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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.

University of Fribourg, Aula Magna, 23 February 2023, 5.15 pm

On 23 February 2023, at a special event at the University of Fribourg honoring his work, former acting general secretary of the World Council of Churches, Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, delivered a lecture exploring the question: “What future for the ecumenical movement?”

On 23 February 2023, Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay shared a video message at a special event at the University of Fribourg honoring the work of former acting general secretary of the World Council of Churches, Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca.

Healing the World: Sorrow without Fear, Bible study in times of Covid-19 on Psalms 42 and 43 by Benjamin Simon

Opening remarks of Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches at the Nathan Söderblom Seminar, 3 June, 2019 at the Ecumenical Centre, Geneva

Message of Congratulations to VID on the 175th Anniversary by Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the WCC Central Committee

Commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Ecumenical Decade of Churches in Solidarity with Women

It is difficult, if not impossible, to express in just a few words what Philip Potter of blessed memory meant to the Ecumenical movement, to the WCC and to me personally.

The sixth Biblical reflection of the Seven Weeks for Water 2014 is by Raj Bharath Patta, an ordained pastor from the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church in India, currently serving the Student Christian Movement of India as its general secretary. He understands the fifth word of Jesus  on the Cross (“I thirst”), as expression of his physical need. In this reflection, Patta illustrates the missiological relevance of this word of Jesus to us today, in our own contexts.

Prepared by Dr Marina Ngursangzeli Behera, professor of Ecumenical Missiology at the Ecumenical Institute Bossey, for the WCC Staff Planning Days 2014.

Bible study on John 14:27-31 by Néstor O. Míguez for the WCC Assembly, 7 November 2013: At the Last Supper, Jesus said, “peace.” When Jesus tells us about peace, the night before his betrayal and death, he is not speaking from a peaceful place in his own life. Where and what kind of peace are the church and the ecumenical movement talking about? God's peace is not temporary, and it does not have to do with happy events. Peace is a matter of life for those people who are yearning for it. At the end of the assembly, “go in peace” will be a biblical and missiological empowerment and mandate for us to bear witness to the vision of abundant life in the new heaven and earth.

The WCC gives thanks to God for the life of Emilio Castro, who served for nearly twenty years as a leading member of the WCC staff, and from 1985 to 1992 as our fourth general secretary. Dr Castro passed away in Montevideo, Uruguay on the evening of Saturday 6 April 2013 at the age of 85.

Perspectives in the light of the forthcoming WCC assembly in Busan

A consultation with the participation of thirty persons from most of the major traditions of the Christian church met at the Ecumenical Institute, Bossey, Switzerland, from the 12-15 October 2011 under the auspices of the World Council of Churches to explore the issues of Christian self-understanding in relation to their Hindu neighbours and to Hinduism as a religious tradition.

Theological education with migrant Christians in the changing landscape of World Christianity - Crucial issues from WCC/ETE perspective

Thematic Address presented at the 13th Assembly of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit on 15 April 2010.

The NMC document is appreciated for its philosophical imagination, but it needs to be complimented with sociological and poetic imaginations where the text (the Word) takes on flesh and enters the realm of the pain and pathos that the poor and their earth endure, argues Metropolitan Geevarghese Coorilos.

Congratulation letter to Rev. Dr Moiseraele Prince Dibeela who was appointed as moderator to lead the Council for World Mission Trustee Body for the next three years.

tings of Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, general secretary of the WCC, to the International Conference dedicated to late Fr Prof. Dr Ion Bria
Sibiu, May 2009