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World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca extended greetings to Hindu friends on the occasion of Diwali.

Code of Conduct for participants of the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Greetings from Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, the World Council of Churches Acting General Secretary To the World Student Christian Federation General Assembly in Berlin, 23 June - 1 July 2022.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, during its February 2022 meeting, approved a set of Gender Justice Principles that clearly define the WCC’s own approach to gender justice.

A Gender Advisory Group developed the principles through many rounds of review by leadership and staff, as an internal document for WCC staff, governing bodies, commissions, and reference groups.

Statement of the Ecumenical Forum for Peace and Justice in Cameroon on the Sunday 22nd August attack on the Presbyterian church Ntanfoang-Bali, North West region in Cameroon

Protest letter of the National Christian Council of Japan against the Cabinet approval of the release of Tritium-contaminated water from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean.

Following the January 2021 entry into force of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, a group of 60 German Christians call for an end to the doctrine of nuclear deterrence.

Statement by the All Africa Conference of Churches on the attack on the cathedral of Makol Chuei in the Diocese of Athooch of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan.

As members of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, our hearts have been torn; our spirits have been deeply stirred; and our faces are drowned in tears, since the throttling of Mr George Floyd, a black man. In broad daylight, in Minneapolis, USA on May 25, 2020, Mr Floyd was handcuffed, pinned down to the hard concrete, while a white policeman pressed his knee on Floyd’s throat for eight minutes, 46 seconds, suffocating him. Floyd pleaded for his life to no avail until he finally succumbed to death.

Joint letter to church leaders in Burundi by the World Council of Churches and the All Africa Conference of Churches

The World Council of Churches and All Africa Conference of Churches, in a joint statement, urged closer collaboration between church and church-health facilities and associations.

World Council of Churches, Middle East Council of Churches write letter appealing to EU for firm stance against annexing occupied Palestinian territory.

On the occasion of the World Water Day 2020, and with deep concern over the gravity of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences on people in all regions of the world, especially the poor, the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance reaffirm the responsibility of churches and faith-based organisations to ensure that people have access to clean, affordable, sufficient water to meet their physical and domestic needs, including that of hand-washing.

Resolutions of the South Sudan Council of Churches Assembly 2019

Adherence to the WCC’s Child Safeguarding Policy and its Child Safe Code of Conduct is a mandatory requirement for all staff, volunteers, consultants, interns, contractors, representatives, partners and those invited by the WCC to visit projects (hereafter referred to as staff and others) serving programmes in which interactions with children may take place (such as, but not limited to, EAA, EAPPI, EDAN, EHAIA, EWN, Indigenous Peoples, Child Rights, etc.).

WCC Communication strategy 2018-2021, approved by WCC Executive Committee in Uppsala 2018.

By-Laws of the World Council of Churches' Commission on Ecumenical
Education and Formation, amended by the Executive Committee in June 2015

“Churches’ Commitments to Children” is an open invitation to the WCC member churches and partners to address the needs of children as an integral part of the ecumenical commitment to the pilgrimage of justice and peace.