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During a service of reflection on the 80th anniversary of Christian Aid, held at Westminster Abbey on 12 June, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay offered a sermon on “Hope: God’s Life-Line.”

The National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA brought church leaders, ecumenical and interfaith partners, UN representatives, and advocates for justice and peace together for its Impact Week 2025 in New York City. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order Commission, in collaboration with Christian World Communions, will host a webinar titled “Unity of the Church: Anglican Perspectives and Ecumenical Responses” on 16 June.

The Lutheran World Federation Council will gather in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 11-16 June under the theme “Be my witnesses.” 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the death of Rev. Dr Elizabeth S. Tapia, former professor of mission and contextual theology at the WCC Ecumenical Institute at Bossey from 2002-2005. 

The Joint Consultative Group between the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Pentecostal World Fellowship held a meeting from 4–7 June, alongside the Pentecostal World Conference in Helsinki, Finland. The meeting was hosted at Siion Church.

Rev. Dr Susan Durber, World Council of Churches president from Europe, offered a sermon for a service on 7 June celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Welsh covenant between five church communities. 

Preaching at a special centennial service for the United Church of Canada, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay lifted his voice with joy and thanksgiving with those gathered at the Gower United Church in St. John’s, Newfoundland, on Pentecost Sunday. 

In a message to the 27th Pentecostal World Conference, being held in Helsinki 4-7 June, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay reflected on the theme of the conference, “Go &Make,” describing it as both timely and deeply challenging. 

In 1925, archbishop of Sweden Nathan Söderblom, gathered more than 600 church leaders from 37 countries for a historic meeting in Stockholm. A century later, church leaders from around the globe will again convene in the Swedish capital, to commemorate the 1925 meeting and the achievements of the ecumenical movement ever since. 

At a 20th Believers Church Conference, being held June 1-4 in Amsterdam, Rev. Merlyn Hyde Riley, vice moderator of the WCC central committee and general secretary of the Jamaica Baptist Union, joined in commemorating 500 years of Anabaptist beginnings. 

On 1 June, at the Berner Münster in Bern, Switzerland, Ecumenical Vespers marked a celebration of joy and unity in faith organized by the Swiss National Council of Churches and the Protestant Church in Switzerland.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay brought joyful greetings to the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Anabaptist movement. 

An Armenian Heritage Conference has closed with a statement urging coordinated international action to protect Armenian religious and cultural heritage, the human rights of its people, and the future security of the Armenian nation. The conference was hosted by World Council of Churches (WCC) in collaboration with Protestant Church in Switzerland, in Bern, Switzerland on 27-28 May. 

In the lead-up to the World Council of Churches (WCC) 6th World Conference on Faith and Order, the Faith and Order Commission—together with the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Lutheran World Federation—hosted a webinar titled “Bridging East and West: A Joint Statement on Filioque” on 27 May.