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A sermon by WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay delivered at the Presbyterian-Reformed Church in Cuba, Havana, 17 December 2023.

Report of the WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay to the WCC Central Committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, 21 - 27 June 2023.

Lecture of the World Council of Churches central committee moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm delivered at the Kitzingen deanery, a regional church district near Würzburg, Germany.

Presentation of Dr Mwai Makoka, the World Council of Churches programme executive for Health and Healing, at the meeting of WCC, EKD, German Federal Foreign Office and TransAtlantic Network, 13 October 2021.

Restore your creation, Lord...

In the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray this week with the people and churches of China, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

God, your tender voice of love reaches all who sit in deepest gloom...

In the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray this week with the people and churches of China, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

Guided by the light of Christ, let us pray for the coming dawn of joy, healing and comfort for all God’s people...

In the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray this week with the people and churches of China, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

Enlighten us with your grace..

In the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray this week with the people and churches of China, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

In the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray this week with the people and churches of China, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

Safe world for children - Letter to the World Council of Churches member churches and Central Committee members about the Out of the Shadows campaign and toolkit

“Multi-Religious Perspectives on the CRC@30”
The 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
July 15, 2019, 1:15 – 3:15 pm at the Ford Foundation

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit
General Secretary

Convocation Address by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit in Serampore College, Serampore, 4 December 2018

The story of Jonah is about the compassionate God whose mercy has no geographical, cultural, political, and economic frontier. The dialogue between God and Jonah (Jonah 4:1-11), which is considered the climax of the Book of Jonah, is an invitation to overcome intolerance and to cultivate compassion. The dialogue consists of two main parts: the anger of Jonah (v. 1-5) and the compassion of God (v. 6-11). In the dialogue, Jonah becomes angry, but God responds to him with two questions: “Is it good for you to be angry?” (v. 4) and “Is it good for you to be angry about the plant?” (v. 9) which indicate the limitless and universal mercy of God. In this way, the story of Jonah invites us to the pilgrimage of tolerance and compassion.

The third reflection of the "Seven Weeks for Water", of World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Water Network, is by Rev. Dr Dario Barolin, a pastor of the Waldensian Church in Uruguay. He is also the executive secretary of AIPRAL, the Alliance of Presbyterian and Reformed Churches in Latin America. In the following reflection he recalls an encounter with two youths of his church who are trying to revive a creek which has lost its freshness due to water pollution by industries. He then draws a parallel to the story of Exodus where Moses turns the bitter water of Marah into sweet, fresh water with the help of a plant, thereby implying plantation being key to watershed.

Sermon by Bishop (em) Bärbel von Wartenberg-Potter at worship service for climate justice, on 12 November 2017, 9:30 St Paulus Church, Bonn, Germany

‘Diamond Jubilee Message’ delivered on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Christian Conference of Asia, Yangon, Myanmar, 15 October, 2017 by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches

Resources and tools available for the implementation of Churches’ Commitments to Children

Sermon at St Stephen’s Uniting Church, Sydney, 16 October 2016.

Ecumenical Multicultural Worship Service

Text: Luke 24