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Christmas messages from the World Council of Churches (WCC) member churches and partners across the world are bringing good tidings, deep prayers, light, and hope, even amid the world’s challenges. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Gender Justice Reference Group met in Harare, Zimbabwe from 7-12 December, marking its first in-person gathering. Hosted by the Zimbabwe Council of Churches, the meeting brought together church leaders, theologians, and gender justice advocates to reflect on the critical importance of gender justice in the life and mission of the church.

Rev. Dr Semisi Turagavou, president of the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma, attended the recent World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee meeting. He reflected on the unique needs in Fiji, as well as other Pacific islands, and spoke of the inspiration he drew from meeting with the WCC governing body.

Black is the theme today at the 4th ACT Alliance General Assembly being held in Indonesia, as participants demonstrated their ecumenical commitment to #ThursdaysinBlack and a world free from rape and violence.

“Nuclear Justice and Transitional Justice,” a side event to the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, was held on 27 September. 

The following feature story is adapted from remarks made by Kathryn Lohre, executive for Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, during an international Anglican Lutheran Society meeting in Edinburgh held in September.

The year 2025 will mark the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council at Nicaea in 325, which inspired the modern ecumenical movement to work on issues on Faith and Order for the unity of the church and humankind. Additionally, 2025 will also mark the 100th anniversary of the first Universal Christian Conference on Life and Work, held in Stockholm in 1925.