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Webinar highlights Anglican perspectives on unity

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.” 

Prophetic witness conference closes with call for action toward life, justice, and peace

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.

WCC press conference will focus on bringing hope in a conflict-laden world

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.

Webinar - Unity of the Church: Anglican Perspectives and Ecumenical Responses

16 June 2025

As part of a preparatory series for the upcoming WCC Faith and Order World Conference—themed Where Now for Visible Unity?”—the third webinar of the series brings together theologians and church leaders from across traditions to discuss one of the most ambitious Anglican documents on unity in recent decades: The Nairobi-Cairo Proposals: Renewing the Instruments of the Anglican Communion.”

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WCC shares insights on Nicaea and the quest for Christian unity

During the international conference ”Nicaea and the Church of the Third Millennium: Towards Catholic-Orthodox Unity,” held 3-7 June, director of the World Council of Churches Commission on Faith and Order Dr Andrej Jeftić spoke on Nicaea and the Quest for Christian Unity: A Faith and Order Perspective on the Councils Ecumenical Significance.

WCC to cohost “Prophetic Witness for Life, Justice, and Peace” conference and seminars in southern Africa

The World Council of Churches (WCC), in collaboration with the Fellowship of Christian Councils in Southern Africa and the South African Council of Churches, is organizing from 12-16 June a conference and seminars inspired by the centenary of the 1925 Life and Work inaugural conference, which emphasized the churchs role in addressing social, political, and economic injustices.

Conference and seminars in southern Africa: “Prophetic Witness for Life, Justice, and Peace”

12 - 16 June 2025

Organized by the World Council of Churches in collaboration with the Fellowship of Christian Councils in Southern Africa and the South African Council of Churches, the conference and seminars are inspired by the centenary of the 1925 Life and Work inaugural conference, which emphasized the church’s role in addressing social, political, and economic injustices.

Johannesburg, South Africa