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WCC condemns attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

The World Council of Churches calls on all parties to respect UN peacekeepers mandate and to commit to diplomacy and dialogue. Peace cannot be achieved through violence, but only through genuine negotiations and a commitment to justice and reconciliation.

11 October 2024
Interview
Jennifer Philpot-Nissen, WCC programme executive for Human Rights and Disarmament, during a side event to the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva, September 2024, Photo: WCC

WCC, human rights, and the United Nations: how do they intersect?

Jennifer Philpot-Nissen, is the World Council of Churches (WCC) programme executive for Human Rights and Disarmament. She took time to explain how the WCC contributed to the recent 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, and her personal perspective of the value of human rights work. 

10 October 2024
Publication
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Good News about HIV Treatment, Cure, and Healing

Conversations between Faith Leaders and communities in Nigeria
Gracia Violeta Ross
Wushishi Yussuf
Yusuf Saidu Mohammed

A Discussion Document 

HIV treatment is very effective and tolerable nowadays. However, some faith leaders, out of misinformation, continue spreading messages of exclusive healing by faith, asking people living with HIV to abandon their medications as proof of their faith in God.

In Good News about HIV Treatment, Cure, and Healing, the initiators of the conversations and the discussants analyzed the concepts of treatment, cure, and healing in HIV, using principles of Christian and Muslim theologies, and concluded that faith communities have the mandate to heal. They discussed the six recent six cases of people with HIV who have been declared cured, which sparks hope for a definitive cure for all. Meanwhile, faith communities must support people living with HIV in adhering to their treatment. Medications and treatments are part of the healing touch of God, who is the ultimate source of healing.

10 October 2024
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Breaking the hunger cycle: WCC to host Webinar on food security and nutrition for World Food Day

On 16 October, during World Food Day, the World Council of Churches (WCC) will host an international webinar to address the worsening global food crisis. Featuring voices from the United Nations, civil society, academia, and faith communities, the event will examine the systemic causes of hunger and explore ways to empower women and children, the most vulnerable to food insecurity.

10 October 2024
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Q&A Mpox and the Role of Faith Communities

This simple factsheet provides background about the Mpox zoonotic disease,: what it is, how it is transmitted, signs and symptoms, vaccines and treatment, and, most importantly, the role of faith communities in responding to the disease.

10 October 2024
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Anti-Racist Churches

Ecumenical Anti-Racism, Anti-Xenophobia, and Anti-Discrimination Contextual Bible Studies
Eric Nii Bortey Anum
Masiiwa Ragies Gunda

God’s created world is today groaning under the burdens that God’s creation has had to carry for centuries, caused by our appetite to consume. The spirit of uninhibited consumption led to the exploitation of creation, the enslavement of peoples, the colonization of lands and peoples and the wanton extraction and exploitation of natural resources from far and wide. Entire groups of people have been racially exploited. The World Council of Churches acknowledges that even faith communities, including some of its member churches and their members, have participated and contributed to the many cases of racially motivated exploitation, past and present. <p>

The World Council of Churches stands in solidarity with victims and survivors of racism, xenophobia, casteism, and all other forms of discrimination. Through this booklet, the WCC offers Christian communities a resource to develop biblically-based Christian responses to overcome these scourges.

10 October 2024
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Anti-Bias Churches:

An Ecumenical Anti-(Un)Conscious Bias Toolkit
Dr Elaine Brown Spencer
Dr Masiiwa Ragies Gunda

Unlearning—Undoing—Relearning— Redoing

Unconscious biases and microaggressions are being experienced by many people in society, as well as in faith communities. Faith-based and related workplaces are not immune to these attitudes and practices. While significant investment has gone into mitigating conscious biases, racism, xenophobia, casteism and discrimination, the impact of unconscious biases and microaggressions are equally destructive. This toolkit invites and challenges Christians to intentionally invest in mitigating unconscious biases and microaggressions by employing a diversity, equity and inclusion lens in policies, practices and programming. Inclusive cultures in community and workplaces are more desirable and Christ-like.

10 October 2024
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WCC calls for bold steps in global economic justice

At the 57th Human Rights Council side event titled “Reimagining Development: Inclusive Models for Sustainable and Equitable Development,” the World Council of Churches (WCC) reinforced its leadership role in advocating for inclusive, sustainable development. Rev. Nicole Ashwood, WCC programme executive for Just Community of Women and Men, urged global leaders to rethink development models based on human dignity, environmental care, and gender equality.

10 October 2024
Interview
Nicole Arends

Storyteller and playwright shares the mind and faith behind her craft

Kristine Greenaway, who has held many roles with the World Council of Churches (WCC) communications team, is a playwright and producer who is currently co-producing, with Nicole Arends, Shadows in the Nooks: Spirited Women in Theatre. She is member of Alumnae Theatre, a nonprofit theatre in Toronto, Canada that was created more than 100 years ago and is the oldest women-run theatre company in North America. 

09 October 2024
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Interreligious vigil in Geneva marks a year of suffering

A vigil held in Geneva, “Interreligious Recollection–A Year of Suffering,” on 7 October at the historic St Pierre Cathedral drew reflections on a date that marked the beginning of a new period of tragic violence in the Middle East. 

08 October 2024