"The Economy of Water" is the theme of this year’s Lenten reflections provided by the Ecumenical Water Network based at the World Council of Churches in Geneva.

The Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) will hold a mission event involving some 200 participants in Manila in March 2012, in advance of the WCC 10th Assembly to take place the following year.

The Central Committee is the WCC's highest governing body in the interval between assemblies, and meets every 18 months.

On 21 September, churches and communities throughout the world are committing to the International Day of Peace through prayer, meditation and other forms of spiritual observance.

Churches in South Korea and Asia as a whole are eager to welcome the 10th Assembly in 2013. “It is a really great joy to be able to invite the WCC Assembly to Korea,” said Rev. Dr Jong-wha Park, chair of the international committee of the National Council of Churches in South Korea. “You can experience there how a wide ecumenism may be possible.”