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World AIDS Day 2022 Order of Prayer

29 November 2022

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WCC executive committee concludes meeting with clear path toward peace, justice, and reconciliation

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, elected during the WCC 11th Assembly, has concluded its first meeting, held 7-12 November at the Ecumenical Institute Bossey and at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland.

17 November 2022

WCC sends warm greetings to Methodist Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, celebrating 200 years

World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca sent warm greetings to the Methodist Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, which is celebrating 200 years during a Bicentenary Methodist Conference in Kerikeri, Northland.

17 November 2022

Faith and Order Commissioners, Photo: WCC

Faith and Order study groups convene to review work, prepare path forward

The study groups of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order Commission are convening from 14-16 November at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute.

14 November 2022

Interview

Rev. Dr Rufus Okikiola Ositelu, World Council of Churches president for Africa, Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC

His Holiness, The Most Rev. Dr Rufus Okikiola Ositelu, WCC President for Africa: “We need to truly live in the love of Jesus Christ”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly elected eight new presidents. Below, His Holiness, The Most Rev. Dr Rufus Okikiola Ositelu, WCC president for Africa, reflects on the new role, and a vision for how insights gained at the assembly will carry his task forward.

10 November 2022

Moderator of Central Committee

Report

Moderator's address to the WCC executive committee

Report of the moderator of the WCC central committee, bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, to the executive committee of the World Council of Churches, Bossey, 7 November 2022.

08 November 2022

WCC moderator: “We trust that God’s ways for us will not lead into darkness but into a new heaven and a new earth”

In his first report to the newly-elected World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, WCC moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm reflected on why the world’s grave challenges are not God’s last word.

07 November 2022

Letter

WCC letter of condolences in wake of crowd crush in South Korea

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca extends condolences on behalf of the global fellowship in the wake of a crowd crush in Seoul, South Korea, killing more than 150 people.

31 October 2022

General Secretary

WCC conference focuses on life changing ecological theology and environmental ethics to avert climate crisis

Co-organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Institute of Theology and Ecology at the Orthodox Academy of Crete, the 7th international conference on Ecological Theology and Environmental Ethics (ECOTHEE-2022) held 27-29 October in Kolympari, Crete reflected on life changing ecological theology and environmental ethics to avert climate crisis.

31 October 2022

Letter

WCC acting general secretary greetings to the 33rd Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca shared greetings the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil.

26 October 2022

General Secretary

WCC participates in the 26th Pentecostal World Conference in Seoul

The 26th Pentecostal World Conference, is taking place in Seoul, South Korea from 12-14 October, hosted by the Yoido Full Gospel Church, the world’s largest Pentecostal congregation.

20 October 2022

Greetings message by Rev. Hong-Jung Lee, NCCK general secretary at the Ecumenical Peace Conversation

Greetings message by Rev. Hong-Jung Lee, general secretary of the National Council of Churches in Korea, at the Ecumenical Peace Conversation in South Korea.

12 October 2022

Ecumenical movement

Keynote speech of the WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca at the Ecumenical peace conversation

Keynote speech of the World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca at the Ecumenical peace conversation, Seoul, Korea, 11 October 2022.

11 October 2022

General Secretary

Feature story

WCC’s consensus process involves discerning God's will—and that means being patient

During the World Council of Churches (WCC) 11th Assembly—and at other meetings of the WCC’s governing bodies—decisions are made via a consensus process. For the WCC, that means seeking a common mind about the wisest way forward while being open to fresh insights and the Holy Spirit’s guidance.

03 October 2022

Candle at the Chapel of the Ecumenical centre

WCC extends condolences upon passing of Dr Gabriel Habib

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca extended condolences on behalf of the global fellowship upon the passing of Dr Gabriel Habib, who served the Middle East Council of Churches as secretary general from 1977 to 1994, and was also involved for many years in the ecumenical movement.

13 September 2022

Assembly delegates vote to approve a list of new Central Committee members

WCC 11th Assembly shares message: “A Call to Act Together”

All are called by Christ’s love to repentance, reconciliation, and justice in the face of war, inequality, and sins against creation, delegates at the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Karlsruhe, Germany, have stated in a message issued on 8 September.

08 September 2022

Message of the WCC 11th Assembly, “A Call to Act Together”

“A Call to Act Together”: Message of the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany

08 September 2022

Assembly