News releases 
8. December 07
Be "leaders in peace", WCC invites churches
Can churches be peacemakers in a world racked by violence? This is the question to be addressed by World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia at the Washington National Cathedral, Washington DC, on Sunday, 16 December 2007.
6. December 07
Ecumenical conference to tackle racist patterns left by slave trade
The legacies of the slave trade, and how churches can respond to past and present forms of slavery, are going to be discussed at an ecumenical conference to be held 10-14 December in Runaway Bay, Jamaica. About sixty theologians, church leaders, social scientists and activists, mainly from Africa, the Americas and the Caribbean will gather in the country where nearly one million Africans and later indentured servants from Asia were exploited as...
6. December 07
European Union should not pressure developing countries to hastily sign trade agreements against their interests, WCC says
Concern about undue pressure exerted by the European Union on African, Caribbean and Pacific countries to sign interim Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) by the end of the year has been expressed by World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia in a 6 December letter to EU commissioner for external trade Peter Mandelson. The interim agreements open up local markets to competition with European companies without adequate...
28. November 07
After Annapolis, Christian leaders entertain hope, with provisos
"So far is just a signature, now they have to walk the talk", says Munib Younan, the bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, commenting on the results of the Annapolis Middle East conference hosted by the US administration on 27 November. Cautiously optimistic, he adds: "I do hope this is a serious attempt to achieve a lasting peace."
26. November 07
Nigerian Methodist leader heads inter-church group charged with re-envisioning a "polycentric" ecumenical movement
Methodist archbishop Michael Kehinde Stephen of Nigeria has been chosen to moderate the Continuation Committee on Ecumenism in the 21st Century, a group assigned to monitor and encourage initiatives in the global quest for Christian unity. He was affirmed by consensus of the fourteen members attending the committee's first meeting during the week of 18-20 November in Bossey, Switzerland.
WCC welcomes Annapolis meeting, suggests criteria for success
Good faith, multilateral participation and adherence to the rule of law are essential if the Annapolis Middle East Conference starting Tuesday, 27 November, is to be a success, WCC general secretary Samuel Kobia writes to Condoleezza Rice, Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas.
26. November 07
Canadian theologian Gibaut to lead Faith and Order
Rev. Canon Dr John Saint Helier Gibaut, from the Anglican Church of Canada, will head the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order as of January 2008.
22. November 07
The worsening human rights situation in the Philippines calls for greater international pressure, Kobia says
In face of what he called "escalating human rights violations," the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia announced stronger ecumenical advocacy efforts to bring the Philippines under international scrutiny.
16. November 07
WCC general secretary to visit the Philippines amidst human rights concerns
The global ecumenical family's concern about the growing human rights violations in the Philippines will be a major focus of the 18-21 November visit to the country by the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia.
15. November 07
The pulse of the Global Christian Forum - A photo story
A handful of participants gave face and voice to an experience that many say was unprecedented, as the four-day meeting in Limuru, in the outskirts of Nairobi, brought together representatives from the broadest ever range of Christian churches, confessions and interchurch organizations.