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WCC will share regional prayers in lead-up to UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will share regional daily prayers on antiracism in the week leading up to the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March.

10 March 2022

A young african boy and girl performing an art dance at the Arusha conference

On UN International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, webinar will air views from across the Atlantic

An online webinar, “Community, Church, State and the economics of enslavement: views from across the Atlantic,” will mark the UN International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade on 25 March.

10 March 2022

Prayer

Caribbean Regional Prayer UN International Day Against Racism March 21, 2022

10 March 2022

Event

Webinar - Women and the Water, Food and Climate Justice Nexus

10 March 2022

Women-led and gender-just responses to the climate crisis and the role of churches and faith-based organisations.

WCC training focuses on achieving racial justice through UN human rights mechanisms

A five-day online training workshop, “Achieving Racial Justice Through Human Rights Mechanisms,” from 21-25 February, drew over 30 participants from 13 different countries.

03 March 2022

North America Women’s Pilgrim Team Visit: “If one among us is not well, we are all not well”

A North American Women’s Pilgrim Team Visit on 28 February brought together poetry, prayer, very difficult questions, and, most of all, the impact—and pain—of telling the truth.

03 March 2022

Las iglesias del Caribe hacen un fuerte llamado a la reconciliación

Cuando las iglesias miembros del Caribe del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) se reunieron el 10 de febrero, en el marco del Comité Central del CMI, el grupo emitió un claro llamado a la reconciliación que comprende una serie de medidas y no se limita a una idea abstracta.

22 February 2022

Karibische Kirchen rufen zur Versöhnung auf

Anlässlich ihrer Zusammenkunft während der ÖRK-Zentralausschusstagung am 10. Februar haben die karibischen Mitgliedskirchen des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) einen nachdrücklich Aufruf zur Versöhnung veröffentlicht und mit der Forderung nach konkreten Maßnahmen anstelle abstrakter Ideen verbunden.

22 February 2022

Les Églises des Caraïbes lancent un appel fort à la réconciliation

Réunies dans le cadre de la session du Comité central du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) le 10 février dernier, les Églises membres des Caraïbes ont lancé un appel clair à la réconciliation avec une série de mesures, et non pas uniquement sous la forme d’une idée abstraite.

22 February 2022

Latin American voices share wounds, commit to walk together towards the WCC 11th Assembly

A regional online gathering on 10 February with representatives from Latin America attending the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee meeting provided opportunity to share commons concerns and brought to light a common desire to walk together towards the WCC 11th Assembly later this year.

22 February 2022

Caribbean churches make clarion call for reconciliation

As World Council Churches (WCC) member churches from the Caribbean met during the WCC central committee on 10 February, the group issued a clear call for reconciliation as a set of actions, not just an abstract idea.

21 February 2022

Predigt von Pastorin Gloria Ulloa Alvarado, ÖRK-Präsidentin für Lateinamerika und die Karibik

Predigt von Pastorin Gloria Ulloa Alvarado, ÖRK-Präsidentin für Lateinamerika und die Karibik Eröffnungsgebet, 15. Februar 2022.

17 February 2022

People gathered for group photo in chapel room.

As Bossey students help lead prayers, they find hope “as long as churches are willing to journey together”

Students from the Bossey Ecumenical Institute deepened their understanding of the ecumenical movement as they helped lead prayers during the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee meeting, held via videoconference 9-15 February.

17 February 2022

Sermon by Rev. Gloria Ulloa Alvarado, WCC president for Latin America and the Caribbean

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

15 February 2022

WCC central committee prays, “transform our division and reshape our vision”

In a gathering that opened the final day of a week-long meeting, the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee prayed that they would “allow Christ to enlighten our hearts, souls, minds with divine strength.”

15 February 2022

Sermon de la pasteure Gloria Ulloa Alvarado, présidente du COE pour l’Amérique latine et les Caraïbes

Sermon de la pasteure Gloria Ulloa Alvarado, présidente du COE pour l’Amérique latine et les Caraïbes Prière d’ouverture, 15 février 202

15 February 2022

Sermón a cargo de la Rev. Gloria Ulloa Alvarado Presidenta del CMI para Latino América y el Caribe

Sermón a cargo de la Rev. Gloria Ulloa Alvarado Presidenta del CMI para Latino América y el Caribe Oracion de la apertura 15 Febrero de 2022.

15 February 2022

Event

Voices of hope and faith - Sharing visions of living in harmony with nature

28 February 2022

The World Council of Churches, ACT Alliance, Lutheran World Federation and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America are proposing a panel discussion to highlight the work of faith communities and especially indigenous, women and young faith leaders in mobilizing collective global action to protect nature and biodiversity and deliver critical reflections on enhanced biodiversity governance for climate resilience and posterity.