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Senator David Anitok, Marshall Islands Presidential Envoy for Nuclear Justice and Human Rights pictured at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva at the event "Nuclear Resilience for Peace and Prosperity", hosted by the World Council of Churches and the Permanent Mission of the Marshall Islands in Geneva

Images from the Marshall Islands portray pain—and pursuit of justice

As a photo exhibition from the Marshall Islands opened at the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 8 March, speakers offered a stark overview of the damage done by nuclear testing—as well as the resilience and determination of the Marshallese people to pursue justice.

08 March 2024

A meeting of the WCC delegation with the National Nuclear Commission of the Marshall Islands, November 2023, Photo: Chewy C.Lin/WCC

Pilgrimage to Marshall Islands brings new urgency for justice in wake of nuclear testing

With a focus on the legacy of nuclear testing and climate change, the World Council of Churches (WCC) completed a pilgrimage visit to the Marshall Islands on 16-24 November.

30 November 2023

Indonesians NIFEA letter 2023

WCC signs joint letter urging G20 leaders toward New International Financial and Economic Architecture

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is among signatories on a joint letter to H.E. Sri Narendra Modi—prime minister of the Republic of India and chair of the Group of Twenty (G20)—which urges G20 leaders to adopt a New International Financial and Economic Architecture.

04 September 2023

One of the participants of the peaceful demonstration in Suva, Fiji, 24 August 2023.

Pacific churches call for Japan to halt wastewater dump

The Pacific Conference of Churches joined other nongovernmental and civic groups on the streets of Suva, Fiji, to peacefully demonstrate against Japan’s dumping of Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the ocean.

29 August 2023

Woman prays in the church with hands raised up

WCC appeals for peace in Manipur, India amid ongoing ethnic and communal violence

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed deep concern about the ongoing ethnic and communal violence which flared up last week in India’s north-eastern State of Manipur, involving the Hindu majority Meitei community and the mostly Christian Naga and Kuki tribal communities.

09 May 2023

Pacific Conference of Churches

Pacific Conference of Churches calls for “less talk, more action” as COP27 begins

The Pacific Conference of Churches is calling for “less talk and more action” that supports the resilience of Pacific communities affected by climate change at COP27 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.

07 November 2022

Bishop Dr Isaac Mar Philoxenos

Lighting the lives of many

Empowering underprivileged women and their children to alleviate poverty was the main topic of one of the confessional meetings held during the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee meeting in mid-June.

28 June 2022

Fiji

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

Landscape in Suva, Fiji

WCC urges postponing third referendum on independence of Kanaky-New Caledonia people

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, in a letter to the president of France, expressed support for appeals from the Protestant Church of Kanaky-New Caledonia and other concerned partners regarding the third referendum under the Noumea Accord.

03 December 2021

Rev. James Bhagwan

Pacific islands in peril, local churches' leader stresses before COP26

The Pacific islands are in grave danger and at the frontline of global climate change, so that is why the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, known as COP26, in Glasgow is so important for islanders, says Rev. James Bhagwan. He is general secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches, a Methodist minister based in Fiji, and visited Geneva on his way to COP26, in Scotland's biggest city, Glasgow, from 31 October to 12 November.

26 October 2021

Cover image of a COVID-19 wellbeing statemtent, showing a plant growing on a sandy beach in the Pacific islands

Pacific Theological College publishes “A COVID-19 Wellbeing Statement”

The Pacific Theological College has published “A COVID-19 Wellbeing Statement: Rethinking Health from a Theological and Pasifika Cultural Perspective.”

03 September 2021

raindrops and plants

Church of South India helps build climate-resilient churches, schools and communities

The Church of South India, through a campaign on climate-resilient schools, has been inspiring and educating students and teachers through a series of one-hour sessions which began in May this year and will run until the United Nations climate talks in November.

10 August 2021

flood affects small village

WCC expresses concern, extends prayers to millions affected by flooding in India

The World Council of Churches (WCC) expressed concern and extended prayers for those who continue to be affected by severe monsoon-related flooding and landslides in India. More than 150 people have perished in western India, and there is extensive damage.

27 July 2021

Fiji mat

Webinar brings Pacific voices for a new creation

A webinar, promoted by the World Council of Churches and the Pacific Conference of Churches, on 4 February lifted up Pacific proposals to “reweave the ecological mat” and build a new creation.

10 February 2021

Río Blanco in San Pedro Sula

Global webinar will discuss environment, agriculture and water

A webinar on 5 December will focus on how the COVID-19 pandemic has enhanced challenges related to the environment, agriculture and access to water.

03 December 2020

WTD 2020 webinar

Combatting “blatant injustice,” religious communities work to bring safe sanitation to all

During an online gathering, religious leaders called for greater awareness around toilets and the plight of 4.2 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation.

26 November 2020

Lack of sanitation in Kibera, Nairobi, Africa's largest slum.

On World Toilet Day, sanitation is “an issue of justice”

During an online morning prayer service on 16 November, Bishop Arnold Temple, chairperson of the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network and the president of All Africa Conference of Churches, reflected on World Toilet Day, which will be observed this year on 19 November.

16 November 2020

Photo: Marcelo Schneider/WCC

Applications open for WCC Eco-School

The fourth edition of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice will be held 18-24 January 2021 in the Pacific region in five countries (Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, Tuvalu & Solomon Islands).

22 October 2020

Albin Hillert/WCC

Tree planting ceremony sows seeds for West Papua’s return to the UN

Trees are being planted by people participating virtually in a ceremony that both commemorates the life of Dag Hammarskjöld, the second UN secretary-general, and sows seeds for West Papua’s return to the UN.

23 July 2020

Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC

WCC condemns violence in India - and calls for justice

The death of a father and son in police custody last week in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has caused outrage and protest in the state. Family members and friends of the victims have accused the police of subjecting them to torture while they were in custody.

10 July 2020