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Lecture - Speech

Metropolitan Emmanuel of France's address to the World Conference on Dialogue

Madrid, Spain

18 July 2008

WCC Programmes

WCC to attend Madrid interfaith conference

World Council of Churches (WCC) representatives will participate at the 16-18 July international interfaith conference convened in Madrid by the Muslim World League following an initiative by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah.

15 July 2008

WCC general secretary Samuel Kobia with Sheikh Mohammad Sayyed Tantawy.

Church unity and interreligious dialogue discussed at WCC visit to Egypt

Challenges facing Christians today are too strong for a divided church, said World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia in Egypt recently as he called for church unity both locally and globally. Kobia was speaking during a 16-21 June visit to WCC member churches in the country.

26 June 2008

Epiphany celebrations in Gonder, Ethiopia, during the country's ongoing conflict with Somalia

Horn of Africa in crisis, requires international attention says WCC executive committee

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee has expressed worries about the "deteriorating human rights situation in Ethiopia and Eritrea", while encouraging the establishment of a "joint Christian and Muslim Peace Committee for Somalia".

02 March 2007

Statement on the situation in the Horn of Africa

01 March 2007

Executive committee

Lecture - Speech

Challenges Facing the Ecumenical Movement in the 21st Century

22 October 2005

General Secretary

Cairo declaration

13 December 2004

Ecumenical movement

Rebuilding a house and building a common future

By Martin Smedjeback (*)

07 October 2004

Commission on International Affairs

Advocacy report

The collaboration of the WCC with International Governmental Institutions

22 November 2003

"The position of the churches against war has increased their moral standing in society"

When the military actions in Iraq were over, those who had opposed the military invasion had to face the assessment - conveyed by the media and the military victors - that it had been "successful". The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser responds in this interview to the "critical questions" posed to organizations like the Council, which had a high profile in the pro-peace movement. He also mentions the announced "road map" to a permanent two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

04 June 2003

Background document

Background paper on the Status of Jerusalem

Background paper on the status of Jerusalem presented to the Executive Committee.

01 September 2000

Executive committee

Together on the Way: 5.6. Statement on the Status of Jerusalem

The statement was adopted with 15 opposing votes and 17 abstentions. During the discussion by assembly delegates, several comments and concerns were voiced: the statement did not draw sufficient attention to the Jewish roots of the Christian faith and to concern for the security of the state of Israel; this issue is of great concern to churches around the world and of particular concern to churches in the Middle East; rather than calling for Jerusalem to be "a shared city", the sovereignty of Jerusalem should be protected for Israelis and Palestinians; Palestinians should be given the right of repatriation.

30 November 1998

Assembly

Statement on the Status of Jerusalem

WCC Central Committee
Geneva, Switzerland, 14-22 September 1995
STATEMENT ON THE STATUS OF JERUSALEM

22 September 1995

Central Committee