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The Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe, at its General Assembly held in Rome on 6-8 November, published a message entitled “Protect people, protect our humanity." The message acknowledged the immense work being done by churches and other people of good will all over Europe. 

Address of the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay at the All Africa Conference of Churches 12th General Assembly, "Christ`s Love Compels Us to Justice, Reconciliation and Unity". 

Greetings from the World Council of Churches moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm to the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) assembly marking the 60th anniversary of the AACC.

We, the members of communities including social thinkers, clergy, theologians, activists, and community leaders representing social organizations, ecumenical institutions, and religious traditions, gathered under the aegis of the New International Financial Economic Architecture (NIFEA). We met at a time when leaders of the G20 were also gathering to deliberate on the future of this planet.

Greetings of Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the World Council of Churches on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, DC for Jobs and Freedom.

Congratulatory Message by Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana, South African Council of Churches, for Rev. Prof. Jerry Pillay at his installation as WCC General Secretary on 17 February 2023.

Christmas Message of the World Council of Churches, December 2022

Greetings message by Rev. Hong-Jung Lee, general secretary of the National Council of Churches in Korea, at the Ecumenical Peace Conversation in South Korea.

“A Call to Act Together”: Message of the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany

Opening an online international seminar commemorating the life of  Dr Paulose Mar Gregorios, World Council of Churches (WCC) deputy general secretary Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri shared thoughts on his ecumenical contributions.

Address by Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay to the WCC Central committee meeting on 17 June 2022.

Message of the conference "Christian Perspectives on Human Dignity and Human Rights", organised jointly by WCC, UEM and EKD, gathering 47 participants from 22 countries in Wuppertal (Germany) and online from 9 to 12 April 2022.

1.1 The representatives of Specialized Ministries, organizations connected to member churches of the World Council of Churches (WCC) serving the one ecumenical movement in the areas of mission, diakonia, relief and advocacy, gathered for an online Pre-Assembly 9 and 10 March 2022 in preparation for the WCC 11th Assembly, taking place in Karlsruhe, Germany, in September 2022.

Script of the video message by the WCC central committee moderator Dr Agnes Abuom to the WCC central committee meeting, 9 February 2022.

Address of Bishop Petra Bosse-Huber from the Evangelical Church in Germany at the meeting of WCC, EKD, German Federal Foreign Office and TransAtlantic Network, 13 October 2021

Address of Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the World Council of Churches Central Committee at the meeting of WCC, EKD, German Federal Foreign Office and TransAtlantic Network, 13 October 2021.

This Manifesto is the outcome of a symposium on “Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age,” held from 13 to 15 September 2021.

As a wide coalition of faith-based communities from around the world, we have committed to speaking
with one voice that rejects the existential threat to humanity that nuclear weapons pose. We reaffirm that the presence of even one nuclear weapon violates the core principles of our different faith traditions and threatens the unimaginable destruction of everything we hold dear.