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Statement: public statement

Stockholm+50 Interfaith Statement - “Faith Values and Reach - Contribution to Environmental Policy”

03 June 2022

Ecumenical movement

Letter

WCC pastoral letter to the Korean Christian Federation

In a pastoral letter to the Korean Christian Federation, World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed deep concern over the COVID-19 outbreak in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

01 June 2022

As Horn of Africa drought bites, church leader highlights children’s malnutrition

In drought-stricken regions in eastern Africa, churches and church congregations continue to pray for rain, as the weather conditions leave millions of people without food, water and pasture for their animals.

20 May 2022

Statement: public statement

Statement on COVID-19 crisis in the DPRK

World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed grave concern over COVD-19 outbreak in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

17 May 2022

Women carry water in the cans on their heads

Churches reach out to communities suffering drought in the horn of Africa

As the war in Ukraine triggers an unexpected rise in food and commodity prices in African markets, church leaders are reaching out to communities struggling with food insecurity and shortages.

11 May 2022

Statement: public statement

Climate-Responsible Finance - a Moral Imperative towards Children

09 May 2022

Jørgen Thomsen speaks at the Ecumenical diakona celebration

Soon-to-be-released publication on ecumenical diakonia is something to celebrate

As a document on ecumenical diakonia is set to be released in June, partners of the World Council of Churches (WCC) specialized ministries gathered to celebrate on 4 May at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute their years of work in creating a publication that shows how carefully crafted fruits are well worth the wait.

05 May 2022

WCC Ecumenical Water Network newsletter, March/April 2022

Together for Water - Newsletter of the WCC Ecumenical Water Network

03 May 2022

Groundwater is a common good

28 April 2022

Message from the waters of Brazil to the waters of the world

Ecumenical Water Network-Brazil (REDA-Brazil) Stands in Solidarity with #FAME 2022.

28 April 2022

Council of Churches in Sierra Leone, Statement on World Water Day 2022

Today March 22 marks World Water Day – a day set aside to focus on the importance of water to everything in the world. This day was set aside by the United Nations in 1993.

27 April 2022

Interview

protests over the depletion and contamination of groundwater resources famously led to the closing of a Coca-Cola factory in the village of Plachimada, India, in 2005.

Groundwater is “a political question”

In many regions, groundwater is being extracted faster than it can be replenished. Groundwater pollution from raw material extraction, industry, private households, and agriculture is also increasing. This year’s UN’s World Water Day focused on groundwater, urging to make “the invisible visible.” A new publication by Brot für die Welt (Bread for the World, Germany), a member of the WCC Ecumenical Water Network, takes up this call and demands the better protection and fairer use of this vital resource. WCC news talked to co-author Dr Ingrid Jacobsen about the social and political dimension of groundwater.

27 April 2022

Anglican church of Christ the King in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, South Africa, Photo: Ivars Kupcis/WCC

South African churches provide relief in KwaZulu Natal flood disaster

Churches in South Africa are actively responding to the flood disaster in KwaZulu Natal, in which at least 440 people have died. The floods—the strongest to hit the province in recent times—were triggered following a week of heavy rainfall in the province bordering the Indian Ocean in the east of the country.

20 April 2022

WCC Ecumenical Water Network offers critical insight, asking “Is the World Water Forum a solution to the global water crisis?”

To coincide with the 9th World Water Forum—and to call attention to that platform as too exclusive—the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network (WCC-EWN) participated in an Alternative World Water Forum which stands in opposition to the capitalistic globalization of water and sanitation services.

06 April 2022

Blog post

A water source at the Rohingya camp, in Kutupalong, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

Underground Water: Making the Invisible Visible

As we observed World Water Day on 22 March, the issue of availability of water, including the impact of climate change and how it affects quality access to water for many people across the world, came to the fore.

25 March 2022

Rev. Kolade O. Fadahunsi

Letter

WCC acting general secretary letter to the Presidents of Russia and Ukraine

In a letter to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, and Volodymyr Oleksandrovytch Zelensky, president of Ukraine, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca urged the leaders to listen to the cries of their own faithful people.

23 March 2022

Letter

WCC acting general secretary letter to Mme Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine

In a response to a letter from First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed both his appreciation for her candid reflections as well as his own pain at the ongoing and increasingly grave humanitarian consequences of the conflict.

23 March 2022

Message

Specialized Ministries Pre-Assembly Message to the WCC 11th Assembly

1.1 The representatives of Specialized Ministries, organizations connected to member churches of the World Council of Churches (WCC) serving the one ecumenical movement in the areas of mission, diakonia, relief and advocacy, gathered for an online Pre-Assembly 9 and 10 March 2022 in preparation for the WCC 11th Assembly, taking place in Karlsruhe, Germany, in September 2022.

14 March 2022

Ecumenical movement

WCC Ecumenical Water Network newsletter, January/February 2022

Together for Water - Newsletter of the WCC Ecumenical Water Network

08 March 2022