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Statement on attacks by Myanmar military on theological seminary and churches in Kachin and Kayah States by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA).

Joint pastoral letter of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and Christian Conference of Asia expressing concern, grief, and prayerful solidarity with the churches in India as COVID-19 surges in South Asian countries.

Joint statement of the World Council of Churches and the Christian Conference of Asia expressing deep concern and alarm at the continuing deterioration of the situation in Myanmar.

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

The World Council of Churches and the Christian Conference of Asia joint statement expressing concern over the continued lethal action against the people by the Myanmar military.

Joint pastoral letter to churches and communities in Myanmar from the World Council of Churches (WCC) and Christian Conference of Asia on the recent developments in Myanmar.

Der Exekutivausschuss des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), der vom 22. bis 28. Mai 2019 in Bossey (Schweiz) tagt, erinnert an die vielen Initiativen und Besorgnis ausdrückenden Äußerungen nationaler, regionaler und internationaler ökumenischer und kirchlicher Organisationen über viele Jahre hinweg zur Situation in den indonesischen Provinzen Papua und Papua Barat (zusammen als „Westpapua“ oder „Tanah Papua“ bezeichnet).

The executive committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Bossey, Switzerland, on 22-28 May 2019, recalls the many initiatives and expressions of concern about the situation in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and Papua Barat (together referred to herein as “West Papua” or “Tanah Papua”) by national, regional and international ecumenical and church-related organizations over many years.

El Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, reunido en Bossey (Suiza), los días 22 al 28 de mayo de 2019, recuerda las numerosas iniciativas y manifestaciones de preocupación en relación con la situación en las provincias indonesias de Papúa y Papúa Barat (en adelante, conjuntamente llamadas “Papúa Occidental” o “Tanah Papúa”) procedentes de organizaciones ecuménicas y religiosas nacionales, regionales e internacionales, durante muchos años.

Le Comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises, réuni à Bossey, en Suisse, du 22 au 28 mai 2019, se souvient des nombreuses initiatives et expressions de préoccupation concernant la situation des provinces indonésiennes de Papouasie et de Papouasie occidentale (mentionnées collectivement ci-dessous comme Papouasie occidentale) d’organisations d’Église ou œcuméniques nationales, régionales et internationales depuis de nombreuses années.

The seventh and last reflection of the “Seven Weeks for Water 2019” of the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network is by Ismael Fisco Jr., a young adult from the United Methodist Church in the Philippines, and former Chairperson of the ecumenical youth movement Kalipunan ng Kristiyanong Kabataan sa Pilipinas (KKKP). He currently works as Director for an international digital publishing company while pursuing his Law degree. He writes for several publications and was part of the communication team of past General Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA). In this reflection, Ismael laments the recent water crisis in Manila, Philippines, which is his home country. Inspired by Isaiah 55:1, he argues that water should not be commodified and therefore must not be privatised. He proposes that the blue community is the way to go to address the water crisis.

Keynote address of Peter Prove, Director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, World Council of Churches at the 2018 Global Peace Forum on Korea, New York, 29 September 2018

Letter from WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit to the family of Bishop John Victor Samuel, one of the pioneers of the Church of Pakistan, paying tribute to his commitment for peace, unity and harmony, and his tireless work for interfaith relations, as well as for the unity of Christians in Pakistan and beyond.

"The quest for unity in the practice of the WCC", report of the WCC general secretary to the WCC executive committee meeting in Amman, Jordan, November 2017

‘Diamond Jubilee Message’ delivered on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Christian Conference of Asia, Yangon, Myanmar, 15 October, 2017 by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches