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Address by Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay to the WCC Central committee meeting on 17 June 2022.

Script of the video message by the WCC central committee moderator Dr Agnes Abuom to the WCC central committee meeting, 9 February 2022.

This document offers a summary of the Ninth report from the Joint Working Group between the Roman Catholic Church and the WCC, which relates the focus and work of the group from 2007 through 2012. As the group approaches its fiftieth year, its recent foci include in-depth work on the notion of ecclesial reception of ecumenical work, the spiritual roots of ecumenism, church participation of youth, and emerging work on migration.

Este documento constituye un resumen de un informe más amplio del GMT que describe las prioridades y las actividades llevadas a cabo por el grupo entre 2007 y 2012. Las prioridades de este grupo, conforme se acerca su quincuagésimo año de trabajo, incluyen una reflexión profunda sobre la noción de la recepción en las iglesias de la labor ecuménica, las raíces espirituales del ecumenismo, la participación de los jóvenes en la iglesia y el reciente trabajo sobre el tema de la migración. Este documento, que se titula Recibirse unos a otros en nombre de Cristo: Novena Relación, 2007 – 2012, está publicado por separado.

Address by moderator Rev. Dr Walter Altmann to the WCC Central Committee at its February 2011 meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.

Tanner discusses Faith and Order as a movement, as a Commission, as an agenda, as a method, and as a commitment to the future.

"Final report of the Special Commission on Orthodox participation in the WCC" : The 60-member Special Commission was created by the WCC's eighth assembly in 1998 in response to mainly Orthodox concerns about participation in the Council. Composed of an equal number of representatives from Orthodox churches and from the other churches belonging to the WCC, the Commission submitted its final report to the central committee in September 2002.

The WCC's eighth Assembly in 1998 discussed a proposal for a forum of Christian churches and ecumenical organizations that would bring together churches participating in the ecumenical movement, e.g. WCC member churches, the Catholic church, other churches, and Evangelical, Pentecostal and Independent churches, as well as ecumenical and para-church organizations.

La Octava Asamblea del CMI (1998) debatió la propuesta de crear un Foro de Iglesias Cristianas y de Organizaciones Ecuménicas, que reuniría a las iglesias que participan en el movimiento ecuménico, como las iglesias miembros del CMI, la Iglesia Católica, otras iglesias y las iglesias evangélicas, pentecostales e independientes, así como a organizaciones ecuménicas y organizaciones relacionadas con las iglesias.

These guidelines - covering the roles of moderators, delegates and participants; setting the agenda; making decisions by consensus and by formal vote; election process; language and other elements - apply to the Assembly and to meetings of all bodies of the WCC.

The WCC's constitution identifies the basis for, and the principles of membership, the purposes and functions, authority, and organization of the Council. Its rules give precise guidance concerning the roles, responsibilities and structure of the Council's various governing bodies, officers, committees, staff and partner organizations, the role of public statements, and the conduct of meetings. The constitution and rules will be submitted to the Assembly for amendment.

Lecture by Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, general secretary of the World Council of Churches. 23rd Peter Ainslie Lecture, Disciples General, Assembly, Portland, Oregon, July 26, 2005.