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Opening gathering for the Indigenous peoples’ pre-assembly to the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly. The Assembly is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity", Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC

Earth, Water, Fire and Wind: Indigenous Peoples Pre-Assembly celebrates creation

To the sound of drums, the movement, and a candlelit sunset, the Indigenous Peoples Pre-Assembly celebrated together on 28 August, as people from across the globe gathered to unify their vision of renewing creation.

28 August 2022

At Society of Saint Yves in Jerusalem, dreams of young people are resurrected

Fourteen-year-old Muhammad lives in Qalandia, a Palestinian community on the outskirts of Jerusalem that is partially within the city boundaries.

25 August 2022

Women joining hands in the Walk of Peace

WCC pre-assemblies will convene to harvest honest reflections, meaningful messages

Four World Council of Churches (WCC) pre-assemblies are about to convene, drawing hundreds of people eager to, in a safe space, share their honest reflections and life challenges. The pre-assemblies include Indigenous Peoples, Ecumenical Youth Gathering, Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network, and Just Community of Women and Men.

25 August 2022

Global prayer for peace and reunification on the Korean Peninsula will call for healing grace

The World Council of Churches invites the global fellowship and all people of good will to join, on 15 August, a prayer for peace and reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula.

11 August 2022

Three smiling girls, The graduation ceremony for students of the Lumad Bakwit School - a school set up for the evacuated indigenous Lumad people of Mindanao in the Philippines, Photo: Sean Hawkey/Life on Earth Pictures

On International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, WCC reiterates commitment to renewal of creation

On International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, being observed 9 August with a UN virtual commemoration, the World Council of Churches (WCC) reiterated its commitment to partnering with Indigenous Peoples to renew creation.

09 August 2022

Indigenous people speak at the UN climate negotiations COP24 in Katowice, Poland, Photo: Sean Hawkey/Life on Earth Pictures

On World Indigenous Day, WCC report highlights the importance of raising Indigenous Peoples' voices in working against climate change

The Joint Report of the Ecumenical Indigenous Peoples Network Reference Group and the Working Group on Climate Change of the World Council of Churches (WCC) affirmed the integral and pivotal role Indigenous Peoples have in shaping an alternative path of being in the right relationship with the whole of Creation.

09 August 2022

Prayer

August 15th Joint South-North (North-South) Prayer for Peace & Reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula 2022

The World Council of Churches invites the global fellowship and all people of good will to join, on 15 August 2022, a prayer for peace and reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula.

Composed by the National Council of Churches in Korea, the prayer will be held on 14 August—the Sunday before Liberation Day, observed in both North and South Korea to mark the date in 1945 when Korea won independence from Japanese colonial oppression. The date was also when the peninsula was divided into two countries.

08 August 2022

World Student Christian Federation shares message of “speaking truth to power”

The World Student Christian Federation, after holding its General Assembly 23-30 June, shared a message of its shared vision and values that celebrate the central place of Christian faith in young people’s journey together toward justice and peace.

05 July 2022

Daily life in the Old City, Jerusalem, Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC

During World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, “Faith, Hope and Love in Action” will draw the world together

The 2022 World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, to be held 15-22 September, will be an opportunity for the world to come together in prayer to end the occupation of Palestine.

01 July 2022

Manager of New Imperial Hotel in Jerusalem: “We don’t need any more sympathy—we need action”

As a six-year-old boy, Abu El Walid Dajani began helping his father manage the New Imperial Hotel near Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem. The historic property is owned by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, and leased before 1967 to the Dajani family to run as a hotel. Now 77, Dajani has become the manager. But the threat of eviction is derailing a way of life his family has known for generations.

30 June 2022

Interview

WCC general secretary-elect Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay: “If we learn to trust the work of the Holy Spirit, we can find each other even through difficulties”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee elected Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay as the ninth general secretary at its 17 June meeting. Below, Pillay reflects on his longstanding passion for ecumenism and his expectations for the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe.

23 June 2022

On Juneteenth, WCC calls for serving those most affected by sins of racism, capitalism and militarism

On the anniversary of Juneteenth, remembering the enslavement of African peoples in the United States and their emancipation announced in 1865, leaders from the World Council of Churches (WCC) urged an end to hate speech and to the sin of racism.

19 June 2022

Message

Address by Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay to the WCC Central committee

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

18 June 2022

Central Committee

WCC general secretary-elect believes growing up in South Africa will help his approach to conflict and suffering

The general secretary-elect of the World Council of Churches (WCC) believes that growing up during a period of conflict and suffering in South Africa will stand him in good stead when he takes up his position as the head of the ecumenical body in January as a leader who believes in dialogue.

18 June 2022

Report

Report of the Acting General Secretary to the WCC Central Committee, June 2022

Report of the Acting General Secretary to the WCC Central Committee meeting, 15 June 2022

15 June 2022

General Secretary

Moderator of Central Committee

Report

Moderator’s Address to the Central Committee, June 2022

"Witnessing in unity to Christ’s Compassionate love in times of survival", Address of the Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the World Council of Churches central committee, at the WCC Central Committee meeting of 15-18 June 2022.

15 June 2022

WCC general secretary addressing the audience

WCC sends joyful greetings to Lutheran World Federation Council, “in spirit of love and hope”

World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca sent joyful greetings to the Lutheran World Federation Council, convening under the theme “In Christ, all things hold together.”

09 June 2022

Message

Greetings from the WCC acting general secretary to the Council of the Lutheran World Federation

Greetings from the acting general secretary of the World Council of Churches, Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, to the Council of the Lutheran World Federation, 9 June 2022.

09 June 2022

General Secretary