In the face of enduring racial injustice, how will the church respond? As the United Nations inaugurates the Second International Decade for People of African Descent (2025–2034), the World Council of Churches (WCC) is calling on all Christian anti-racism actors, racial justice advocates, and ecumenical partners to seize this critical moment in history.
The World Council of Churches, together with partner organisations, will co-host this Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development side event bringing faith and community leaders together to explore urgent solutions to the world's escalating financial, social, and ecological crises. This collaborative initiative will present concrete proposals for mobilising resources for economic wellbeing, social protection, and planetary restoration.
Statement on the 80th Anniversary of the United Nations by the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025.
As the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee gathered in South Africa, the governing body celebrated the extraordinary legacy of South Africa’s churches and their leaders, who have embodied courageous Christian witness in the struggle against colonialism and apartheid.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee approved the direction of the WCC communication plan for the Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity; as well as the direction of communication plans for the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order, which will take place in Wadi El Natrun, Egypt.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee expressed “deep lamentation and outrage” as the crisis in Palestine and Israel escalates to levels that flagrantly violate international humanitarian and human rights law as well as the most basic principles of morality.
Statement on Palestine and Israel by the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025.
Address of bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, moderator of the World Council of Churches central committee, at the WCC central committee meeting on 18-24 June 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The World Council of Churches (WCC), as a member of the Interfaith Liaison Committee to the UNFCCC, invites faith communities, institutions, and climate justice advocates to participate in a Talanoa dialogue during SB62—the 62nd Sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies taking place 16-26 June 2025 in Bonn, Germany.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay welcomed the United Nations Ocean Conference being held in Nice, France, from 9-13 June under the theme, “Accelerating action and mobilizing all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean.”
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.
Amidst a global momentum in discussions on decolonization and reparations, African churches are challenging the notion that early Western missionaries were part of the colonial enterprise, while asserting that the continent’s churches were not solely a product of colonialism.
How can churches maintain their prophetic and critical voice, at the same time speaking peace and hope to people? Why is unity among Christians still relevant today, and can we still trust international law and international organizations? Bishop Jonas Jonson speaks on the relevance of the 1925 Life and Work conference in Stockholm, which resulted in establishing both the World Council of Churches (WCC) and its Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA), recently gathered for its 60th meeting in Athens, Greece.
Dr Anna Marie Aagaard passed away at the age of 90 on 24 May. She worked for the Faculty of Theology at Aarhus University in Denmark from 1961until her retirement in 2000 as associate professor. Her interests were missiology, dogmatics, and ecumenism, and in the late 1960s she studied in Rome. and was also influenced by liberation theology and women’s studies.
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.
