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The World Council of Churches (WCC), a global fellowship of 352 churches representing more than half a billion Christians from around the world, has been deeply involved in the work of the United Nations from as early as 1946 through its Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA). The WCC is a platform for common action by churches on issues that negate or threaten the dignity of all people. 

On 27 July 1953 – 70 years ago today – the Korean War Armistice Agreement was signed in Panmunjom by senior representatives of the United Nations Command, and military leaders of North Korea (the Korean People's Army) and China (the Chinese People's Volunteer Army).

Address by Marianne Ejdersten, communication director of the WCC at the side-event of the 52^nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, launching the report on the impact of sanctions on humanitarian work.

La autora de la tercera reflexión de "Siete Semanas para el Agua 2019" de la Red Ecuménica del Agua del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias es Grace Ji-Sun Kim, ministra ordenada de la Iglesia Presbiteriana (Estados Unidos de América). Obtuvo su doctorado en la Universidad de Toronto y trabaja como profesora asociada de teología en el Seminario de Earlham. Es una escritora prolífica, y autora o editora de dieciséis libros, entre ellos, Firmemos la paz con la tierra. Grace Ji-Sun Kim forma parte del grupo de trabajo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias sobre cambio climático. En esta reflexión, recuerda su infancia en Corea y cuál era su perspectiva sobre el agua en aquellos tiempos en comparación con su perspectiva en la actualidad, como teóloga ecofeminista. Reflexiona también sobre la promesa de Dios "Porque yo derramaré aguas sobre el suelo sediento, y torrentes sobre la tierra seca...", y  contrasta esto con el estilo de vida consumista actual, que contamina nuestros cuerpos de agua y les niega a millones de personas el disfrute de este don vivificador de Dios: el agua.

Statement of the National Council of Churches in Korea, 3 January 2023.

Greetings message by Rev. Hong-Jung Lee, general secretary of the National Council of Churches in Korea, at the Ecumenical Peace Conversation in South Korea.

Mensaje de la Reunión Ecuménica de Jóvenes a la 11ª Asamblea del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias.

Address of the Federal president of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe.

Address by Peter Prove, director of the WCC's Commission of the Churches on International Affairs at the WCC-NCCK Consultation on peacebuilding on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul, 23 November 2021.

By the WCC Executive Committee, November 2021.

Order of prayer for the livestreamed public prayer service on  the final day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2021.

Restore your creation, Lord...

In the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray this week with the people and churches of China, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

God, your tender voice of love reaches all who sit in deepest gloom...

In the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray this week with the people and churches of China, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

Guided by the light of Christ, let us pray for the coming dawn of joy, healing and comfort for all God’s people...

In the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray this week with the people and churches of China, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

Enlighten us with your grace..

In the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray this week with the people and churches of China, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

In the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray this week with the people and churches of China, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

Tribulation” is certainly an appropriate description for the previously unimaginable scale of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has affected almost everyone around the world, whether through the direct impacts on our health or the health of our loved ones, the sudden restrictions on all our movements, or the fear of the virus arriving in our lives.