The World Council of Churches is appalled by the escalating impact of the conflict in Ukraine on civilians – the women, men and children of Ukraine – and by what appears to be increasingly indiscriminate attacks.
The World Council of Churches affirms and supports the appeal issued on 24 February 2022 by His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kyiv and All Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate).
On 22 February 2022, World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed grave concern for the people of Ukraine amid the latest developments and escalating tensions threatening peace and security.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) expressed deep concern about the worsening security situation in Nigeria, and the impact on the people and churches of the country.
Part of a series of Bible studies in preparation for the WCC 11th Assembly, this seventh text was written by Karen Durant-McSweeney, from Friendship Methodist Church, Friendship Circuit, Guyana.
Part of a series of Bible studies in preparation for the WCC 11th Assembly, this sixth text was written by Janet Corlett, a presbyter of the Methodist Church in Britain.
Part of a series of Bible studies in preparation for the WCC 11th Assembly, this second text was written by Stephanie Dietrich, an ordained priest in the Lutheran Church of Norway.
Greetings of the World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca to the 70th General Assembly of the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK), 22 November 2021.
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.
As people of faith, we join in committing to pray and act against hunger at this time when 811m people worldwide go to bed hungry each night, hunger has increased globally by 25% since 2019, and across the globe more than 41m people–around half of them children–are at risk of falling into famine in 43 countries.