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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.

Le 23 août prochain à Amsterdam, lors d'un service organisé dans la Nieuwe Kerk, une église du 15e siècle, les dirigeants du Conseil œcuménique des Églises célèbreront le 70e anniversaire de l'organisation, à l'endroit même où celle-ci a été fondée. Une «Marche pour la paix» à travers la capitale néerlandaise et un symposium sur le thème «L'hospitalité sur le chemin de la paix et de la justice» à l'Université Vrije d'Amsterdam auront également lieu le même jour.

WCC Central Committee members will join local church leaders, partners and friends of the council, as well as staff and former staff living in and near Geneva for a 10-11 a.m. prayer service, followed by a welcome drink offered by the local parish in the courtyard of the cathedral. Ecumenical Patriarch His All-Holiness Bartholomew I has kindly accepted to give the homily.

Les membres du Comité central du Conseil œcuménique des Églises participeront avec les responsables des Églises locales, les partenaires et amis du Conseil ainsi que le personnel passé et présent du COE vivant à Genève ou dans les environs, à une célébration de prière qui se déroulera de 10 h à 11 h à la cathédrale Saint-Pierre. Elle sera suivie d’un apéritif offert par l’Église protestante de Genève dans la cour de la cathédrale. Sa Toute-Sainteté le patriarche œcuménique Bartholomée a aimablement accepté de prononcer l’homélie.

Press Conference I: 15 May at 12:00 CET on the programme of the Pope’s visit with Fr. Andrzej Choromański of the Roman Catholic Church, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity; Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches; Rev. Dr Charles Morerod, Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg of the Roman Catholic Church.

Conférence de presse sur le programme de la visite du pape, avec Cardinal Kurt Koch de l’Église catholique romaine, président du Conseil pontifical pour la promotion de l’unité des chrétiens; Pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit,
 secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises; Mgr Charles Morerod, évêque de Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg de l’Église catholique romaine.

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches, coinciding with the 10th anniversary of Chiara Lubich's passing, the Focolare movement and the WCC want to reflect on their common path and work for unity.

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches, coinciding with the 10th anniversary of Chiara Lubich's passing, the Focolare movement and the WCC want to reflect on their common path and work for unity.

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 landmark visit of Pope Francis to the World Council of Churches on 21 June will be a centrepiece of the ecumenical commemoration of the WCC's 70th anniversary.

La visite historique du pape François au Conseil œcuménique des Églises sera un des temps forts de la célébration œcuménique du 70ᵉ anniversaire du COE.

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.

YATRA (Youth in Asia Training for Religious Amity) is an inter-religious training programme of the WCC. The intensive training course, held annually since 2014, seeks to enable young Christian leaders from Asian churches to contribute towards the building up of just, harmonious and peaceable communities by equipping them for ministries of justice and peace from an inter-religious perspective.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) is organising a Webinar on Racism and Afrophobia on Monday 12 February 2018, at 9:00 – 10:30 CST

As part of the celebrations of its 70th anniversary year, the World Council of Churches welcomes the official visit and public lecture by The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury on 16 February 2018.

With application deadlines 15 March, the WCC invites applications of church-engaged youth to undertake an internship with the council at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva in 2018.

According to the Christian tradition, Lent is a time to prepare for the celebration of the death and resurrection of Christ. During this period many people engage in fasting and practice moderation or self-denial in order to focus on repentance and consecrating themselves to God. While water has a strong spiritual significance in the Christian tradition as a gift from God, this scarce resource is threatened and denied to millions around the world.

The World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network (WCC-EWN) invites you to use this season of Lent to reflect on water. Since 2008, EWN has been providing weekly theological reflections and other resources on water for the seven weeks of Lent and for World Water Day on 22 March.

On February 5, shortly after Konrad Raiser’s 80th birthday, ecumenical experts from different generations, confessions and continents will meet in Geneva to discuss the newest publication by the former general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), titled The Challenge of Transformation: An Ecumenical Journey.

Le 5 février, peu après le quatre-vingtième anniversaire de Konrad Raiser, des experts œcuméniques représentant plusieurs générations, différentes confessions et différents continents se réuniront à Genève autour du dernier ouvrage de l’ancien secrétaire général du COE intitulé The Challenge of Transformation: An Ecumenical Journey.

With application deadline 31 January, the WCC invites ecumenical youth to be stewards at the 2018 Central Committee in Geneva, Switzerland. The Stewards Programme aims to bring together a dynamic and diverse group of 20 young people from all over the world from 5-23 June 2018.