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Some 20 theologians and church leaders from around the world, including some of the International Reference Group members of the Ecumenical Water Network, will meet at the WCC’s Ecumenical Institute at Bossey to develop a theological framework on water justice in the context of the WCC Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace.

What are the Christian theology and practices that undergird peace and reconciliation as fundamental Christian values? How can churches adequately articulate and affirm imperatives of gospel values of peace with justice and human security? These are some of the questions to be addressed at the WCC-sponsored Regional Workshop on “Equipping Churches for Building Peace and Human Security in Post-Conflict Situations”.

What is the role of churches and other ecumenical actors in building just and sustainable peace, and what should be their areas of engagement? These questions will be addressed at the Ecumenical Peacebuilding Consultation and Workshop on Advocacy for Just Peace, in order to build a common understanding for the WCC Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace.

The Fast for the Climate campaign is an interfaith initiative bringing people of different faiths to fast, as a spiritual exercise, in solidarity with the victims of climate change. People are invited to fast the 1st of each month. The WCC is one of the co-sponsors of this initiative.

In order to highlight the specific contributions that faith traditions bring to the international climate debate, the WCC and Religions for Peace will organize an Interfaith Summit on Climate Change ahead of the the United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon's Climate Summit in September. To have an impact on the climate agenda, action needs to happen everywhere in the world. As key leaders meet in New York, their efforts will be enhanced by grassroots activities around the world, featured on the summit's website.

This two-week residential training programme is for young leaders aged between 20-35 years from the WCC member churches from Asia. Centred on the theme “Passionately Christian and Compassionately Interreligious” the training will equip participants to engage in ministries of justice and peace in pluralistic contexts from an interreligious perspective.

The World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network (WCC-EWN) invites you to use the season of Lent to reflect on water. Since 2008, the WCC-EWN through its campaign “Seven Weeks for Water” - has been providing weekly theological reflections and other resources on water for the seven weeks of Lent and for World Water Day on 22 March (which always falls during the Lenten period).

This training workshop will provide a space for dialogue on how men and women can contribute towards building peaceful communities. It will add to the efforts of women contributing towards an “ecumenical pilgrimage of justice and peace” consistent with a call from the WCC 10th Assembly in 2013.

The WCC Virtual Conference for Youth promises to be a direct encounter among young Christians living in many different countries.

The WCC general secretary has endorsed a call by Pope Francis for worldwide common prayer for peace in Syria “with a particular emphasis on Saturday, 7 September.”

The WCC 10th Assembly will take place in Busan, South Korea, under the theme “God of life, lead us to justice and peace”.