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What is God calling Christians and the Christian Church to do today? Whose and what voices are we listening to?” asked Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in his sermon at the ecumenical worship of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC) on 30 April, in Charlotte, North Carolina (US). 

Church at the Crossroads, sermon by Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches at the service of his installation as the ninth general secretary of the WCC in the chapel of the Ecumenical Centre Geneva, Switzerland, 17 February 2023.

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.

Sermon by Rev. Gloria Ulloa Alvarado, WCC president for Latin America and the Caribbean, at the Opening prayer of the final day of the WCC Central committee meeting, 15 February 2022

Sermon by Bishop Sally Dyck of the United Methodist Church (USA) at the Sunday service on 14 November, during the World Council of Churches executive committee meeting at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute.

Sermon at the opening prayer for the WCC central committee on 23 June 2021: Most Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, Church of Norway, former general secretary of the WCC

Bishop Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, Church of Norway offered this reflection during the online morning prayer for Ecumenical Centre staff. This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray with the people and churches of Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

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.

Sermon of the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit at the Seong Eun Methodist Church in Seoul, Korea, on 17 November 2019

Sermon by bishop Mary Ann Swenson, Vice-moderator of the WCC Central Committee

Sermon of the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit during a prayer service ("Andacht") in Karlsruhe, February 2019

Reflection by Dinesh Suna on UN World Toilet Day 2018 in the Ecumenical Center Chapel, Geneva.

Sermon of Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, in Uppsala Cathedral on 4 November 2018

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit delivered the sermon of the ecumenical service of thanksgiving in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches, in Bridgetown, Barbados, 8 October 2018.

Olav Fykse Tveit, generalsekretær Kirkenes Verdensråd

Preike på Vingardssundagen, 26. august 2018

I anledning av at KV er 70 år – økumenisk gudsteneste og markering i Metodistkirken på Grünerløkka, Oslo

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary, World Council of Churches, on the occasion of the WCC’s 70th anniversary.

“The Love of Christ Compels Us”: Sermon of the WCC General Secretary Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit in the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam on 23 August 2018

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

Reflection brought to the Ecumenical Centre morning prayer by Bishop Dr Staccato Powell, WCC Central Committee member for the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, during a meeting of the Assembly Planning Committee and on the same day as the new book of former general secretary Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser was presented to the public at the Ecumenical Centre, in the presence of the author. The event is par of a year-long series of events commemorating the WCC’s 70th anniversary.

Opening service of Lenten campaign “Seven Weeks for Water”

1 March 2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Sermon by the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches