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Zacchaeus Tax (ZacTax) is an ecumenical campaign by churches, seeking a transformed global tax system that acts like the biblical character Zacchaeus, delivering equity and making reparation for historic and structural injustice.

As the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting commenced in Davos beginning 15 January, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay urged the gathering to renew its commitment to multilateral cooperation for the longer-term good of all people. 

In order to strengthen the voice of the churches with regards to global economics, a group of up to 20 current and future leaders representing the churches will have the opportunity to attend the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management (GEM School) for an Economy of Life in Nairobi, Kenya (TBC) from 19 until 30 August 2024.

GEM School aims to train church leaders and young persons on eco-just international economics and global economic governance, thereby equipping churches with tools to enable them to engage in advocacy for transformations in the financial and economic architecture. 

We, the members of communities including social thinkers, clergy, theologians, activists, and community leaders representing social organizations, ecumenical institutions, and religious traditions, gathered under the aegis of the New International Financial Economic Architecture (NIFEA). We met at a time when leaders of the G20 were also gathering to deliberate on the future of this planet.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is calling on Azerbaijan for the immediate lifting of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, as more than 120,000 people—including 30,000 children—are suffering under an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis.

Declaración sobre el empeoramiento de la crisis alimentaria mundial del Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, reunido por videoconferencia del 22 al 26 de mayo de 2023.

Statement on the Worsening Global Food Crisis by the Executive committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting via video conference on 22-26 May 2023.

Paz y gracia a ustedes desde Jerusalén, la Ciudad Santa. En mi calidad de árabe cristiano quiero agradecer la oportunidad que me han dado de escribir una reflexión para la emisión de este año de “Siete semanas por el Agua”. Ciertamente, esta zona del mundo siempre ha estado lidiando con todos los temas relacionados al agua debido al clima seco y a los pocos recursos hídricos existentes en la región. Hoy, sin embargo, el pueblo palestino enfrenta un desafío aún mayor pues es una crisis que empeora año tras año.

El autor de la segunda reflexión bíblica de las Siete Semanas para el Agua 2014 es el Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, obispo de la Iglesia Evangélica Luterana de Baviera (Alemania). Mediante ejemplos de la Biblia, subraya la importancia fundamental del agua para la vida, así como el hecho de que todos tenemos derecho al acceso gratuito al agua para nuestra subsistencia, independientemente de nuestra situación económica.