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Report of the WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay to the WCC Central Committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, 21 - 27 June 2023.

This annual review of the activity of the WCC records many of the activities undertaken by the council during 2022 and continuing into 2023.

On October 17, 2022, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with Fr Ioan Sauca, acting general secretary of the World Council of Churches.

Report of the Acting General Secretary to the WCC Central Committee meeting, 9 February 2022

Invited by the World Council of Churches and the Middle East Council of Churches, 40 representatives of religious authorities and leaders of various Iraqi religions, congregations, and ethnic groups, came together in Beirut to follow up on recommendations of the 2017 conference held in Beirut under the title "Interfaith Consultation of Social Cohesion in Iraq", and to discuss emerging challenges and future prospects for social cohesion in Iraq.

A reflection based on the Genesis 34, for morning prayers on 9 December 2020 for staff of the World Council of Churches, ACT Alliance and sister organizations.

Reflection brought to the Ecumenical Centre morning prayer by Bishop Dr Staccato Powell, WCC Central Committee member for the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, during a meeting of the Assembly Planning Committee and on the same day as the new book of former general secretary Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser was presented to the public at the Ecumenical Centre, in the presence of the author. The event is par of a year-long series of events commemorating the WCC’s 70th anniversary.

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary World Council of Churches

Sermon in Chongwenmen Church, Beijing, 7 January 2018

Theme: Jesus Christ – the Joy of the World

"The quest for unity in the practice of the WCC", report of the WCC general secretary to the WCC executive committee meeting in Amman, Jordan, November 2017

This annual review of the activity of the WCC records many of the activities undertaken by the council during 2016 and continuing into 2017.

As part of an ongoing, multiyear project called “Walking Together,” an international and interreligious group met in Nicosia, Cyprus, from 6-8 December to explore different facets of the theme “Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace,” which undergirds the World Council of Churches' programmatic focus.

Reflection during the Ecumenical Centre morning prayer by Marianne Ejdersten, director of communication for the WCC.

Reflection during the Morning Prayer in the Ecumenical Centre, Geneva, 30 May 2016, by Rev. Dr Hielke Wolters, associate general secretary, WCC.

Communiqué on ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue in conversation, produced at a meeting organized by the WCC’s Commission on Faith and Order and the WCC programme for inter-religious dialogue and cooperation, from 12 to 14 May 2014

Reports, Affirmations and Challenges from the Ecumenical Conversations at the WCC 10th Assembly

Bible study on Acts 8:26-40 by Eleni Kasselouri-Hatzivassiliadi for the WCC Assembly, 4 November 2013: The text relates the mission of the Spirit to the symbol of the water of life. The Holy Spirit is the Life-giver, who sustains and empowers life and sends out God’s people to preach the good news of Jesus Christ. How and where do we discern God’s life-giving work, and how are we enabled to participate in God’s mission today?

Bible study on Genesis 2:4b-17 by Jione Havea for the WCC Assembly, 31 October 2013: The God of life created human beings from the earth with God’s breath of life. The very nature of human life is in connection with God and creation. God entrusted us with the mission to look after the garden of life and forbad us to eat the fruits that tempt us to be like the Almighty God. The opening Bible study is a reflection on the nature of life and how to celebrate, sustain and affirm it in relation to the theme of the assembly. Diverse contextual readings of the text are possible.