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Moderator’s Address to the Central Committee, June 2025

Address of bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, moderator of the World Council of Churches central committee, at the WCC central committee meeting on 18-24 June 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

18 June 2025

Central Committee

Rapport du secrétaire général, Comité central, juin 2025

Rapport du secrétaire général, le pasteur Jerry Pillay, Comité central, 18-24 juin 2025, Johannesburg, Afrique du Sud

17 June 2025

General Secretary

Ansprache des Vorsitzenden, Zentralausschuss, Juni 2025

Ansprache des Vorsitzenden, Bischof Prof. Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, Zentralausschuss, 18.-24. Juni 2025, Johannesburg, Südafrika

17 June 2025

Central Committee

Video feature

Will COP30 help people strive for life with dignity?

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) will be held in Belém, Brazil from 10-21 November 2025. Rev. Romeu Martini, Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil, shared how climate change is affecting communities, and his expectations for COP30.

10 June 2025

Group photo of the Participants of Panama's Climate Week 2025

Panama's faith communities issue urgent call for climate justice ahead of COP30

As the world prepares for decisive climate negotiations at COP30, faith communities in Latin America and the Caribbean have reiterated a powerful call for action during Panama's Climate Week 2025, demanding that governments move beyond promises to deliver concrete solutions for the planet's most vulnerable populations.

05 June 2025

Report of the WCC general secretary to the executive committee, 12 May 2025

In his report to the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay reflected on what it means—amid wars, rumours of wars, violence, trade wars, climate catastrophes, retaliations, and the quest for self-protection and preservation of identity—to be God’s family.

12 May 2025

General Secretary

Latin American and Caribbean faith leaders release “A Call to Action towards COP30”

Nearly 50 church leaders, faith representatives, ecumenical organizations, Indigenous community members, and climate experts convened in Brazil to issue a powerful call for climate action ahead of COP30.

20 March 2025

Statement: public statement

A Call to Action towards COP30

To government parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

20 March 2025

Ecumenical movement

“What will we leave to those coming after us?” – Ecumenical pre-COP30 meeting kicks off in Brazil

A diverse group of nearly 50 church leaders, representatives of various faith traditions, ecumenical organizations, Indigenous communities, and climate experts are gathered in Brazil's capital from 18-20 March to coordinate efforts for meaningful engagement in the lead-up to COP30, the 2025 United Nations Climate Conference. Their central concern: ensuring that local voices are heard.

19 March 2025

Bible studies

Seven Weeks for Water 2025, week 3: "Symbiotic Guardianship: The Bond Between Humans and the Achachilas"

The third reflection of the Seven Weeks for Water 2025 series of the WCC Ecumenical Water Network is written by Jocabed Reina Solano Miselis, a daughter of the Gunadule nation in Panama. Being an Indigenous activist, she juxtaposes the indigenous spirituality and their integral connection with the nature, the “Achachilas” with the unsatiable desire of humans to exploit the nature for its resources, driven by capitalism. She introduces us to the indigenous belief system which is based on the reciprocity of mother earth and human beings, caring for each other.

17 March 2025

Latin American and Caribbean faith leaders come together in Brazil ahead of COP30

Faith leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean will gather in Brasília, Brazil, 18-20 March, to reflect on the current reality of the climate crisis and to plan for an effective engagement in the run up to COP30, the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

14 March 2025

GETI 2025 preparations progressing with active engagement from International Planning Group

Preparations for the Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI) 2025 are advancing, with various working groups actively shaping the program.

12 March 2025

Training empowers churches for legal action to accelerate climate solutions

As the world edges closer to exceeding the 1.5-degree Celsius threshold set in the Paris Agreement, members of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Climate Justice and Sustainable Development gathered in Panama City for a training on climate litigation for churches.

11 February 2025

WCC, with churches in Caribbean and North America, debuts training on climate litigation

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has offered the first in what will be a series of training workshops on climate litigation. In partnership with the Caribbean and North America Council for Mission (CANACOM), the WCC led the training through a lens of child protection and our future generations.

06 February 2025

Monument located at Downtown, Kingston, erected by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation in memory of children who died violently in Jamaica. The monument has the names, date of deaths and ages of the children, Photo: WCC

WCC visit to Jamaica focused on empowering faith communities

A World Council of Churches (WCC) staff visit took place from 12-21 January, aimed at empowering faith communities in Jamaica to take action on sexual and gender-based violence, racism, reparations, and climate justice.

23 January 2025

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Christmas messages across the world bring light and hope

Christmas messages from the World Council of Churches (WCC) member churches and partners across the world are bringing good tidings, deep prayers, light, and hope, even amid the world’s challenges.

09 January 2025

Event

Girls singing, choir of the Global Network of Religions for Children in Jamaica

"Voices for change" - WCC workshop in Jamaica

16 - 17 January 2025

A WCC staff visit will take place from 12-21 January, aimed at empowering faith communities in Jamaica to take action on sexual and gender-based violence, racism, reparations, and climate justice.

Ridgemount United Church, Jamaica

WCC visit to Jamaica will focus on empowering faith communities

A WCC staff visit will take place from 12-21 January, aimed at empowering faith communities in Jamaica to take action on sexual and gender-based violence, racism, reparations, and climate justice.

09 January 2025