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A lecture in honour of the late Rev. Joseph Wing given during the 33rd Assembly of The United Congregational Church of Southern Africa - UCCSA-24th August,2009, Molepolole, Botswana

The situation in the South Asia region poses a major threat to world peace. WCC's Central Committee statement on South Asia.

The second meeting of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA), following the 2006 Porto Alegre Assembly took place in Cuba from 15-20 March 2009.

The World Council of Churches is deeply troubled by North Korea's nuclear test and profoundly concerned for the people of North Korea and surrounding countries, none of whose interests are served by this tragic failure of international relations.

Concerned by the alarming situation affecting the South Asian countries and its manifolding impacts on nurturing peace, security and development, and despite initiatives from different quarters of society and different national, diplomatic and ecumenical interventions, the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), and the South Asian Councils of Churches (SACC) organised an international consultation on "Peace, Security and Development in South Asia", which was held at Whitefield, Bangalore from 30 March to 2 April 2009 .

WCC US Conference letter to President Obama was prepared during the US Conference conference Annual Meeting by a panel of church leaders including Rev. Dr. Jeffery W. Carter, Rev. Dr. Gradye Parsons, Rev. Michael Livingston, Dr. Elizabeth Ferris, Rev. Dr. John H. Thomas, Rev. Dr. Sharon Watkins, Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon. Drafting group: Bernice Powell Jackson, Gradye Parsons and Sharon Young, Kathryn Lohre, Lois Dauway and Leonid Kishkovsky.

Commenting on the signing of the convention in Oslo, Norway, Kobia congratulates the more than 100 signatory countries and reiterateds the need for those states that have not yet done so - the United States, Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and Zimbabwe - to "sign and support this timely arms control and humanitarian initiative".

Tribute to a respected WCC colleague and an outstanding advocate in the international struggle for human rights.

Speech given by Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia at the 100th Anniversary Conference of the Great Korean Revival 2007, sponsored by the National Council of Churches in Korea and the Christian Council of Korea.

Meeting of the World Council of Churches' (WCC)
Alternative Globalisation Addressing People and Earth (AGAPE)
Reference Group on Poverty, Wealth and Ecology (PWE):
Impact of Economic Globalization (P306)
25-26 June 2007
Ecumenical Centre, Geneva, Switzerland

Synthesis of Discussions

Keynote Speech by Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, in Edinburgh, 27 April 2007.