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The World Council of Churches executive committee completed its meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, 8-14 November, with a sense of moving the fellowship forward on the Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee visited the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’adu Abubakar III in Abuja, Nigeria. As Sultan of Sokoto, he is considered the spiritual leader of Nigeria's 100 million Muslims.

In a press conference on 14 November in Abuja, Nigeria, the World Council of Churches (WCC) leadership of the central committee highlighted the WCC’s focus on some of the world’s most serious challenges, and how the WCC brings hope. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee closed its meeting on 14 November after a weeklong gathering in Nigeria, hosted by member churches and joyously welcomed by local communities. 

הוועדה המנהלת של מועצת הכנסיות העולמית (WCC), אשר התכנסה באבוג'ה, ניגריה, בין ה-8 וה-14 בנובמבר, פרסמה הצהרה הדורשת הפסקת אש מיידית ופציחה של מסדרונות הומניטריים בפלסטין וישראל.

As the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee met in Abuja, Nigeria, on 8-14 November, the governing body published a statement that included deep appreciation of Nigeria’s “astonishing diversity of cultures, languages, and religions”—as well as appeals to the Nigerian government to address economic injustice and other grave challenges facing the nation.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, from 8-14 November, released a statement on COP28’s responsibility for climate justice. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee, meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, on 8-14 November, released a statement that demands an immediate ceasefire, and the opening of humanitarian corridors in Palestine and Israel. 

Armenian people and churches urgently need “a generous international response to the humanitarian needs of the refugees who fled from Nagorno-Karabakh, especially vulnerable women, children, the elderly, and people with disabilities, and those without any other means of support,” the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee stated during its meeting in Abuja, Nigeria. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee opened its meeting on 8 November with the opening celebrations in the Cathedral Church of the Advent, with prayers, goodwill messages, and a sermon by WCC president from Africa His Holiness Most Rev. Dr Rufus Okikiola Ositelu, of the Church of the Lord (Prayer Fellowship) Worldwide. 

En una reflexión sobre “la experiencia de este único mundo” con motivo de la reunión del Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), celebrada en Abuja (Nigeria) del 8 al 14 de noviembre, el obispo Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, moderador del Comité Central del CMI, dijo que esta reunión le infunde una gran esperanza.

Im Rahmen des Exekutivausschusses des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), der vom 8. bis 14. November in Abuja, Nigeria, tagt, sprach der ÖRK-Vorsitzende, Bischof Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, über „die Erfahrung der einen Welt“ und sagte, die Tagung gebe ihm große Hoffnung.

Évoquant «l’expérience d’un monde uni» vécue dans le cadre du Comité exécutif du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) réuni à Abuja (Nigeria) du 8 au 14 novembre, l’évêque Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, président du Comité central du COE, a déclaré que cette rencontre lui apportait beaucoup d’espérance.

Reflecting on “the experience of the one world” within the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee which is convening in Abuja, Nigeria, from 8-14 November, WCC moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm said that the gathering brings him great hope.

A new book, "Ahead of Her Time: Pan-African Women of Faith and the Vision of Christian Unity, Mission, and Justice,” authored by World Council of Churches (WCC) president from North America Rev. Dr Angelique Walker-Smith, debuted on 1 November, All Saints Day, during an online and in-person reception and awards ceremony of pan-African women of faith represented in the book. The event took place at Bread for the World (USA) in Washington, DC.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee will meet 8-14 November in Abuja, Nigeria to approve plans and budget for 2024, and to further develop the Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay sent warm greetings to Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, who is retiring from his post as bishop but continuing as moderator of the WCC.