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Ambulance car in front of the Banchen monastery in Ukraine

Monastery in Ukraine responds to the consequences of war

During the recent solidarity visit to Ukraine, a World Council of Churches (WCC) delegation was welcomed at the Banchen monastery in the Chernivtsi region of Ukraine, witnessing its active involvement supporting and sheltering victims of Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine.

09 August 2022

Pfarrerin Prof. Dr. Heike Springhart: „Als Kirchen sind wir stark, wenn wir uns das Blickfeld freihalten.“

Pfarrerin Prof. Dr. Heike Springhart ist Bischöfin der Landeskirche in Baden. Im Folgenden macht sie sich Gedanken über ihre Hoffnungen für die 11. Vollversammlung des Ökumenischen Rats der Kirchen und im weiteren Sinne darüber, wie ökumenische Beziehungen uns allen dabei helfen können, in diesen schwierigen Zeiten ein Gefühl der Hoffnung zu bewahren.

12 July 2022

Rev. Prof. Dr Heike Springhart: “We as churches are strong when we keep the horizon open”

Rev. Prof. Dr Heike Springhart is bishop of Landeskirche in Baden. Below, she offers reflections on her hopes for the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly and, more broadly, how ecumenical relationships can help us all sustain a sense of hope during these challenging times.

07 July 2022

Bischöfin Petra Bosse-Huber von der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland: „Herausforderungen unserer Zeit können wir nur gemeinsam meistern“

Die ÖRK-Vollversammlung rückt immer näher. Im folgenden Interview spricht Bischöfin Petra Bosse-Huber von der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland, die auch Mitglied im ÖRK-Zentralausschuss ist, über ihre Gebete und Hoffnungen für die Vollversammlung.

30 June 2022

Vom Schreibtisch von Dr. Marc Witzenbacher, Koordinator des örtlichen Vollversammlungsbüros der 11. ÖRK-Vollversammlung

Oberkirchenrat Dr. Marc Witzenbacher leitet als Koordinator das örtliche Büro der 11. ÖRK-Vollversammlung in Karlsruhe. In diesem Gespräch berichtet er darüber, wie sich die Stadt darauf vorbereitet, Besucher und Besucherinnen aus der ganzen Welt willkommen zu heißen.

30 June 2022

From the desk of Dr Marc Witzenbacher, coordinator of the local office of the WCC 11th Assembly

Oberkirchenrat Dr Marc Witzenbacher serves as coordinator of the local office of the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe. In this interview, he shares how the city is preparing to welcome visitors from all over the world.

28 June 2022

Bishop Petra Bosse-Huber of the Evangelical Church in Germany: “only together can we meet the challenge of our times

Bishop Petra Bosse-Huber of the Evangelical Church in Germany, a member of the WCC central committee, reflects below on her hopes and prayers as the assembly draws ever-closer.

28 June 2022

Boy looking out of the window of the train

Lutherische ÖRK-Mitgliedskirchen teilen Sicht auf Krieg und Frieden, während Leid des Krieges Europa bewegt

Im Rahmen einer konfessionellen Sitzung während der jüngsten Zentralausschusstagung im Ökumenischen Zentrum in Genf tauschten sich die lutherischen Mitgliedskirchen des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) aus der ganzen Welt über ihre Anliegen aus.

28 June 2022

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Borders and Migrants

On 20 May 2022, a group of us, 14 pilgrims from different parts of the world (Kenya, Brussels, Germany, Hong Kong, Philippines, Poland, Rome, Korea, Canada, Fiji, Australia, London, Scotland, and Geneva—a very diverse group) gathered in Palermo, Italy for a Pilgrim Team Visit on the theme of migration.

24 June 2022

Rev. Dr Seforosa Carroll

As Europe feels the suffering of war, WCC Lutheran member churches share perspectives on war and peace

Sharing the concerns of World Council of Churches (WCC) Lutheran member churches around the world, a Lutheran confessional meeting took place during the recent central committee meeting at the Ecumenical Center in Geneva.

24 June 2022

Dr Elizabeth Joy’s message to the WCC: “We have created history”

Dr Elizabeth Joy was the first woman ever to be shortlisted as a nominee for the general secretary of the World Council of Churches. A director at Churches Together in England, she is from the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. She grew up in both India and the United Kingdom. Below, during an interview held the day after the WCC elections, she reflects on her roots in the ecumenical movement, and on her message to the WCC.

23 June 2022

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My experience in Fiji

My name is Tobias Nissen, I am an 18-year-old UK / Danish dual national who has lived in France my whole life. I attended school in Geneva, Switzerland and during my final years of education, I wrote an essay about the effects that climate change is having on low-lying Pacific countries. From this point on my interest in the Pacific region grew, and when I received the opportunity to work as an intern for the Pacific Conference of Churches, in Fiji for 2 months, I knew that it would be an experience that I couldn’t miss.

22 June 2022

Tobias Nissen

WCC Pilgrim Team visits Armenia, stands in solidarity with those in need

After the recent war and its impact on the whole of Armenia and particularly in the region of Artsakh/Nagorno Karabakh, some pilgrims from the fellowship of the World Council of Churches (WCC) visited Armenia from 27 May to June 1.

14 June 2022

Among Sami community in Norway, “Invisibility has been our survival strategy”

From 31 May to 3 June, representatives from the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace Reference Group, Working Group on Climate Change, and the Young People in the Ecumenical Movement of the World Council of Churches formed a Pilgrim Team Visit to indigenous Sami communities in the south of Norway.

13 June 2022

Ein Jahrhundert ökumenischer Theologie—jetzt zum Anklicken

Als erste große digitale Publikation des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) und dessen größte frei zugängliche Sammlung eröffnen die Dokumente von Glauben und Kirchenverfassung einen neuen Zugang für Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler, Ökumenikerinnen und Ökumeniker und alle, die daran interessiert sind, den Windungen und Wendungen des Weges zu christlicher Einheit zu folgen.

09 June 2022

ÖRK-ACT-Delegation besucht Russland und informiert sich über die Unterstützung der Kirche für Geflüchtete aus der Ukraine

Im Anschluss an einen Besuch in der Ukraine und der angrenzenden Staaten Ungarn und Rumänien Mitte März hat eine Delegation des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) und des ACT-Bündnisses vom 22. bis zum 26. Mai das russisch-ukrainische Grenzgebiet im Umkreis der Stadt Rostow am Don besucht.

07 June 2022

One century of ecumenical theology—now at your fingertips

As the World Council of Churches’ first substantial digital publication and its largest free collection, the Faith and Order Papers open a new frontier for scholars, ecumenists, and anyone interested in traversing the twists and turns of the path towards Christian unity.

07 June 2022

Woman fetches water in river under bridge.

Interfaith statement at Stockholm+50 urges commitment “to become protectors of this earth”

An interfaith statement developed at Stockholm+50, “Faith Values and Reach - Contribution to Environmental Policy,” was signed by representatives of various faith-based organizations and Indigenous cultures across the world, including the World Council of Churches, and directed to the governments, UN entities, civil society, and all stakeholders of the “Stockholm+50” processes.

03 June 2022