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Opening day group photo

24 October 2025, Wadi El Natrun, Egypt: People gather for a photo on opening day of the World Council of Churches Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order taking place 24-28 October 2025 in Wadi El Natrun, Egypt, around the theme “Where now for visible unity?”

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Where now for Visible Unity? In this on-going journey, this is our call: to renew our commitment to faith, mission, and unity in Christ Jesus; to listen together to the Holy Spirit; to walk together as pilgrims: as children of the Father learning together to live out our faith, hope, and love, and in the practice of justice, reconciliation, and unity,” reads the message.

Organized by the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches (WCC), the conference gathered about 400 participants at the Logos Papal Center of the Coptic Orthodox Church at Wadi El Natrun around the theme Where Now for Visible Unity?” 

The message was preceded by an Ecumenical Affirmation, Deepening Unity, Journeying in Love, Restoring Hope.”

Read the full text of the affirmation and message:

Deepening Unity, Journeying in Love, Restoring Hope: Ecumenical Affirmation

Call to all Christians: Message of the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order

Message from GETI: “announce with prophetic courage the hope which dwells within us” (WCC news story, 28 October 2025)

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Photogallery: Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order, 2025

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