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Material compilation for the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, 16-23 September 2023.

Resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2023: Do good; seek justice (Isaiah 1:17)

Resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2023: Do good; seek justice (Isaiah 1:17)

The GETI 2022 theme, “Christ’s Love (Re)moves Borders,” echoes the WCC 11th Assembly theme, “Christ’s Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity.” The study process will guide participants to delve deeply and creatively into the theological and practical implications of the claim that Christ (re)moves borders.

Concept note for the 2021 World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel

Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, World Council of Churches (WCC) deputy general secretary for Public Witness and Diakonia, reflects on how the WCC’s Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace, though forced to change during COVID-19, has nonetheless brought gifts to the WCC and to the world.

In the southern part of Cape Town lies the beautiful False Bay, home to dolphins, seals, whales, surfers, and swimmers. It is a treasured part of Cape Town life where many go to spend family time on the beautiful beaches and the warmer waters of the Indian Ocean.

Under the theme “Creative Solidarity in Common Fragility,” people of faith all over the world are encouraged to demonstrate the power of prayer during the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel. This special week of prayer coupled with action is held annually and includes the International Day of Peace on 21 September.

The heart’s conversation with God online - A reflection by Marianne Ejdersten, director of Communications for the World Council of Churches, Geneva, Switzerland. The article published in the Norwegian Magazine for pastors in June, 2020.

Hjärtats samtal med Gud på nätet
En reflektion av Marianne Ejdersten, kommunikationsdirektör för Kyrkornas Världsråd, Geneve, Schweiz

On 12 August, the World Council of Churches (WCC) will celebrate Ecumenical International Youth Day with the theme “Young People and Mental Health.” A worship celebration with expert speakers, music, prayer and Bible studies is being planned, and a “toolkit” is being released before the event to help WCC member churches provide a safe space for youth to strengthen their mental health.

This document brings some of the questions the faithful may face and answers from two World Council of Churches (WCC) medical practitioners, Dr Mwai Makoka and Dr Manoj Kurian.

This document brings the guidelines for submission of prayer and music resources for the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches, to be held in Karlsruhe, Germany, September 2021.

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

This document is a summary and synthesis of policy positions on key issues pertaining to the situation in Palestine and Israel adopted by governing bodies of the World Council of Churches (WCC) from 1948 to 2016. It addresses major themes in these policy positions, but does not pretend to full comprehensiveness. The document has no official standing itself; for the official authoritative positions, the original policy documents referred to should be consulted directly.

One in the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread and prayer.

Acts 2 : 42 - 47 

Tanner discusses Faith and Order as a movement, as a Commission, as an agenda, as a method, and as a commitment to the future.

Preparatory document for the upcoming centenary of the Edinburgh 1910 World Missionary Conference