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Eighteen participants representing 16 World Council of Churches (WCC) member churches and ecumenical mission partners from 14 countries engaged in a missional formation workshop on 15-16 April in collaboration with the WCC Bossey Ecumenical Institute.

The workshop, designed to facilitate the contribution of young leadership, was coordinated by the WCC Commission on World Mission and Evangelism under the theme “Young Leadership in Mission.”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism will hold an online “Missional Formation Workshop: Young Leadership in Mission” on 15-16 April, in collaboration with the WCC Bossey Ecumenical Institute.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has extended the deadline for applications of the recent invitation they announced for ecumenical youth to be stewards at the 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 2022. 

Faith-based health services play a critical role in many countries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization head Dr Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, has said in support of a World Council of Churches (WCC) led Week of Prayer on the pandemic.

The 15 March webinar provided information on the pandemic's current status and related issues and presented an introduction and overview of the ecumenical Week of Prayer from 22-27 March.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will host a webinar on 15 March that looks candidly at “signs of the times” after one whole year has passed since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) invite la jeunesse œcuménique à participer au programme d’accueil (stewards) de la 11e Assemblée devant avoir lieu à Karlsruhe, en Allemagne, en 2022. Cet évènement vise à rassembler un groupe dynamique et diversifié de 160 jeunes du monde entier, entre le 21 août et le 10 septembre 2022. L’invitation s’adresse à des jeunes de divers horizons, appartenant à différentes Églises, et de toutes les régions. 

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) invita a la juventud ecuménica a participar como stewards durante la 11ª Asamblea, en Karlsruhe (Alemania) en 2022. El programa de stewards tiene como objetivo reunir a un grupo dinámico y diverso de ciento sesenta jóvenes de todo el mundo, del 21 de agosto al 10 de septiembre de 2022. La invitación se extiende a los jóvenes de múltiples contextos, iglesias y regiones. 

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) lädt der Ökumene verbundene junge Erwachsene ein, 2022 als Stewards an der 11. Vollversammlung in Karlsruhe teilzunehmen. Das Stewards-Programm hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, eine dynamische und diverse Gruppe vom 160 jungen Menschen aus allen Teilen der Welt vom 21. August bis zum 10. September 2022 in die Versammlung einzubinden. Diese Einladung richtet sich an junge Erwachsene aus einer Vielzahl von Hintergründen, Kirchen und Regionen. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) invites ecumenical youth to be stewards at the 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 2022. The Stewards Programme aims to bring together a dynamic and diverse group of 160 young people from all over the world, from 21 August to 10 September 2022. The invitation is open to young people from a variety of backgrounds, churches and regions. 

The deadline has been extended to 15 March for a youth essay competition on “The Future of Interreligious Dialogue.”

As youth within the Taize community prepared for their annual gathering—to be held this year online on 27 December—World Council of Churches interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca sent greetings of peace, love and joy.

The World Council of Churches is standing behind a call for action on climate justice issued by global youth religious organizations. The appeal—initiated by the World Student Christian Federation in Europe, Ecumenical Youth Council in Europe Network, the Lutheran World Federation, the European Christian Environmental Network, and Junge Buddhisthe Union—is drawing other organizations in solidarity to come together for climate justice.

A 5 November webinar, “People at the Frontlines: the Gift of Life,” hosted by the World Council of Churches, brought together both firsthand and learned perspectives from a medical doctor, who is also a clergy and a COVID-19 survivor, a public sanitation worker, and a humanitarian responder.

On 5 November, the World Council of Churches will host a webinar, open to the public, highlighting the experience and reflections of people on the “frontlines” of caring for communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

World Council of Churches (WCC) interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca sent a congratulatory message to the new secretary general of the World Evangelical Alliance, Dr Thomas Schirrmacher.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has announced an essay competition for youth who want to reflect on the theme “The Future of Interreligious Dialogue.” The contest marks the 50th anniversary of the WCC’s Office of Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation.