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Maluku Protestant Church moderator Rev. Elifas Tomix Maspaitella.

In Maluku Protestant Church, women theologians grow stronger together

For the first time in history, women pastors in the Maluku Protestant Church outnumber their male counterparts. “We have 1,444 pastors in the Maluku Protestant Church, and about 55% are women,” said Maluku Protestant Church moderator Rev. Elifas Tomix Maspaitella.

12 July 2023

WCC mourns loss of Omega Chilufya Bula, who opened doors of opportunity for many

The World Council of Churches (WCC) joins The United Church of Canada and many other churches and peoples across the world who are mourning the death of Omega Chilufya Bula, a beloved justice leader, sister, elder, pioneer, mentor, friend, and colleague.

03 February 2023

The Ecumenical Review focuses on the continuing significance of Black liberation theology

The latest issue of The Ecumenical Review, the quarterly journal of the World Council of Churches (WCC), focuses on “Black Theologies of Resistance, Existence, and Solidarity.”

15 December 2022

WCC mourns death of feminist ecumenist and former CCPD staff Dr Reinhild Traitler-Espiritu

In God’s eternal wisdom, it was decided that Dr Reinhild Traitler-Espiritu should return to the complete love of the one living God.

21 November 2022

A woman sings during a joint opening prayer for pre-assemblies

Choose the power of love: Pre-Assemblies deliver powerful calls

Karlsruhe, a city built over 300 hundred years ago without walls, open to friends and guests —at a time where other cities still hid behind their fortifications —welcomed people from all over the world to four pre-assemblies that are bringing forward powerful calls to the 11^thAssembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC).

31 August 2022

GEM School grounds economic justice biblically

The first face-to-face GEM School held since 2019 has opened in Berlin, Germany, with a focus on ecological and feminist economics.

06 July 2022

“The Republic of Sexual Abuse” art installation in Rosebank.The exhibition organized by women’s rights group POWA (People Opposing Women Abuse) was inspired by the 16 Days of Activism awareness campaign and the scourge of gender-based violence in South Africa, 2019, Photo: Hymie Sokupha

Churches can address root causes of femicide—and webinar reveals how

In the first of a two-part webinar series on “Missing and Murdered: Addressing Femicide and Sexual and Gender-based Violence in our Global Context,” speakers on 25 November urged religious leaders and all people to be aware of the root causes of femicide and gender-based violence—and act now to end them.

01 December 2021

Interview

Dr Ofelia Ortega: “The vision of prophet Ezequiel became true”

On 12 October, Dr Ofelia Ortega received a “Illustrious Daughter of the City” award from Matanzas, Cuba. Ortega, former World Council of Churches (WCC) president for Latin America and the Caribbean, also served as a Bossey Ecumenical Institute professor as well as the WCC staff person responsible for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Programme on Theological Education.

28 October 2021

young woman looks at the screen of her phone

Online Bossey course ecumenically links students from diverse global time zones

Direct contact in courses was the old way; going online is for some delving into the unknown, but students thrived in their recent Online Course in Ecumenical Studies at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey and found a new way.

15 July 2021

Ecumenical Review highlights Bonhoeffer’s insights for World Council of Churches assembly

The life and insights of the German Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer can shed light on the theme of the forthcoming assembly of the World Council of Churches, “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity,” writes Keith Clements in the article that opens the latest issue of the WCC quarterly, The Ecumenical Review.

17 June 2021

Webinar shows vulnerability of people on the move as COVID-19 pandemic rages on

A webinar, “People on the Move: Solidarity and Advocacy,” highlighted the current experiences of refugees, stateless persons, seasonal and migrant workers, and undocumented persons, with a particular focus on ways they are being affected by COVID-19 as the pandemic rages on.

19 November 2020

Refugees and migrants moving from the recently destroyed Moria camp to a new facility, Lesbos island, Greece, September 2020, Photo: Lampros Demertzis/WCC

Webinar will highlight “People on the Move: Solidarity and Advocacy”

A 12 November webinar entitled “People on the Move: Solidarity and Advocacy” will highlight the experiences and often untold stories of refugees, stateless persons, seasonal and migrant workers, and undocumented persons, with a particular focus on ways they have been affected by COVID-19.

05 November 2020

Background document

Esther: Victim and Accomplice to Shadowy Patriarchal Violence?

Bible Studies prepared by the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Theological Education.

12 December 2019

Background document

Esther: Victim and Accomplice to Shadowy Patriarchal Violence?

Bible Studies prepared by the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Theological Education.

12 December 2019

School on economics proves “eye-opening” across globe

As the 4th Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management for an Economy of Life concluded on 30 August in Bogor, Indonesia, participants representing 15 countries and coming from diverse contexts reflected on the two-week, “eye-opening” experience.

02 September 2019

Rev. Dr Sang Chang is WCC Asia president. Photo: Claus Grue/WCC

A passionate Korean feminist and ecumenist

At the most glorious moment in her career, Rev. Prof. Dr Sang Chang discovered that society is not always friendly and that politics can be devilish. But thanks to God, she got over it. Without bitterness and even more determined in her fight for gender equality and social justice.

21 August 2019

Bible study

Seven Weeks for Water 2019, week 3: "God’s Gift of Water", by Grace Ji-Sun Kim

The third reflection of the “Seven Weeks for Water 2019” of World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Water Network is by Grace Ji-Sun Kim, an ordained minister of PC (USA). She received her PhD from the University of Toronto and works as an Associate Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion. She is a prolific writer and the author or editor of 16 books including, Making Peace with the Earth. Kim is part of the World Council of Churches working group on climate change. In this reflection, she recollects her early days in Korea and how she looked at the water then and now, as an eco-feminist theologian. She further reflects on the promise of God "I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground…" and contrasts it with today's consumeristic lifestyle, which is polluting our water bodies and denying millions from enjoying this life-giving gift of God – Water!

03 March 2019

Bible study

Seven Weeks for Water 2019, week 2: "Pilgrimage of water justice in the context of India", by Metropolitan Dr. Geevarghese Mor Coorilos

The second Reflection of the “Seven Weeks for Water 2019” of World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Water Network is by Metropolitan Dr. Geevarghese Mor Coorilos, the Bishop of Niranam diocese of the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church in India. He also serves the World Council of Churches as Moderator of the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism. In this reflection, he elaborates on the story of Jesus's encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well and relates it to the Indian context of caste untouchability and discrimination.

02 March 2019