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Greetings pour in to commemorate WCC’s 75th anniversary

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has been fielding a growing number of greetings and reflections as it continues to observe its 75th anniversary.

22 September 2023

Cuban president Miguel Diaz Canél and WCC programme executive for the Ecumenical Office to the United Nations in New York Dr Ryan Smith.

Ecumenical delegation meets with Cuban president Miguel Diaz Canél in New York

A delegation formed by the World Council of Churches (WCC), member churches, and ecumenical partners met with Cuban president Miguel Diaz Canél on 20 September, discussing the blockade and the harm it has done to the Cuban people, especially related to healthcare and health innovations in Cuba.

22 September 2023

Interview

Emerging Peacemakers Forum began as a short — but impactful — conversation

Carla Khijoyan, World Council of Churches (WCC) programme executive for the Middle East, shares her journey of how the Emerging Peacemakers Forum was initiated. She was formerly the WCC programme executive for Youth Engagement in the Ecumenical Movement.

19 September 2023

Blog post

A reflection on “No place to lay my head”

“Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” (Mt. 8: 20)

19 September 2023

Bishop William Shomali

Group photo of Bossey students at Bossey faculty at the opening plenary September 2023

New academic year Bossey students are reminded to share, engage, learn, teach, strategize, and expand their horizons

As a new academic year is officially underway, Bossey faculty and staff, together with 31 students from around the world gathered for an opening prayer service in the Bossey chapel on 13 September, embarking on what will be an intense period of ecumenical community building, academic learning, and discovering profound connectivity between them.

14 September 2023

Blog post

Building peace through story-telling and relationships

Conflict and trauma are realities we learn about daily. For some of us, we learn of conflict and trauma through news stories, or personal anecdotes from people close to us. For others, it is a lived and daily reality: conflict and trauma are the air we breathe.

13 September 2023

Ellen Sherby

Bishop addressing the gathering at the Brandenburg gate in Berlin

In Berlin peace gathering, Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm reflects on overcoming suffering as people of faith

Speaking through reflections and a sermon during an international peace gathering in Berlin, World Council of Churches moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm reflected on how people of faith can work to overcome suffering in a wounded world.

13 September 2023

Moderator of Central Committee

Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm: "The Word of God: Compass for Our Time"

"The Word of God: Compass for Our Time", reflection by the World Council of Churches moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm during at the International Meeting for Peace held on 10-12 September in Berlin, Germany.

13 September 2023

Opening of the exhibition “Bethlehem Reborn – Palestine – The Wonders of the Nativity”

Bethlehem and its basilica are signs of hope for the whole human family, the Jerusalem patriarch tells WCC

Bethlehem and its basilica are signs of hope, not just to one community or church, but to the whole human family, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilus III of Jerusalem and All Palestine told a gathering at the World Council of Churches in Geneva.

12 September 2023

Speech by Dr. Ramzi Khoury at the opening event of the exhibition "Bethlehem Reborn"

12 September 2023

Ecumenical movement

Statement by Ambassador Ibrahim Khraishi - Inauguration of exhibition "Bethlehem Reborn"

12 September 2023

Ecumenical movement

H.B. Theophilos III Patriarch of Jerusalem and All Palestine remarks at the exhibition of the renovation and restoration of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem at the World Council of Churches in Geneva

12 September 2023

Ecumenical movement

No peace without justice: Peacebuilding and human rights training equips young ecumenical leaders

With a focus on peacebuilding and human rights protection, The United Evangelical Mission’s International Summer School 2023, organized in cooperation with the World Council of Churches and other partners, took place in August and September in Hofgeismar, Germany.

08 September 2023

Keynote address by Rev Dr Kenneth Mtata: Diakonia of Hope in a fragile world

"Diakonia of Hope in a fragile world", keynote address by Rev Dr Kenneth Mtata at the Regional Conference for the DRAE (Africa and Europe) region in Neuendettelsau, Germany, 06 - 10 September 2023

08 September 2023

WCC Programmes

WCC 11th Assembly, Karlsruhe, Germany 2022

Historically important, ecumenism takes on new life in Germany

As the World Council of Churches celebrates its 75th anniversary, a series of feature stories from different regions of the world will portray ecumenism at the local level—within churches, communities, and individuals who embody the spirit of ecumenism in unique ways. The feature story below offers a glimpse of some facets of ecumenism present in Germany.

28 August 2023

WCC retirees joyfully gather to celebrate 75th anniversary of the global fellowship

Forty retired World Council of Churches (WCC) staff gathered at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey on 22 August to celebrate the WCC’s 75th anniversary and to receive greetings and reflections from WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay.

24 August 2023

Ecumenism in the Philippines means hope and resilience

22 August 2023