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Rev. Prof. Dr Heike Springhart: “We as churches are strong when we keep the horizon open”

Rev. Prof. Dr Heike Springhart is bishop of Landeskirche in Baden. Below, she offers reflections on her hopes for the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly and, more broadly, how ecumenical relationships can help us all sustain a sense of hope during these challenging times.

07 July 2022

Interview

WCC general secretary-elect Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay: “If we learn to trust the work of the Holy Spirit, we can find each other even through difficulties”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee elected Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay as the ninth general secretary at its 17 June meeting. Below, Pillay reflects on his longstanding passion for ecumenism and his expectations for the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe.

23 June 2022

Feature story

Peace churches call for “more creativity in our peacebuilding”

“We are asked to reflect on the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee and the WCC 11th Assembly,” said Janet Scott, Friends World Committee for Consultation, as she prepared to facilitate the confessional meeting of the Moravian and historic peace churches on the first day of the central committee meeting. “Our historic peace church way to reflect is to consider how to further the cause of peace.”

21 June 2022

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Message

Address by Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay to the WCC Central committee

Address by Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay to the WCC Central committee meeting on 17 June 2022.

18 June 2022

Central Committee

News

At pre-assembly meeting in Bern, Swiss churches offer prayers for delegates

An ecumenical worship service and workshops in Bern offered prayers and reflections for five delegates as well as stewards and Global Ecumenical Theological Institute students from Swiss churches who will be attending the upcoming World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany.

12 June 2022

News

Metropolitan Prof. Dr Gennadios of Sassima is one of the vice-moderators of the WCC Central Committee.

WCC deeply mourns loss of leader Metropolitan Gennadios of Sassima

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is deeply mourning the loss of Metropolitan Gennadios of Sassima, vice moderator of the WCC central committee.

02 June 2022

Document

Tribute

Tribute of the World Council of Churches to Metropolitan Gennadios, Vice-Moderator of the WCC central committee

Tribute of the World Council of Churches to Metropolitan Gennadios, Vice-Moderator of the WCC central committee, at his funeral in Thessaloniki, Greece, 3 June 2022.

02 June 2022

Central Committee

News

Cocer image of worship booklet with assembly theme

“Celebrate Christ’s Love!” offers spiritual path to WCC 11th Assembly

CELEBRATE CHRIST’S LOVE!

FEIERN WIR DIE LIEBE CHRISTI!

CÉLÉBRONS L’AMOUR DU CHRIST!

¡CELEBREMOS EL AMOR DE CRISTO

As the World Council of Churches (WCC) fellowship prepares for the WCC 11th Assembly to be held in Karlsruhe, they also expressed their wish to prepare for the spiritual life and experience of the assembly.

17 May 2022

Publication

Celebrate Christ’s Love!

Sing and Pray

Celebrate Christ’s Love! Sing and Pray

Feiern Wir Die Liebe Christi! Singen und Beten

Célébrons L’amour Du Christ! Chante et Prie

¡Celebremos El Amor De Cristo! Canto y Oración

In four languages, a newly released publication developed by the assembly’s worship planning group, Celebrate Christ’s Love!, expands the opportunity to prepare spiritually for the assembly.

This publication contains some of the components of the final spiritual-life resource that will be used at the assembly. It invites assembly participants and the wider fellowship to celebrate the love of God that we find in Christ through prayer, song, and reflecting on Jesus’ preaching and healing as portrayed in the Gospels.

17 May 2022

Photo essay

Sunday service “a manifestation of visible unity” as Orthodox churches gather in Cyprus

As church bells resounded over Paralimni, Cyprus on Sunday, the congregation gathering at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint George welcomed into their midst representatives of a wide range of Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches around the world.

15 May 2022

Feature story

Unity is key when health crisis poses new challenges in Asia

As the COVID-19 pandemic slowly fades, its severe impact on people’s lives lingers on throughout Asia and the rest of the world. In addition to the sufferings and tragic losses of lives caused by the virus, hopes for a brighter future have been dimmed by social isolation, economic recession, increased unemployment and poverty.

28 February 2022

Feature story

Meeting on the WCC pre-assemblies in Bossey

WCC pre-assemblies take shape with vision of working and transforming together

As preparations continue for the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany in 2022, pre-assemblies are taking shape as well. Planners are working to create an experience in which people can work together in transformational ways.

10 February 2022

Document

Message

Moderator’s video message to the Central Committee

Script of the video message by the WCC central committee moderator Dr Agnes Abuom to the WCC central committee meeting, 9 February 2022.

09 February 2022

Moderator of Central Committee

Document

Report

Report of the Acting General Secretary to the WCC Central Committee meeting 2022

Report of the Acting General Secretary to the WCC Central Committee meeting, 9 February 2022

09 February 2022

General Secretary

News

Elke Büdenbender speaks at the launch of "Go for Gender Justice" by the Protestant Church in Germany, 1 February 2022, photo: Ulf Beck/EKD

“Go for Gender Justice” initiative opened by Protestant Church in Germany in Berlin

A “Go for Gender Justice” initiative was launched by the Protestant Church in Germany in Berlin on 1 February with calls for overcoming gender clichés and traditional role models. Germany’s "First Lady,” the judge Elke Büdenbender called on women and men to fight together for social change. Under the motto "Go for Gender Justice,” nine regional churches invited people to move together toward gender equality.

08 February 2022

News

Planning committee meets as momentum grows toward WCC 11th Assembly

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Assembly Planning Committee met on 27 January, building momentum toward the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany in September 2022.

28 January 2022

Interview

Prayers, stories will be the heartbeat of the WCC 11th Assembly

Rev. Dr. Elisabeth Krause-Vilmar is moderator of the Worship Planning Committee for the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly. Below, she updates us on preparations for the spiritual life of the assembly.

25 January 2022

News

Most-read WCC stories in 2021 reflect a global fellowship full of hope amid year of challenges

A compilation of the most-read stories published by the World Council of Churches (WCC) reveals a global fellowship focused on a better future even amid the grave challenges the world faced during 2021.

31 December 2021

Bible studies

detail of the tapestry in the ecumenical center, Geneva

11th Assembly Bible study - Ascension

Part of a series of Bible studies in preparation for the WCC 11th Assembly, this sixth text was written by Janet Corlett, a presbyter of the Methodist Church in Britain.

21 December 2021

Bible studies

11th Assembly Bible study - Easter

Part of a series of Bible studies in preparation for the WCC 11th Assembly, this fifth text was written by Bishop Maxim (Vasiljevic), bishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles and Western America of the Serbian Orthodox Church.

20 December 2021