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Speech by the Rev Prof Dr Jerry Pillay to the ReDi conference, Oslo 2023

08 June 2023

General Secretary

Feature story

People outside the chapel in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan

South Sudan Anglican Archbishop: We have sold our sorghum to aid fleeing Sudan refugees

In Renk, a small South Sudanese town on the banks of the White Nile, churches are working to help thousands of people fleeing the war in the neighbouring Sudan.

01 June 2023

Statement: public statement

WCC Executive committee Statement on the Worsening Global Food Crisis

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.

26 May 2023

Executive committee

Worsening global food crisis focus of WCC executive committee statement: “don’t wait for a famine”

The worsening global food crisis is the focus of a World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee statement that urges churches and the international community to act now before more lives are lost.

26 May 2023

Blog post

Becoming true witnesses of God’s love

A reflection originally shared at the "Working Together" meeting between the World Council of Churches and specialized ministries, convened 3-4 May in Bossey, Switzerland.

23 May 2023

Jakob Sundmark

Feature story

Activists call attention to climate change during a protest at the World Council of Churches' 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Specialized ministries roundtable: “we need each other more than ever before”

Leaders from specialized ministries who gathered for a high-level roundtable with the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 16 May reflected on how the ecumenical fellowship can tackle complex and difficult issues with theological reasoning and concrete actions.

22 May 2023

Stop Killer Robots Campaign in front of the United Nations in Geneva

WCC joins other organizations in interfaith statement supporting Campaign to Stop Killer Robots

The World Council of Churches joined other global and regional groups in delivering to the UN an interfaith statement in support of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots.

17 May 2023

Statement: public statement

Statement of the inter-faith group of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, May 2023

In February 2023, members of the Stop Killer Robots coalition met in Costa Rica to consider the impact of digital dehumanisation - a process in which humans are reduced to data points, on which decisions are made which can negatively impact us. The potential of such automated harm includes injury or death from the use of autonomous weapon systems.

17 May 2023

boy holds sign that reads "You are never too young to change the world", during a climate march in NYC 2019

WCC roundtable with specialized ministries speaks of “changing the world to what God wants it to be”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) convened a high-level roundtable with heads of specialized ministries partners on 16 May. The leaders advised WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay and provided input into the strategic direction of the WCC.

16 May 2023

Blog post

From exhaustion to excitement—to hope

A reflection originally shared at the "Working Together" meeting between the World Council of Churches and specialized ministries, convened 3-4 May in Bossey, Switzerland.

15 May 2023

Marie Anne Sliwinski

Call for support and prayers amplify as floods kill 400 in Congo

A global call for prayers and support for the Democratic Republic of Congo has amplified as floods and landslides left hundreds of people dead in South Kivu, a province in the east of the country.

10 May 2023

Letter

WCC pastoral letter to the Churches and people of Rwanda

Pastoral letter by Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, World Council of Churches general secretary to the Churches and people of Rwanda after floods kill 130 people.

05 May 2023

General Secretary

Rwandan churches express pain after floods kill 130 people

Church leaders in Rwanda are mourning the death of 130 people after massive floods struck several districts in the tiny East African country.

05 May 2023

Participants of the WCC Eco School in Asia, 2019.

Applications invited for WCC Eco-School for Europe and North America region

The fifth edition of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Eco-School on Water, Food, and Climate Justice, will be held 24-31 July in Crete, Greece. Convening in-person in the Orthodox Academy of Crete, Greece, the event is open to young people under 30 years of age from the Europe and North America region only.

04 May 2023

Background document

Guidelines of the WCC Eco School 2023

04 May 2023

Background document

Brochure of the WCC Eco School 2023

04 May 2023

Background document

Application form WCC Eco School 2023

04 May 2023

A failed crop of corn that died from lack of water, near Nacaome, southern Honduras.

“Caring for the Earth, Transforming Lives” event will explore links between faith and natural regeneration

A day-long seminar on 12 May, offered in a hybrid format, will help churches and faith-based communities respond more effectively to the challenges of environmental degradation and climate change.

27 April 2023

Capacity building seminar for churches in Africa offers learning and sharing about diaconal care

A capacity building seminar held in Nairobi on 17-21 April focused on leadership, diakonia, and development for churches in Africa.

24 April 2023