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"Seeking Peace and Unity", reflection on Matthew 5:1-11 by Rev. Seoyoung Kim during the ecumenical morning prayer held on 15 May 2023, when the World Council of Churches (WCC) staff and partners observed the UN International Day of Living Together in Peace.

2022 Easter Prayer for Peace and Reunification on the Korean Peninsula, drafted by the National Council of Churches in Korea.

God of compassion and solidarity, we come together as people with open hearts...

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we are praying with the people and churches of  Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Western Sahara, Tunisia.

This order of service for the World Interfaith Harmony Week makes use of material from the document Serving a Wounded World in Interreligious Solidarity: A Christian Call to Reflection and Action During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond, jointly produced by the World Council of Churches and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

Lord God of compassion, hear our prayer...

Today marks Holocaust Memorial Day.

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we are praying with the people and churches of Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

Sr Svenja Wichmann, from the Community of Grandchamp, delivered this reflection during the online morning prayer for staff of the WCC and sister organizations based at the Ecumenical Centre, on the first day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2021.

Eternal God, Creator of the universe, great and wonderful are your works...

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray for the churches and people of Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine.

A reflection for morning prayers on 2 December 2020 for staff of the World Council of Churches and sister organizations.

Healing the World: Bible Studies for the Pandemic Era, by David Marshall

Adapted from a prayer by Chiara Lubich at the World Council of Churches, 28 October 2002.

Bible Study 3, "Transforming the World: Equipping Disciples", 2 Corinthians 5:11-21

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary World Council of Churches

Sermon at the Welcome worship of the Annual Conference of the Methodist Church in Fiji

Centennial Church, Suva, Fiji

August 13, 2017

Meditation by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, at the Sant’Egidio evening prayer in Santa Maria in Trastevere on 14 December 2015.

Bible study on John 14:27-31 by Néstor O. Míguez for the WCC Assembly, 7 November 2013: At the Last Supper, Jesus said, “peace.” When Jesus tells us about peace, the night before his betrayal and death, he is not speaking from a peaceful place in his own life. Where and what kind of peace are the church and the ecumenical movement talking about? God's peace is not temporary, and it does not have to do with happy events. Peace is a matter of life for those people who are yearning for it. At the end of the assembly, “go in peace” will be a biblical and missiological empowerment and mandate for us to bear witness to the vision of abundant life in the new heaven and earth.

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit's letter to Church of Christ in Thailand at the death of Rev. Dr Prakai Nontawasee, sent on 10 July.