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Advocacy for the rights of stateless people

Church Engagement to End Statelessness

We strive to inform and equip churches and ecumenical partners about the struggles and challenges experienced daily by stateless people who live on the margins of the margins. The more we understand about the plight of stateless people, the better we are able to drawn them out of their legal “invisibility.”

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WCC Publications

WCC Publications is the book publishing programme of the World Council of Churches. It facilitates the voices of global Christianity and enhances the larger visibility and cultural presence of the ecumenical movement.

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Signs of peace

Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace

WCC calls on churches everywhere to walk together, viewing their common life, their journey of faith, as a part of a Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace. We invite you to join in celebrating life and in taking concrete steps toward transforming injustices and violence.

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Youth in Ecumencal movement

Youth in the ecumenical movement

This project promotes the active participation of young adults in the life of churches and the ecumenical movement, helping them to network, and enabling them to express their concerns and visions.

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Internship programme

Internship programme

Interns work in a WCC programme for a one-year period. During this time, they gain work experience in an ecumenical field and are given the tools to take this back to the local level.

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Arusha, Tanzania, 2018

Just Community of Women and Men

Building just communities of women and men is a priority in all activities of the World Council of Churches as it sets out on a Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace. Just gender relations are essential for the transforming renewal of church and society.

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Central Committee members enter at Saint Pierre Cathedral in Geneva.

Spiritual life

Prayer and Bible study lay the foundation for all that the WCC member churches do together to fulfil their common calling to the glory of the one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

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Arusha 2018

Mission and Evangelism

Mission is a personal call to follow Jesus Christ and to become his disciple.

Authentic discipleship impels the rediscovery of God’s mission for the fullness of life.

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Care for creation and climate justice

Care for creation and justice are at the centre of WCC work on climate change. The Bible teaches the wholeness of creation and calls human beings to take care of the garden of Eden (Gen 2:15).

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WCC gatering on health-promoting churches in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2018 to aid churches in integrating health work into their core ministry.

Health and Healing

The WCC’s health and healing programme facilitates networking and dialogue to promote health and healing for all people, to meet continuing and new health challenges worldwide.

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Arusha, Tanzania, March 2018

WCC's Engagement for Children

“There can be no keener revelation of a society`s soul than the way it treats its children” - Nelson Mandela