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Jerusalem churches statement on Gaza
Statement by the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem on the current devastating situation in Gaza
AACC Assembly statement on Zimbabwe
The AACC assembly adopted a statement of concern on Thursday 11 December on the crisis in Zimbabwe, expressing displeasure that "President Mugabe is using power-sharing negotiations as a strategy for wasting time" while "acts of violence continue to be committed against those who do not support ZANU-PF", Mugabe's ruling party. The will of the Zimbabwe people as expressed in March 2008 elections has been thwarted, the assembly said, and international leaders and churches "have failed to bring about an amicable solution".
AACC prayer call for Zimbabwe
The 9th General Assembly held in Maputo, Mozambique in December 2008 gave the African churches a strong mandate to continue their longstanding accompaniment of the Church and people of Zimbabwe. The Assembly declared January 25th an African Day of prayer for Zimbabwe. The call is to join our Zimbabwean sisters and brothers in prayer and in fasting, in words and in deeds, in contemplation and in action.
Call by Heads of Churches in Jerusalem and the Holy Land for an end to the siege on Gaza
In the Name of God, the Heads of Churches in Jerusalem and the Holy Land urge the International Community, President Bush and the leaders of Israel, to put an end to suffering in Gaza and call upon Israel to activate Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's initiative for Palestinian responsibility control of the boarders thus ensuring sufficient normal flow of medicine, food, fuel and goods to Gaza.
Church leaders in Jerusalem urge World Churches and all Christians to advocate for peace
Church statements on HIV/AIDS
Easter message of the Heads of Churches of Jerusalem
Jerusalem patriarchs and heads of churches
Kairos Palestine Document
A group of Palestinian Christians representing a variety of churches and church-related organizations have issued this animated and prayerful call for an end to occupation of Palestine by Israel on 11 December 2009.
Korean Common Prayer for Peace and Unification
The National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) and the Korean Christian Federation (KCF) in the North have, since 1989, jointly written an annual "common prayer for peace and reunification".
Let the stones cry out
Pónganse todos de acuerdo
SCC statement on the current situation in Sudan
Statement presented by the Sudanese Council of Churches to the international ecumenical delegation led by WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, visiting Sudan from 26 March to 2 April 2008.
South African response to Kairos Palestine Document
A South African Christian response to the Palestinian Kairos Document: An Easter 2010 message from South Africa to Palestine
Statement by the Council of the Heads of the Christian Churches of Iraq
WCC US Conference letter to President Obama
WCC US Conference letter to President Obama was prepared during the US Conference conference Annual Meeting by a panel of church leaders including Rev. Dr. Jeffery W. Carter, Rev. Dr. Gradye Parsons, Rev. Michael Livingston, Dr. Elizabeth Ferris, Rev. Dr. John H. Thomas, Rev. Dr. Sharon Watkins, Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon. Drafting group: Bernice Powell Jackson, Gradye Parsons and Sharon Young, Kathryn Lohre, Lois Dauway and Leonid Kishkovsky.
WCC US Conference letter to the Gulf Coast
As hundreds of thousands of people from the US Gulf Coast have evacuated their homes, fleeing from Hurricane Gustav as they did from Katrina three years earlier, US churches keep praying and providing relief. They also denounce underlying social and economic conditions that make for the vulnerability of the region.
Pastoral letter from Patriarch John X of Greek Orthodox Church
Pastoral letter prior to Palm Sunday, 28 April, 2013 concerning abducted church leaders in Syria
Christian Council of Nigeria address at Kirchentag
Address by Rev. Dr Ibrahim Yusuf Wushishi, general secretary of the Christian Council of Nigeria at the Kirchentag, Hamburg