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Statement: public statement

Minute on the situation in Myanmar

26 June 2023

WCC expresses concern over unregulated development of AI

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, in a public statement, expressed concern at the accelerating pace of development and application of generative artificial intelligence (AI).

26 June 2023

Statement: public statement

Statement on the Unregulated Development of Artificial Intelligence

Statement on the Unregulated Development of Artificial Intelligence by the WCC central committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-27 June 2023.

26 June 2023

Statement: public statement

Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the WCC central committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-27 June 2023.

26 June 2023

WCC statement marks 75th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The World Council of Churches (WCC) marked the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a public statement that acknowledges the shared values that underpin both the declaration and the WCC, also marking its own 75th year in existence.

26 June 2023

Feature story

Experiencing and Connecting at the WCC Central Committee Meeting

At a WCC central committee meeting, members spend hours in plenary dealing with dozens of reports, developing documents, deliberating, discussing, and sometimes differing from each other. But there are also moments during breaks and on their way through the foyer where they enter another part of the life of the WCC.

26 June 2023

WCC central committee plans for innovative, inspiring communications

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee approved a communications strategy that focuses on innovative and inspiring ways to tell the story of the global ecumenical fellowship.

26 June 2023

Background document

WCC Communication Strategy

Communication Strategy of the World Council of Churches, approved by the WCC central committee 21-27 June 2023 Geneva, Switzerland.

26 June 2023

Report

Report of the Communications Committee, 2023

Report of the Communications Committee to the WCC central committee, meeting in Geneva, Switzerland on 21-27 June 2023.

26 June 2023

World Council of Churches celebrates 75 years, to dance, song, evoking special memories

The World Council of Churches (WCC) 75th anniversary celebration was joyous in the Ecumenical Centre on a hot June afternoon where ecumenical figures—young and old—reminisced on memorable occasions, highlighting with singing and happiness ruminating on their work.

26 June 2023

Report on the Ecumenical Conversations at the WCC 11th Assembly launched at central committee

A new “Report on the Ecumenical Conversations” that occurred during the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly was launched on 25 June during the WCC central committee meeting.

25 June 2023

CC member browsing the 11th Assembly report

Report of the WCC 11th Assembly shared with WCC central committee

The report of the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly, entitled “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity” and named for the theme of the assembly, was shared with the WCC central committee on 25 June.

25 June 2023

World Council of Churches marks 75th anniversary with prayer and celebration

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has commemorated its 75th anniversary with an ecumenical celebration at Saint Pierre Cathedral in Geneva, recalling the founding of the WCC in Amsterdam in August 1948, three years after the end of the Second World War.

25 June 2023

Reconciliation in conflict areas is not easy, church leaders tell WCC meeting

Church leaders from Canada, the Holy Land, and South Africa have addressed the central committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva on reconciliation, explaining that the process involving communities is not easy and needs hard work and responsibility.

25 June 2023

Publication

Christ’s Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity: Report of the WCC 11th Assembly

The Report of the WCC 11th Assembly is an important element of a wider collection of resources that offers a flavour of what took place at the assembly in Karlsruhe in 2022, which gathered more than 4500 people, including 659 official delegates from the WCC’s 352 member churches around the theme “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity.”

This report includes an overview of the assembly, the message and unity statement, various reflections, an overview of the spiritual life of the assembly, reports of the work since the previous assembly, an overview of thematic plenaries and ecumenical conversations, reports of assembly committees, statements and minutes, messages from pre-assemblies, greetings to the assembly and various appendices.

25 June 2023

Moderator of Central Committee

Sermon

Sermon by Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm at Saint Pierre Cathedral

Sermon by the WCC moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm at the Ecumenical Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the WCC - Sunday Worship at Saint Pierre Cathedral, Geneva, 25 June 2023

25 June 2023

Feature story

Woman in red dress pictured speaking at a podium with people gathered around to listen.

WCC central committee welcomed by local Swiss churches

“Hospitality is one of our main values,” said president of the Protestant Church in Switzerland Rev. Rita Famos as she welcomed members of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee to a reception at the Ecumenical Centre on 23 June.

24 June 2023

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Unity, diversity, shared resources, companionship dissected by WCC’s central committee

The World Council of Churches (WCC) seeks to create a world treating everyone with dignity and where peace prevails, and the Christian faith stands united in witness to God's love and mercy, a Greek Orthodox leader from the United States said in Geneva this week.

24 June 2023