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African Anglican women bishops, after a gathering in Kenya from 8-14 January, released a communique emphasizing the need for authentic women’s leadership, and calling on the church to stop its silence on gender inequalities. 

Reinforcing the traditional role of faith communities in offering sanctuary and, indeed hospitality to refugees, 90 faith-based leaders today committed to offering their continued and additional support to refugees, including children, on their journey to safety, including in reception and admission, meeting protection or service delivery needs and supporting communities to find solutions such as private sponsorship or scholarship programmes.

Church Unites in Prayer, Firmly Condemns Massacre at Hospital, and Grieves the Loss of Hundreds of
Innocent Civilians

Letter to European Union from the World Council of Churches (WCC) and Conference of European Churches expressing grave concern for the situation in the Caucasus related to Nagorno-Karabakh.

Children deliver rallying cry to Summit for a New Global Financing Pact: “replace the existing colonial economic model”.

Statement by the Youth Office of the Sudan Council of Churches, April 21, 2023 AD.

The South Sudan Council of Churches released a statement on 10 March echoing the church leaders’ call for nonviolent means to solve the nation’s problems.

Report “Assessing the impact of sanctions on humanitarian work”, by the Geneva Graduate Institute in partnership with the World Council of Churches (WCC), ACT Alliance, Caritas Internationalis, and World Evangelical Alliance.

Statement of the National Council of Churches in Korea, 3 January 2023.

World Council of Churches, World Communion of Reformed Churches, and ACT Alliance commend appointment of women to negotiate Colombian peace agreement.

Statement on attacks by Myanmar military on theological seminary and churches in Kachin and Kayah States by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA).

Greetings message by Rev. Hong-Jung Lee, general secretary of the National Council of Churches in Korea, at the Ecumenical Peace Conversation in South Korea.

Welcome address by Marcos Hovhannisyan, bishop of the Ukrainian Diocese of Armenian Apostolic Church and chairman of the Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations, meeting the World Council of Churches delegation on 3 August 2022.

На заседании второго экуменического круглого стола, созванном Всемирным советом церквей (ВСЦ) 10 июня в Босси, Швейцария, собрались высокопоставленные представители церквей-членов ВСЦ из нескольких соседних европейских стран, непосредственно затронутых нынешним конфликтом. Они провели взаимные консультации по значимым изменениям за период после первого заседания круглого стола, который прошел 30 марта.

In a second ecumenical roundtable meeting convened by the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 10 June in Bossey, Switzerland, senior representatives of WCC member churches from several European countries neighboring and directly affected by the current conflict gathered to consult each other on relevant developments since the first roundtable meeting held 30 March.

Rev. Michael Kinnamon, Ph.D., theological consultant of the WCC Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly, reflects on the experience at the Pre-Assembly consultation in Cyprus on 9-16 May 2022.