The Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), in partnership with Télé Lumière - Noursat, launched a new media production center. The new center, called "Manbar Al Kalima,” or “The Platform of the Word,” is equipped with the latest technology and modern tools—and they will be used to foster the wellbeing of humankind.
An online meeting was convened on 4 October by the World Council of Churches (WCC) to express solidarity and support, and to provide a safe and constructive space for sharing, reflection, and discussion on the critical challenges currently facing Lebanon. The Middle East Council of Churches and ACT Alliance also participated in the virtual meeting.
El secretario general del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), el Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, expresó su profunda preocupación por la escalada de violencia en el Líbano y en Gaza, y reafirmó el compromiso del CMI con la justicia, la paz y la dignidad de todos los pueblos.
Le secrétaire général du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), le pasteur Jerry Pillay, a fait part de ses vives préoccupations face à l’escalade de la violence au Liban et à Gaza et a réaffirmé l’engagement du COE en faveur de la justice, de la paix et de la dignité de toutes les personnes.
Der Generalsekretär des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), Pastor Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, hat große Sorge angesichts der eskalierenden Gewalt im Libanon und Gazastreifen zum Ausdruck gebracht und das Bekenntnis des ÖRK zu Gerechtigkeit, Frieden und der Würde aller Menschen und Völker bekräftigt.
World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed profound concern over escalating violence in Lebanon and Gaza, and reaffirmed the WCC’s commitment to justice, peace, and the dignity of all peoples.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) expresses its profound concern over the escalating violence in Lebanon and Gaza and reaffirms its commitment to justice, peace, and the dignity of all peoples.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) and Middle East Council of Churches met online to prepare for the WCC Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order, which will be held under the theme “Where now for visible unity?” from 24-28 October 2025, at the Papal Logos Center in Wadi El Natroun, Egypt.
The World Council of Churches (WCC), accompanied by partners from the Middle East Council of Churches, ACT Alliance, and Caritas Internationalis, released a video media briefing on a recent ecumenical solidarity visit to the Holy Land held online on 7-8 August. The visit served as an opportunity to accompany member churches and ecumenical partners, listen to their voices and perspectives, amplify their calls, and remind the world of what is needed to bring about peace in the region.
Medical doctors working with mobile health units in Gaza operated by the Middle East Council of Churches Department of Services to Palestinian Refugees described the serious needs they are seeing among people who don’t have enough safe water, food, or medicines.
On his final day in a visit to Lebanon, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay met with His Beatitude Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, at the Patriarchal Edifice-Bkerke, in the presence of the Patriarchal Vicar General His Eminence Bishop Paul Sayah.
World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay continued his visit in Lebanon on 21 March, focusing on meeting with heads of churches to pray and work together.
As World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay began a visit to Lebanon on 20 March, his agenda included a private meeting with His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Holy See of Cilicia.
“We won’t leave Gaza as long as there is a standing church.”
“We will not be the last Christians living in Gaza.” “
“We lost everything, but we can’t lose our mission and our belonging to this place dear to our hearts.”
“Christianity started here and will continue to be here.”
These are the words people are uttering as Nader Abu Amsha, executive director of Department of Services to Palestinian Refugees of the Middle East Council of Churches (DSPR-MECC), tries to help them simply survive the next day.
Events with involvement of the World Council of Churches and ecumenical partners at the COP28 conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 30 November - 12 December.
The World Council of Churches (WCC), in partnership with the Association of Theological Institutes and Faculties in the Middle East (ATIME) and the Middle East Council of Churches, held the first-ever Regional Ecumenical Theological Institute in Cairo under the theme “Respect for Creation is the Glorification of the Creator.”
Prof. Dr Michel E. Abs, secretary general of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), reflects on how challenging daily lives can be in the Middle East, response to the earthquake in Syria and Türkiye, and plans to commemorate 50 years of the MECC.
TheMiddle East Council of Churchesannounced that the 22 April each year—the day of the kidnapping of the two Archbishops of Aleppo, Metropolitan Boulos Yaziji and Metropolitan Gregorios Youhanna Ibrahim— will be named “The Ecumenical Day for the Abducted and the Forcibly Absented.”
