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“What is God calling Christians and the Christian Church to do today? Whose and what voices are we listening to?” asked Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in his sermon at the ecumenical worship of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC) on 30 April, in Charlotte, North Carolina (US). 

As part of the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle—this week focusing on the churches and people of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—Bishop Humphrey Sarfaraz Peters offered a reflection. 

Die „Working Together“-Tagung  – die jährliche Versammlung der kirchlichen Dienste und Werke und des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) – endete mit einem Strategiegespräch der Generalsekretäre des ÖRK und der ACT Alliance (Action by Churches Together, Kirchen handeln gemeinsam).

On 20 April, an ecumenical delegation led by World Council of Churches president from Africa His Holiness Most Rev. Dr Rufus Okikiola Ositelu, of the Church of the Lord (Prayer Fellowship) Worldwide, met with Sudan president General Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan. 

A strategic discussion with the general secretaries of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and ACT Alliance marked the closing of “Working Together,” the annual meeting between specialized ministries and the WCC

The World Council of Churches morning prayer on 22 April was focused on Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, solemnly marking the 11th anniversary of the abduction of archbishops of Aleppo.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Annual Review 2023 is available for download online. The annual review records many of the WCC’s activities undertaken in 2023 and continuing into 2024.

A book discussion on “Ahead of Her Time: Pan-African Women of Faith and the Vision of Christian Unity, Mission, and Justice,” showed how women of pan-African descent are bringing the wisdom and fire of ecumenism into the hearts and minds of the next generation.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, on behalf of WCC member churches, said that the WCC cannot reconcile the Decree of the XXV World Russian People's Council describing the conflict in Ukraine as a “Holy War.”