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A planning meeting for the World Council of Churches (WCC) Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order and the Global Ecumenical Theological Institute 2025 (GETI) convened in St Bishoy Monastery in Egypt 28-29 June. The hybrid gathering focused on logistics, a stewards programme, communications, church and cultural visits, and budget.

At the closing prayer of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee on 24 June, the WCC governing body shared music, reflections, and movement after a weeklong gathering full of public statements, business decisions, and deep discernment. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee has elected new leaders—including for the central committee and executive committee—as well as assembly planners, in addition to other decisions related to nominations.

In a context of major reductions in investment in health, development, and humanitarian support, the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee called on churches to provide hope for the health of people and communities. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, in a statement, lamented that atrocity crimes against individuals and communities have marred human history since ancient times, and called for better international guarding against such crimes, including genocide.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, in a minute, expressed concern for the right and title to St Catherine’s Monastery, an autonomous monastic community spiritually connected with the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, located at the foot of Mount Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, in a statement, reiterated the foundational assertion that rejects war as contrary to God’s will, and called for an immediate global ceasefire as a moral imperative.

In addition to affirming the World Council of Churches’ commitment to the peace process in Colombia, the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, in a minute, also recognized the migration emergency that particularly affects several Central American countries and which is becoming a humanitarian crisis. 

A World Council of Churches (WCC) minute on the official US federal holiday of Juneteenth noted that the holiday not only celebrates the emancipation of formerly enslaved people of African descent in the US-North America context, but also “marks the memory of the broader global history/herstory of the transatlantic (‘Middle Passage’) extraction of African peoples and natural resources taken from Africa that still has consequences today, including the racialized impact of the debt and climate crisis.”

In a statement, the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee commemorated 80 years of the United Nations, particularly its founding principle of multilateral cooperation.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, as it focused on WCC programmes, made several decisions related to strong inclusivity, increased collaboration, existing programmes, and future ecumenical events. 

As the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee gathered in South Africa, the governing body celebrated the extraordinary legacy of South Africa’s churches and their leaders, who have embodied courageous Christian witness in the struggle against colonialism and apartheid.