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WCC responds to fake social media profile and fake letter

A fake Facebook profile of World Council of Churches (WCC) moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm recently surfaced, as well as a fake letter from someone posing as the WCC general secretary.

05 December 2024

Report

Report of the WCC general secretary at the executive committee in Paralimni, Cyprus

Report of the WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay at the WCC executive committee meeting convening in Paralimni, Cyprus, 21-26 November 2024.

21 November 2024

Executive committee

Words around the world: a glimpse at the life of a translator

Seven World Council of Churches (WCC) assemblies, dozens of WCC central committee meetings. Plus four popes, the queen of England, Bill Gates, the Dalai Lama, and two Olympic Games.

26 September 2024

Background document

Concept note: World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel 2024

Concept note for the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, 16-22 September 2024 (includes UN International Day of Peace on 21 September).

27 June 2024

Ecumenical movement

The Ecumenical Centre in Geneva. The headquarters of the World Council of Churches.

How a "concrete block” holds the heart of Christian unity

As the Ecumenical Centre moves into the Green Village, the change means a more environmentally sustainable workplace for the World Council of Churches (WCC), as well as an opportunity to keep some of the most treasured aspects of the Ecumenical Centre—especially its spirit of unity, inclusivity, and mystique!

18 June 2024

Blog post

Like a broken bridge over troubled water

I live with my family in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Heavy floods are hitting our entire region badly since 29 April. We have never experienced anything like this.

17 May 2024

Dr Marcelo Schneider

Churches instrumental as Colombia emerges from conflict, say peace envoys

Peace in Colombia has been a long time coming, began Juan Carlos Cuéllar, representative of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), as he spoke at a World Council of Churches (WCC) panel discussion titled "The things that make for peace in Colombia” on 9 April.

10 April 2024

Image of rubble after a bomb hits the ground.

Words of steadfastness ring from the rubble

“We won’t leave Gaza as long as there is a standing church.”

“We will not be the last Christians living in Gaza.” “

“We lost everything, but we can’t lose our mission and our belonging to this place dear to our hearts.”

“Christianity started here and will continue to be here.”

These are the words people are uttering as Nader Abu Amsha, executive director of Department of Services to Palestinian Refugees of the Middle East Council of Churches (DSPR-MECC), tries to help them simply survive the next day.

21 March 2024

Three WCC commissions elect vice moderators

Three World Council of Churches (WCC) commissions meeting this week at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva have elected vice moderators.

08 March 2024

Regional communicators strengthen WCC fellowship, deepen solidarity

Regional communicators are working to strengthen the World Council of Churches (WCC) fellowship as they deepen solidarity with each other and with the WCC.

08 February 2024

Blog post

Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch concludes celebrations on 15th centennial jubilee of Mor Philoxenus of Maboug (523-2023)

In my reflection for this blog on 25 September 2023, I shared with you news about the 1500th Centennial Jubilee of Mor Philoxinous of Mabough. I would like to detail some activities that took place at the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch during 2023 in honour of this great saint Mor Philoxinous of Mabough.

08 February 2024

Dr Theodora Issa

Commission on Faith and Order

Report

Dr Andrej Jeftić, director of the WCC Faith and Order commission, Indonesia, 2 February 2024, Photo: Dalton Darwin/WCC

Director`s report - WCC Faith and Order commission meeting, Indonesia, February 2024

1. There is no other space like Faith and Order. There are many spaces and places where one can discuss theology, but this one is very unique. And truly remarkable.

03 February 2024

A man standing up hands a pair of woven gloves to a man sitting down, both dressed in religious garb.

Finnish bishop meets Pope Francis, gifts gloves “to keep warm in a cold world”

In an annual audience during the ongoing Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Bishop Bo-Göran Åstrand of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland gifted a pair of gloves to Pope Francis, described as “a modest gift, to warm the Pope’s hands in an otherwise cold world.”

22 January 2024

Displaced people south of Gaza face extreme difficulty

Ministering to the needs of displaced people, most of them south of Gaza, the Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees of the Middle East Council of Churches has a clear message to the world.

21 December 2023

WCC sees firsthand those most affected by conflict in Colombia

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay met with Colombian minister of the interior Luis Fernando Velasco on 13 December in Bogota to talk about the government's efforts to seek social, economic, and environmental justice.

15 December 2023

Event

Webinar: Seeking and serving the truth? What role do churches play in misinformation & disinformation?

05 December 2023

How have churches or Christian communities been involved or implicated in disinformation or misinformation? What could churches do to prevent these cases? What concrete steps should be taken to engage against disinformation/misinformation?

WCC anticipating opening of “Bethlehem Reborn”

As the “Bethlehem Reborn – Palestine – The Wonders of the Nativity” exhibit was carefully installed at the Ecumenical Centre over the weekend, the World Council of Churches (WCC) is anticipating the official opening ceremony on 12 September.

11 September 2023

Media advisory

Exhibition “Bethlehem Reborn – Palestine – The Wonders of the Nativity”

The exhibition “Bethlehem Reborn” tells a story that goes beyond the history of politics and art to reveal, through the restoration works of the Church of the Nativity, an overdue recognition of the outstanding universal value of Palestinian heritage to humanity.

08 September 2023