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Living the Good News Today: A Message to the Baptist World Alliance 

Resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2026, the theme for the week: ““There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling” (Ephesians 4:4)
 

7 July 2025

On June 3, a new government was inaugurated in South Korea, pledging to achieve social integration and great social transformation. At this historical juncture, over 80 theologians, clergy, women and youth leaders from Asia, North America, and Europe who have dedicated themselves to justice, peace, unity and solidarity, gathered at St. Bede(Daehakro) Church, Anglican Church of Korea in Seoul from June 30 to July 1 under the theme “Far-Right Extremism and the Response of the Global Church.” We reaffirmed that the immense crisis faced by Korean society is by no means an exceptional situation. Rather, we paid particular attention to the fact that the global rise of far-right extremism makes Korea's example of overcoming crisis all the more exceptional.

Statement on the Call for Churches to Act on Threats to Public Health by the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025.

Statement on Guarding Against Atrocity Crimes by the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025.

Report of the Governance and Nominations Committee at the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025.

Minute on St Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai, Egypt by the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025.

Statement on Threats to Peace and People’s Security of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025.

Minute on Latin America and Caribbean Concerns by the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025.

Minute on Juneteenth and the Continued Legacy of Racism, Resistance and Hope by the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025.

Report of the Programme Committee at the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025.

Statement on the 80th Anniversary of the United Nations by the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025.

Statement on South Africa the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025.

Report of the Communications Committee at the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025.

Report of the Policy Reference Committee at the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025.

Statement on Palestine and Israel by the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025.

Minute on Bomb Attack on Mar Elias Church, Damascus, by the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025.

WCC central committee 2025 plenary outline: Pilgrimage Encounter with Gender Justice, 23 June 2025.