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In a report released 7 September, the World Council of Churches (WCC) assembly proposed inviting member churches and ecumenical partners to commit to working together as a fellowship in “A Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity,” as a way to go even further on the “Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace” initiated at the WCC 10th Assembly in Busan.

In a process described as, “a journey of walking together, praying together, and working together,” Dr Agnes Abuom, WCC moderator, began the second business plenary with a review of the assembly decision-making process. “The decisions of the assembly are expressed through the final reports of the assembly committees,” she said, noting the distinction between earlier messages and final messages, which are expected to come to assembly next week.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) assembly business committee—which conducts the day-to-day business of the assembly—was elected on the first day of the WCC 11th Assembly, 31 August, as were six other assembly committees, including finance, message, nominations, policy reference, programme guidelines, and public issues.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee convened in a final gathering on 29-30 in Karlsruhe, Germany, just before the WCC 11th Assembly.

Alors que la 11^e Assemblée du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) approche à grands pas, le COE invite les gens du monde entier à revisiter les assemblées du COE du passé, depuis la première en 1948 jusqu’à la 10^eAssemblée du COE en 2013.

A medida que la 11^a Asamblea del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) se acerca a grandes pasos, el CMI invita a todo el mundo a dar un paseo por sus asambleas anteriores, de la primera en 1948 a la décima en 2013.

Kurz vor seiner 11. Vollversammlung lädt der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) Menschen auf der ganzen Welt zu einem Spaziergang durch vergangene ÖRK-Vollversammlungen ein, beginnend mit der ersten im Jahr 1948 bis hin zur 10. ÖRK-Vollversammlung in 2013.

As the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly quickly approaches, the WCC invites people around the world to take a walk through WCC assemblies of the past, beginning with the first in 1948 up to the WCC 10th Assembly in 2013.

As the World Council of Churches (WCC) Climate Working Group meets this month, the advisory body is looking forward to offering the fruits of its work for reflection and, most important, action at the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe. Below, Rev. Henrik Grape, senior advisor on Care for Creation, Sustainability, and Climate Justice, reflects on climate justice work in the lead-up to the assembly and beyond.

Special thematic issues of the three World Council of Churches journals – The Ecumenical Review, International Review of Mission, and Current Dialogue – with a focus on the WCC’s 11th Assembly are available free to read online until the end of September.

The latest issue of The Ecumenical Review, the quarterly journal of the World Council of Churches (WCC), looks toward the WCC’s 11th Assembly, opening in Karlsruhe, Germany, at the end of August, with a set of articles produced in collaboration with the German journal Ökumenische Rundschau.