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The Church of Reconciliation, cut off from its parishioners by the Berlin Wall, was destroyed in 1985 by the GDR. Photo: Olga Bandelowa

The Berlin Wall: looking back, looking forward

The opening of the Berlin Wall 25 years ago was one of the most dramatic symbols of the global changes sweeping across the world in 1989.

07 November 2014

Publication

The Churches in International Affairs. Reports, 2010-2013.

The voices of the churches in the international arena—
Ranging across the globe, this vital compendium of documents covers an astonishing array of engagement by Christian churches through the World Council of Churches and its Commission of the Churches in International Affairs: war and peace, regional and national conflicts, disarmament and nuclear weapons, violence against women, economic justice, climate justice, freedom of religion, religious intolerance, ethnic and indigenous people’s struggles—the list goes on.

02 August 2014

Publication

The Churches in International Affairs Reports, 2007-2009.

01 August 2014

Central Committee calls on churches to work towards a “nuclear-free world”

In a statement “Towards a Nuclear-free World”, the Central Committee of the WCC recommended ways for churches to work to end nuclear dangers and respond to the witness of those affected by continuing nuclear tragedies – from Hiroshima in 1945 to Fukushima in 2011 and beyond.

08 July 2014

Statement towards a Nuclear-free World

Statement towards a nuclear free world, adopted as part of the Report of the Public Issues Committee by the World Council of Churches Central Committee.

07 July 2014

Central Committee

Declaración sobre el avance hacia un mundo desnuclearizado

Aprobada por el Comité Central del CMI.

07 July 2014

Central Committee

Sister Denise Coghlan, director of the Metta Karuna Reflection Centre in Siem Reap.

A place of learning for young Asian Christians - Metta Karuna Reflection Centre

Imagine a place where young Christians can gather, opening doors to interfaith reflection while working for justice and peace. This is the Metta Karuna Reflection Centre in Siem Reap, Cambodia, founded and operated by Sister Denise Coghlan.

19 June 2014

Civil society including churches promote humanitarian disarmament.

Ecumenical delegates at the UN pursue alternatives to an unhealthy nuclear regime

A reflection on the recent United Nations meeting on the Non-Proliferation Treaty, by Jonathan Frerichs, WCC programme executive for peace building and disarmament, and member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

14 May 2014

Public statement on the importance of bringing the world’s new Arms Trade Treaty into effect

Public comment from the WCC general secretary on the importance of bringing the world’s new Arms Trade Treaty into effect, issued on 2 April.

02 April 2014

General Secretary

Public health and human rights need far greater protection during nuclear disasters

Public health and human rights remain woefully unprotected from nuclear disasters. This is a key assessment of a “Human Rights and Natural Disasters” workshop, three years after the Fukushima disaster and 30 years since Chernobyl. The workshop was hosted by the WCC on 28 February in Geneva, Switzerland

03 March 2014

Statement on use of drones and denial of the right to life

Statement on the use of drones and denial of the right to life adopted by the WCC Executive Committee during its meeting from 7 to 12 February 2014 in Bossey and Geneva, Switzerland.

12 February 2014

Executive committee

Statement on the Way of Just Peace

The Statement on the Way of Just Peace was adopted by the WCC 10th Assembly as part of the Report of the Public Issues Committee.

08 November 2013

Assembly

Declaración sobre el camino de la paz justa

Aprobada por la X Asamblea del CMI.

08 November 2013

Assembly

Lecture - Speech

Pacem in Terris - 50th Anniversary

The WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse message at the Tveit Pacem in Terris - 50th Anniversary, The Vatican, 3 October 2013.

03 October 2013

General Secretary

The foreign minister of Sierra Leone, Dr Samura Kamara, signing the Arms Trade Treaty at UN headquarters on 25 September. Churches in Sierra Leone are active in the WCC campaign for a strong ATT. © United Nations

Humanitarian curbs on deadly weapons boost new UN treaty, sharpen old debates

World leaders at the United Nations last week backed two steps in relation to the Arms Trade Treaty, promoted by churches, to make people safer through new laws to control deadly weapons.

01 October 2013

Churches to observe International Day of Prayer for Peace

The WCC is calling its member churches to observe the International Day of Prayer for Peace on 21 September.

22 August 2013

Press meet at the Final Diplomatic Conference on Arms Trade Treaty

25.03.13

03 April 2013

A demonstration in Washington, D.C., the capital of the world's largest arms exporter. The WCC-led Ecumenical Campaign for a Strong and Effective Arms Trade Treaty is part of a broader civil society coalition. © Control Arms

Arms trade needs stronger controls than in current UN treaty draft

Campaigners for the civil society coalition Control Arms say radical changes are still needed in the latest draft of the Arms Trade Treaty under negotiation at the United Nations if the treaty is to save lives. Christian voices joined the criticism of the latest developments at the Final United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty currently underway in New York, United States.

27 March 2013