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Statement: public statement

Statement on Threats to Peace and People’s Security: A Kairos Moment for Just Peace

Statement on Threats to Peace and People’s Security of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025.

24 June 2025

Central Committee

Statement: public statement

Statement on Renewing Prophetic Witness: The Role of the Church in South Africa's Journey Towards Justice and Unity

Statement on South Africa the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 18-24 June 2025.

24 June 2025

Central Committee

Report

Report of the General Secretary to the WCC Central Committee, June 2025

Report of the WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay to the WCC Central Committee meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa on 18-24 June 2025.

18 June 2025

Group Visits to the Ecumenical Center First week of June June

WCC visitors discuss challenges to human rights, ways toward peace

Visitors to the World Council of Churches (WCC) doing the first two weeks in June delved into many topics, from human rights, to combatting xenophobia, to engaging young people in ecumenism.

16 June 2025

Sermon

Moved by The Holy Spirit - WCC General Secretary sermon for the Centennial Celebration of the United Church of Canada, June 2025

09 June 2025

Sermon

WCC general secretary sermon: Unity in the Body of Christ

On 1 June, at the Berner Münster in Bern, Switzerland, Ecumenical Vespers marked a celebration of joy and unity in faith organized by the Swiss National Council of Churches and the Protestant Church in Switzerland.

01 June 2025

Report

Report of the WCC general secretary to the executive committee, 12 May 2025

In his report to the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay reflected on what it means—amid wars, rumours of wars, violence, trade wars, climate catastrophes, retaliations, and the quest for self-protection and preservation of identity—to be God’s family.

12 May 2025

WCC participates in 58th Session of United Nations Commission on Population and Development

The World Council of Churches participated in the 58th session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development.

24 April 2025

Statement: public statement

Statement submitted by The Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches, a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council

11 March 2025

WCC Programmes

Lecture - Speech

Address of the WCC general secretary at the JC2033 Global Gathering in Geneva

Address of the World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay at the Unity NIghts of the JC2033 Global Gathering in Geneva, Switzerland, 27 February 2025.

28 February 2025

Blog post

The first in-person meeting for the WCC Youth Commission, Manila, Philippines.

From generation to generation

The mountaintop is a holy place. The valleys below are distant, and the weight of daily life feels momentarily lifted. In scripture, it’s where humanity and the divine meet: Moses conversed with God amidst fire and cloud on Sinai; Elijah heard the still small voice on Horeb; Jesus transfigured in the presence of his disciples, his face shining like the sun.

30 January 2025

Ruth Mathen

Feature story

Monument located at Downtown, Kingston, erected by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation in memory of children who died violently in Jamaica. The monument has the names, date of deaths and ages of the children, Photo: WCC

WCC visit to Jamaica focused on empowering faith communities

A World Council of Churches (WCC) staff visit took place from 12-21 January, aimed at empowering faith communities in Jamaica to take action on sexual and gender-based violence, racism, reparations, and climate justice.

23 January 2025

Event

Girls singing, choir of the Global Network of Religions for Children in Jamaica

"Voices for change" - WCC workshop in Jamaica

16 - 17 January 2025

A WCC staff visit will take place from 12-21 January, aimed at empowering faith communities in Jamaica to take action on sexual and gender-based violence, racism, reparations, and climate justice.

Ridgemount United Church, Jamaica

WCC visit to Jamaica will focus on empowering faith communities

A WCC staff visit will take place from 12-21 January, aimed at empowering faith communities in Jamaica to take action on sexual and gender-based violence, racism, reparations, and climate justice.

09 January 2025

Cover of The Love, Justice, and Reproductive Health: A Framework for Churche

Webinar debuts new publication, “Love, Justice, and Reproductive Health: A Framework for Churches”

A webinar held 5 December debuted a new World Council of Churches (WCC) publication, “Love, Justice, and Reproductive Health: A Framework for Churches.”

16 December 2024

Feature story

A fisherman, window, Cape Coast, Ghana, Photo: Albin Hillert/Life on Earth Pictures

WCC makes pilgrimage to Cape Coast and Elmina castles in Ghana

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Reference Group on Overcoming Racism, Xenophobia, Casteism, and all other forms of Discrimination, went on a pilgrimage to historic castles in Elmina and Cape Coast, in Ghana—a visit that exposed the magnitude of sinful injustice perpetuated by European empires and kingdoms on Africans for centuries and whose legacies continue to afflict Africans and people of African Descent around the world.

12 December 2024

Sister Rosa Le Thi Bong, a Vietnamese member of Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions, says goodbye to people in Riimenze, a small war-ravaged village in South Sudan where she spent more than a decade as a member of Solidarity with South Sudan, a pastoral and teaching presence of Catholic clergy, religious and laity from around the world.

WCC moderator reflects on a racially just, inclusive, and healing community

World Council of Churches (WCC) moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm spoke at a conference on racial justice hosted by the Diocese in Europe of the Church of England from 4-7 December.

05 December 2024

Interview

Dr. Dagmar Pruin for Thursdays in Black, Photo: Brot für die Welt

Rev. Dr Dagmar Pruin: “Contribute to a more safe, just, and nonviolent world"

Our series of interviews with Thursdays in Black ambassadors highlights those who are playing a vital role in increasing the impact of our collective call for a world without rape and violence. Rev. Dr Dagmar Pruin is president of Bread for the World (Germany).

05 December 2024