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Prayer in the Chapel of the Ecumenical centre

WCC central committee lifts up resources for ecumenical diakonia and other programmes

Encouraging the WCC fellowship in its ongoing call to discipleship together, the WCC central committee commended to WCC member churches the document “Called to Transformation—Ecumenical Diakonia and Addendums.”

16 February 2022

News

Investing with ethics: faith-based groups map ways to make it happen

The 5^th edition of the Faith-based Investment Conference took place in hybrid format on 21 January, bringing together investors, faith-based organisations, and other financial actors at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva and online. This year, the theme was “From words to action.”

26 January 2022

News

Image of book cover with drawings of an elephant and various other animals.

New eco-theology book combines diverse views with best practices

A new volume—“Contemporary ecotheology, climate justice and environmental stewardship in the world”—is the latest of the continued fruits of the 6th International Conference on Ecological theology and Environmental Ethics, or Ecothee, which took place in September 2019 at the Orthodox Academy of Crete in Kolymvari.

10 January 2022

News

Most-read WCC stories in 2021 reflect a global fellowship full of hope amid year of challenges

A compilation of the most-read stories published by the World Council of Churches (WCC) reveals a global fellowship focused on a better future even amid the grave challenges the world faced during 2021.

31 December 2021

Publication

Contemporary Ecotheology, Climate Justice and Environmental Stewardship in World Religions

Ecothee Volume 6th-Orthodox Academy of Crete Publication

The 6th International Conference on Ecotheology and Environmental Ethics – Ecothee-19 – took place in September 2019 and brought together 40 academics, church leaders and activists from different parts of the world.

This book, published by Embla Akademisk, consists of articles developed in the aftermath of the conference.

This book is intended as a scientific anthology showing the diversity of ecotheology found in various religious traditions.

It is divided into three main sections: Theological and philosophical reflection, Ethics and best practices and global contributions. We are convinced that the book and its contributions will help to provide a deeper insight into the diversity that exists within global ecotheology.

19 December 2021

Video feature

African farmer man's hand touches a green plant.

'Racism, Land and Food' seminar dissects how dispossession negates food sovereignty

As many communities worldwide battle to get food to the table, a World Council of Churches (WCC) webinar titled ‘Racism, Land and Food' highlighted the intersections of food, land, and racial injustices on food sovereignty over generations of dispossessed groups.

17 December 2021

Feature story

Protester, Racism #BlackLivesMatter, Brazil

Webinar explores intersection of debt cancellation and anti-racism

A recent webinar, “Debt Cancellation as Anti-Racism in times of Black Lives Matter protests,” explored how debt cancellation for African and other developing countries can be an instrument for overcoming racism.

09 December 2021

News

WCC invites webinar on ’Racism, Land and Food’

The World Council of Churches (WCC) invites a webinar on ’Racism, Land and Food’ to explore the intersections of food, land, and racial injustices, and discern ways to overcome the impact of racial injustice and inequity on food sovereignty.

09 December 2021

Event

Webinar on ’Racism, Land and Food’

15 December 2021

This webinar will explore the intersections of food, land, and racial injustice and discern key lessons from initiatives and good practices that work to overcome the impact of racial injustice and inequity on food sovereignty.

Online (by registration)

Event

Book launch webinar: “Contemporary ecotheology, climate justice and environmental stewardship in world religions”

14 December 2021

Book Launch webinar with title “Contemporary ecotheology, climate justice and environmental stewardship in world religions” (ECOTHEE. VOL. 6) from the 6th edition of Ecological Theology and Environmental Ethics (ECOTHEE) conference, that was held under the Auspices of His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and with the support of the World Council of Churches (WCC) programme on Care for Creation, sustainability and climate justice (Ecological and Economic Justice) at the Orthodox Academy of Crete.

News

ACT Alliance assembly opens, will explore “Hope in Action: Putting People First”

As the ACT Alliance opened its online General Assembly on 29 November, the global faith-based coalition will elect a new governing board; officers; and membership and nominations committee.

29 November 2021

Blog post

A group of young women carrying a dead tree during the Fridays for Future march for COP26, in Glasgow, UK, 5 November 2021.

Urgency to act now for climate justice

Participating in the COP26 in Glasgow resembled a reunion of sorts. After the pandemic cancelled meetings of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Working Group on Climate Change and led to the rescheduling COP26, it was wonderful to catch up with my ecumenical friends who are devoted to the work of climate justice.

25 November 2021

Grace Ji-Sun Kim

News

World Student Christian Federation reiterates calls for climate justice

The World Student Christian Federation, already with a history of calling for climate justice, continues to urge action and commitment from world leaders.

24 November 2021

Blog post

The first week after COP26 — a short reflection

After nearly two years of preparations and two weeks of physical meeting, COP26 is over. People from all over the world came together to a major in-person meeting on a global level.

22 November 2021

Henrik Grape

Video feature

Animation of clouds on a blue sky, with the words 'Ecological Spirituality' in the middle.

Presbyterian Church of Trinidad and Tobago: “Instead of just activists, we create strategists”

A group of intern ministers from the Presbyterian Church of Trinidad and Tobago (PCTT)—including Cynara Dube-Sookoo, Bjorn Warde, and Robert Dinnoo—worked with PCTT synod moderator Rt. Rev. Joy E. Abdul-Mohan to produce a video about how young people and churches can lead the way toward climate justice.

19 November 2021

Interview

A conversation with H.E. Metropolitan Serafim Kykotis on ecological metanoia

H.E. Metropolitan Serafim Kykotis, a member of the World Council of Churches Working Group on Climate Change, participated in COP26. Following is a conversation about “ecological metanoia,” a concept about which the metropolitan has been praying and thinking.

19 November 2021

News

Crowd of indigenous people inside conference venue.

WCC executive committee appeals for 'fundamental conversion towards just and sustainable future' after COP26

The executive committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) expressed in a public statement “disappointment and dismay at the inadequate outcome of the COP 26 Climate Change Conference” in Glasgow, United Kingdom.

16 November 2021

Document

Statement: public statement

Statement on the outcome of COP26

By the WCC Executive Committee, November 2021.

16 November 2021

Executive committee

News

Global faith leaders call for urgent action at COP26

Global faith leaders, including World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, have signed onto a statement urging ambitious action to deliver climate justice for the most vulnerable people and communities.

12 November 2021

Document

Statement: public statement

Faith leaders call for urgent action at COP26

Time is running out. As the COP26 negotiations reach a critical moment, members of the global faith community, led by our sisters and brothers from the Global South, call for urgent and ambitious action to deliver justice for the most vulnerable people and communities.

12 November 2021

Ecumenical movement