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An online morning prayer hosted by the WCC on 14 September will be specially focused on the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, observed this year from 13-21 September.

The thematic focus of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace (PJP) in 2019 is Racism. The WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA), organises a series of eight WCC CCIA regional expert Webinars on the issue of racism and racial justice from August to December 2019. The aim of the webinars is to explore how racism manifests itself in the respective regions, learn about the work that churches and ecumenical partners are doing in this respect, identify synergies and avenues for possible collaboration.

A discussion with Dr Hrayr Jebejian, the General Secretary of the Bible Society in the Gulf, on the topics of his latest book on migration and the challenges of the Middle East context.

The thematic focus of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace (PJP) in 2019 is Racism.The WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA), organises a series of eight WCC CCIA regional expert Webinars on the issue of racism and racial justice from August to December 2019. The aim of the webinars is to explore how racism manifests itself in the respective regions, learn about the work that churches and ecumenical partners are doing in this respect, identify synergies and avenues for possible collaboration.

The peace pilgrimage in Seoul will be followed by a three-day meeting with the ECHOS Commission on Youth during which commissioners will stake out plans for the WCC programme.

The pilgrimage and the ECHOS meeting will be complemented by the worldwide yearly Prayer for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula on 11 August and the Ecumenical International Youth Day at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on 12 August.

This year, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), in partnership with the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF), will observe together the International Youth Day (IYD) with the theme: “Transforming Education.” Youth are the future of the church, and they are great advocates for Christian unity. The WCC wants to empower young Christians to liven up the ecumenical movement.

What the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration and the global compact on refugees mean for children and what faith communities can do for their implementation.

Violence begets violence, so peace-building requires nonviolent engagement. Examples of how this can be done have been put together in an interactive exhibition by the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau, EKHN (represented in the World Council of Churches through the Evangelical Church in Germany, EKD).

On the occasion of 2018 World Children’s Day, and in recognition of the WCC’s 70th anniversary, UNICEF and WCC are convening a number of WCC member churches and common partners to celebrate the UNICEF-WCC global partnership and to take stock of the many achievements of the Churches’ Commitments to Children.

Para conmemorar el Día Mundial de los Niños 2018, y en reconocimiento del 70º aniversario del CMI, UNICEF y el CMI están celebrando su colaboración mundial aprovechando los múltiples logros de los Compromisos de las iglesias con la niñez.

The United Church of Canada, in partnership with the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, is presenting a webinar on anti-Black racism and Afrophobia. This webinar is part of the church’s participation in the UN International Decade for People of African Descent.

La Iglesia Unida del Canadá, en colaboración con la Comisión de las Iglesias para Asuntos Internacionales del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, organiza un seminario web sobre el racismo contra los negros y la afrofobia. Este seminario web se inscribe en el marco de la participación de las iglesias en el Decenio Internacional de los Afrodescendientes de la ONU.

In the context of the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches, the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace and the 2030 sustainable development agenda, an international consultation will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the WCC’s Decade of the Churches in Solidarity with Women (1988-1998). The consultation will reflect on the achievements and challenges in building a just community of women and men and to strengthen ecumenical collaboration in reading the signs of our times in order to map the future direction of our work.

En el marco del 70° aniversario del CMI, la peregrinación de justicia y paz y la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, una consulta internacional conmemorará el 20o aniversario del Decenio Ecuménico de Solidaridad de las Iglesias con las Mujeres (1988-1998). La consulta reflexionará sobre los logros y los desafíos a la hora de construir una comunidad justa de mujeres y hombres, y tratará de fortalecer la colaboración ecuménica para leer los signos de los tiempos y definir la futura orientación de nuestra labor.

During a 23 August service in the Netherlands in the Nieuwe Kerk, a 15th-century church in Amsterdam, World Council of Churches leaders will celebrate the WCC’s 70th anniversary at the very spot in which the organization was founded.  A “Walk of Peace” through Amsterdam, and a symposium under the theme “Hospitality on a pilgrim's way to peace and justice”, at the Vrije Universiteit, will also be held on the same day.

El 23 de agosto, durante un servicio de conmemoración en la Nieuwe Kerk, una iglesia del siglo XV de Ámsterdam (Países Bajos), los dirigentes del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias celebrarán el 70º aniversario del CMI exactamente en el mismo lugar donde se fundó la organización. Una marcha por la paz en Ámsterdam y un simposio bajo el tema “Hospitalidad en un camino de peregrinación hacia la paz y la justicia” en la Universidad de Vrije tendrán lugar ese mismo día.

World Council of Churches (WCC) invites people and churches all over the world to pray, advocate, and stand in solidarity with people in the Holy Land during the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, to be observed on 16-23 September 2023.

The Global Day of Prayer to End Famine hopes to unite ecumenical partners and faith communities all over the world as a prayerful and spiritual movement to: encourage prayer, reflection and action with information and suggestions; bring awareness regarding famine’s impact on the most vulnerable children and families and to help address its root causes; connect with church-related and other humanitarian organizations that are currently working to bring immediate relief and positive long-term change so children and families can live out God’s aspiration for a dignified, peaceful and violence-free future; help communities and congregations to uphold each other in prayer and support, by sharing experiences, challenge and solutions.

El Día Internacional de Oración para Acabar con el Hambre aspira a reunir a los asociados ecuménicos y comunidades religiosas de todo el mundo, y ser un movimiento espiritual de oración para: Alentar a la oración, la reflexión y la acción con información y sugerencias. Concienciar sobre las consecuencias del hambre en los niños y familias más vulnerables y contribuir a resolver sus causas. Establecer contacto con organizaciones humanitarias eclesiales y laicas que estén trabajando en la actualidad para dar alivio inmediato al hambre y generar un cambio positivo a largo plazo, para que los niños y sus familias puedan vivir el futuro que Dios desea para ellos: digno, pacífico y libre de violencia. Ayudar a las comunidades y congregaciones a apoyarse mutuamente en la oración y la colaboración, compartiendo experiencias, problemas y soluciones.

On 23 February 2018, the World Council of Churches joins Pope Francis and the Roman Catholic Church in calling for a day of prayer, for peace in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.