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Address of the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay at the All Africa Conference of Churches 12th General Assembly, "Christ`s Love Compels Us to Justice, Reconciliation and Unity". 

Greetings from the World Council of Churches moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm to the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) assembly marking the 60th anniversary of the AACC.

As the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee met in Abuja, Nigeria, on 8-14 November, the governing body published a statement that included deep appreciation of Nigeria’s “astonishing diversity of cultures, languages, and religions”—as well as appeals to the Nigerian government to address economic injustice and other grave challenges facing the nation.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, from 8-14 November, released a statement on COP28’s responsibility for climate justice. 

Report of the WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay to the WCC Central Committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, 21 - 27 June 2023.

The executive committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting online on 30 May-2 June 2022, welcomes the ecumenical solidarity visit to Sudan on 20-25 April 2022 undertaken jointly by the WCC, the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) and the Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and the Horn of Africa (FECCLAHA). Though this visit was planned already in early 2020 in light of the political upheavals and transitions of 2019, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the meantime, in October 2021, a military coup displaced again the civilian governmental leadership, in a development which this executive committee described as a betrayal of the revolution of 2019 and of the country's own Constitutional Document and other foundational documents of the transition.

Statement from the International Virtual Ecumenical Partners Conference for Peace and Security in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, held on 29 October 2021.

Opening remarks by Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the  World Council of Churches central committee at a WCC and All Africa Conference of Churches Africa regional consultation on the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A 15 March webinar will explore how churches can help ensure stateless people are not left behind in national COVID-19 vaccine rollouts.

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 Pastoral letter based on Pilgrim Team Visit to South Africa on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide and Xenophobia

Greetings for the 64th General Conference and 70th Anniversary of the Christian Council of Mozambique (CCM)
"God of love, guide us in the path of Reconciliation, Unity in Diversity, Justice and Peace". Read by Prof Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, WCC Deputy General Secretary. 26-30 June 2019, Maputo province, Mozambique

Report of the general secretary to the Executive Committee, November 2018.

At the end of our ecumenical solidarity visit from 18-21 August 2018 Ecumenical delegation sends message of encouragement and hope to the Congolese people

Plenary presentation delivered by Prof. Isabel Apawo Phiri at the 11th All Africa Conference of Churches Assembly Kigali, Rwanda

Biblical reflection at the All Africa Conference of Churches' 11th Assembly in Kigali, Rwanda.

Address of Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC General Secretary at the 11th General Assembly of the AACC