The WCC as a world-wide instrument of Christian unity facilitates common theological understanding on crucial issues in the life, work and relationships of, and among, churches, Christian World Communions, ecumenical partners and specialized ministries working in different fields.
The WCC has done this in various ways in the past. It now provides an annual global platform involving church leaders, theologians, ethicists, social scientists and activists from many parts of the world.
The platform provides a space to analyze and interpret major challenges to the Christian witness of the churches, their ministries and the ecumenical movement in the world today. The aim is to allow dialogue and a sharing of diverse perspectives rather than to arrive at convergence texts.
The platform is accompanied by a Core Group representing different regions and aspects of the ecumenical movement.
The first Global Platform process took place in 2007 with theological reflection on migration.
The themes for 2008 and 2009 are theological reflection on:
- The Bible, Chaos and Catastrophe
- Advocacy – praying, speaking out and acting together
