Events with involvement of the World Council of Churches and ecumenical partners at the COP28 conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 30 November - 12 December.
Co-organized by Christian Aid and the All Africa Conference of Churches, an event at the Faith Pavilion of COP28 explored the crucial intersection of financing, ethics, human rights, and climate justice from a faith perspective, delving into the role of faith actors in mobilising communities and advocating for climate justice.
With COP28 beginning on 30 November in Dubai, faith communities are ready to press for phasing out fossil fuels, push for climate justice, and present a united front.
An online event hosted by Arigatou International, UNICEF, the World Council of Churches (WCC), and other partners lifted up young voices on the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children 2023—voices expressing grave concern about the impact of both war and climate change.
In a press conference on 14 November in Abuja, Nigeria, the World Council of Churches (WCC) leadership of the central committee highlighted the WCC’s focus on some of the world’s most serious challenges, and how the WCC brings hope.
À l’occasion d’une conférence de presse organisée le 14 novembre à Abuja, au Nigéria, les responsables du Comité central du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) ont rappelé l’approche du COE sur certains des plus grands enjeux de notre temps, et la manière dont l’organisation est porteuse d’espérance.
Réuni à Abuja, au Nigeria, du 8 au 14 novembre, le Comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a publié une déclaration concernant la responsabilité de la COP28 en matière de justice climatique.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, from 8-14 November, released a statement on COP28’s responsibility for climate justice.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, from 8-14 November, released a statement on COP28’s responsibility for climate justice.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee will meet 8-14 November in Abuja, Nigeria to approve plans and budget for 2024, and to further develop the Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity.
No holidays for William Temple, Archbishop of York, early in August 1937. The ecumenical movement for the social responsibility of the churches, known as “Life and Work,” had just held its world conference in Oxford, 12-26 July, with the church struggle against emerging totalitarian states at the heart of its theme and work. Temple had drafted the final message of the conference, known for the motto “let the Church be the Church.”
The stories that imprint and accompany us the most are not necessarily the ones spoken most eloquently or from an orator’s elaborate formulations, but every so often those emanating out of the mouths of babes.
En approuvant la stratégie financière pour le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le Comité central du COE s’est penché sur les contributions des membres, les dépenses liées à la 11ᵉ Assemblée du COE, le projet de développement immobilier Green Village et d’autres aspects fiduciaires.
En sus deliberaciones para aprobar una estrategia financiera para el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Comité Central consideró las contribuciones de los miembros, los gastos relacionados con la 11a Asamblea del CMI, el proyecto inmobiliario del Green Village y otros aspectos fiduciarios.
In approving a financial strategy for the World Council of Churches (WCC), the WCC central committee considered membership contributions, expenses related to the WCC 11th Assembly, the Green Village development project, and other fiduciary aspects.
The Report of the WCC 11th Assembly is an important element of a wider collection of resources that offers a flavour of what took place at the assembly in Karlsruhe in 2022, which gathered more than 4500 people, including 659 official delegates from the WCC’s 352 member churches around the theme “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity.”
This report includes an overview of the assembly, the message and unity statement, various reflections, an overview of the spiritual life of the assembly, reports of the work since the previous assembly, an overview of thematic plenaries and ecumenical conversations, reports of assembly committees, statements and minutes, messages from pre-assemblies, greetings to the assembly and various appendices.
