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NIFEA Consultation on Labour 2023 group photo

Exploring the heart of Labour: Insights from the NIFEA Consultation on Labour

In the lively urban setting of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, theologians, church delegates, activists, and individuals attending the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics, and Management for an Economy of Life (GEM School) came together between August 21 and 23. They convened for a deep and meaningful discussion at the NIFEA Consultation on Labour.

31 August 2023

Blog post

Doing local theology for ecological justice - a short story from Maluku

We call it Marafenfen, a small village in the South Aru Island. A small village inhabited by Indigenous people in Aru. We are also a small congregation in The Protestant Church in the Moluccas (GPM). In the midst of savannah we hunted, in the vastness of our land we cultivated. We live in harmony with the nature given by God.

24 August 2023

Rev. Agnes Souisa

Event

Season of Creation 2023

01 September - 04 October 2023

From September 1 to October 4, Christians around the world are praying and caring for creation. It’s the “Season of Creation”. The beginning and the end date of Season of Creation are linked with the concern for creation in the Eastern and the Western traditions of Christianity, respectively.

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Online global ecumenical prayer marks the start of Season of Creation 2023

The World Council of Churches (WCC) invites all member churches to join a global ecumenical prayer service online on 1 September, Creation Day, which will open the Season of Creation 2023.

24 August 2023

Feature story

On an anonymous layman and how Lukas Vischer supported Paul Couturier’s view on praying together for unity

Who could have been the author of a paper on the relation of prayer to Christian unity published by the movement for a world conference on Faith and Order in its early years?

23 August 2023

Feature story

Ecumenism in the Philippines means hope and resilience

As the World Council of Churches celebrates its 75th anniversary, a series of feature stories from different regions of the world will portray ecumenism at the local level—within churches, communities, and individuals who embody the spirit of ecumenism in unique ways. The feature story below offers a glimpse of some facets of ecumenism present in the Philippines.

22 August 2023

News

WCC inspires “Theology of Work” discussion for churches in Malaysia

World Council of Churches (WCC) programme director for Public Witness and Diakonia Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata delved into the heart of “Theology of Work” in a keynote address during the opening of the New International Financial and Economic Architecture (NIFEA) Consultation on Labour, being hosted 21-23 August by the National Council of Churches in Malaysia.

22 August 2023

Feature story

First-ever Regional Ecumenical Theological Institute in Cairo was “a place where we were all connecting”

The World Council of Churches (WCC), in partnership with the Association of Theological Institutes and Faculties in the Middle East (ATIME) and the Middle East Council of Churches, held the first-ever Regional Ecumenical Theological Institute in Cairo under the theme “Respect for Creation is the Glorification of the Creator.”

18 August 2023

Feature story

WCC invites global fellowship to mark 75th anniversary

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is inviting the global fellowship, partners, and friends to celebrate its 75th anniversary.

17 August 2023

Document

Letter

Pastoral Letter to Churches in Norway

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is holding Norway in prayer and concern after the nation was struck by the most powerful storm in a generation.

16 August 2023

General Secretary

Document

Message

Children's Declaration to the New Global Financing Pact Summit

Children deliver rallying cry to Summit for a New Global Financing Pact: “replace the existing colonial economic model”.

16 August 2023

Ecumenical movement

News

Aerial view of the lava wildfire in Hawaii

WCC offers condolences in wake of wildfires in Hawaii

As the death toll continued to rise in the wake of wildfires in Maui, Hawaii (USA), the World Council of Churches (WCC) expressed grief and solidarity with the island’s churches and communities.

16 August 2023

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Letter

WCC letter of solidarity to the churches and communities in Maui, Hawaii

The World Council of Churches (WCC) expresses grief and solidarity in a letter to the churches and communities in Maui, Hawaii (USA), as the death toll continues to rise in the wake of wildfires in Hawaii.

16 August 2023

General Secretary

News

WCC congratulates Rev. Terri Hord Owens on re-election as the general minister and president of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay congratulated Rev. Terri Hord Owens on re-election as the general minister and president of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

14 August 2023

News

At “Churches Together South Australia” event, WCC imagines a safer world

Speaking on behalf of the World Council of Churches (WCC) at a “Churches Together South Australia” event on 13 August, WCC director of international affairs Peter Prove offered an address on “Imagining a Safer World.”

14 August 2023

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Lecture - Speech

“Imagining a Safer World”, address by Peter Prove at “Churches Together South Australia”

Address of Peter Prove, WCC director of international affairs on “Imagining a Safer World” at a “Churches Together South Australia” event on 13 August 2023.

14 August 2023

Commission on International Affairs

Document

Lecture - Speech

Keynote of Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata at the International Conference for Reconciliation in Colombia

Keynote address of Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata, WCC programme director for Public Witness and Diakonia at the "International Conference for Reconciliation in Colombia", Bogota, Colombia, 9 August 2023

09 August 2023

WCC Programmes

News

Chiang Mai: A renowned Asian ecumenical theologian and former Associate General Secretary of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), Dr Preman Niles, passed away in London, UK on 4 August 2023. He was 87 years old.

Renowned Asian ecumenical theologian Dr Preman Niles passes away

Renowned Asian ecumenical theologian, former general secretary of the Council for World Mission (CWM) and former associate general secretary of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), Dr Preman Niles, passed away in London on 3 August. He was 87 years old.

07 August 2023

News

WCC conveys deep sympathy to churches and people of China in wake of Typhoon Doksuri

In a letter to the China Christian Council, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Plllay expressed deep sympathy and concern for churches and people in China in the wake of Typhoon Doksuri.

03 August 2023

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burning forest, fire fighter, Greece, August 2023

WCC expresses sympathies to those affected by wildfires: an “existential test for all humanity”

In pastoral letters to His All-Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew, His Beatitude Hieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, and the Evangelical Church of Greece, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay conveyed sincere sympathies as wildfires raged across the land.

27 July 2023