “Black Theologies of Resistance, Existence, and Solidarity.”

15 December 2022

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Children pray during the morning assembly at the Loreto Primary School in Maker Kuei, South Sudan.

World Christian leaders’ ecumenical pilgrimage of peace in South Sudan set for February

After postponing their unique ecumenical pilgrimage of peace to South Sudan, world Christian leaders will travel to the world’s youngest nation in February.

02 December 2022