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Participants of the meeting at the Ecumenical Institute, Bossey.

Peacebuilding and migrants are future foci of Roman Catholic-WCC working group

Roman Catholic and WCC representatives are forging new ways of working together on today’s most pressing issues.

19 September 2016

Meeting in Greece explores ecological concerns from Christian perspective

The Association Internationale pour l’ Education Sociale Chretienne (AIESC), or International Association for Social Christian Teaching, held its 30th anniversary meeting at the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece from 2-3 September.

16 September 2016

Globethics.net offers a new resource on Eco-Theology, Climate Justice and Food Security

Speaking at a book launch on 9 September linked with the meeting of the Globethics.net consortium committee at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Professor Dietrich Werner challenged churches and related religious bodies to respond to today’s environmental crisis by answering the question “How can we make our impact felt?”

09 September 2016

Day of worldwide “Care of Creation” prayer - and action - unites Christians

“As Christians, we have hope. We believe God does not abandon creation and that we ourselves can become beacons of that hope by sowing the seeds of a different future”, said Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC, in a video message calling upon Christians worldwide to pray together for “God’s beautiful work”.

29 August 2016

Tveit offers greetings to Buddhists on the day of Vesakh

In a message to its Buddhist partners, WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit offered greetings on the day of Vesakh, which celebrates the founder of the faith, Siddhartha Gautama.

19 May 2016

Message

Vesakh greetings 2016

Greetings of good will to Buddhist partners, from the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit on the occasion of the Festival of Vesakh.

19 May 2016

General Secretary

Seven Weeks for Water 2016, week 1: "And we are still thirsty for water!", by Bishop Munib Younan

Salaam and grace to you from Jerusalem, the Holy City. As an Arab Christian, I am thankful for the opportunity to write a reflection for this year’s “Seven Weeks for Water”. Of course, this part of the world always has been dealing with water issues because of its dry climate and few water resources. Today, however, the Palestinian people face an even greater water challenge. It is a crisis that grows worse year after year.

01 March 2016

A consultation in the Philippines served as a forum for voices of people severely impacted by climate change. © Jonathan Sta. Rosa/NCCP

Consultation considers right to food in context of climate change

As the 21st Conference of Parties (COP 21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change came to a close in Paris, a consultation organized by the National Council of Churches in the Philippines and the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance of the WCC on 11 December in Quezon City, Philippines considered “The Right to Food and Life in the Context of Climate Change.”

15 December 2015

Message

Christmas 2015

A greeting from the World Council of Churches

30 November 2015

General Secretary

Event

A farmer tends to his crops in Thaba Bosiu, Lesotho. © Albin Hillert/WCC

Churches’ Week of Action on Food

15 - 22 October 2017

The Churches’ Week of Action on Food is an opportunity for Christians and others around the world to act together for food justice and food sovereignty. It is a special time to raise awareness about farming approaches that help individuals and communities develop resiliency and combat poverty. The Food for Life Campaign places a particular emphasis on sustainable agricultural practices and the situation of smallholder producers and their access to, and control over, natural resources such as land, water and seeds.

Worldwide

Seven Weeks for Water 2015, week 2: "Carrying our cross for water justice: stories from the subaltern communities - Indian context", by Rajendra Sail

The second biblical reflection of the Seven Weeks for Water 2015 is by Advocate Rajendra Sail, a founding member of an ecumenical social change organization, Raipur Churches Development & Relief Committee (RCDRC), in Chhattisgarh (Central India). Through this reflection, he challenges the rampant commodification of water by the profit oriented corporates, when people are denied access to water for a dignified living.

02 March 2015

Seven Weeks for Water 2015, week 1: "Engendering Water: An Eco-Feminist Reading from Southern Africa", by Kuzipa Nalwamba

The biblical reflection for the first of the Seven Weeks for Water 2015 is by Kuzipa Nalwamba, an ordained minister of the United Church of Zambia (UCZ), who is currently pursuing her PhD from University of Pretoria. She highlights the undeniable underlining gap between men and women’s political, economic and social conditions, contribution and participation, which also gets reflected on access to water. More often than not, the burden of meeting water needs for the families, unfairly rests on the women.

01 March 2015

Message

Greetings to Hindus on the occasion of Diwali

Greetings from the WCC general secretray Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit to Hindus on the occasion of Diwali.

22 October 2014

General Secretary

An olive tree at the Ecumenical Centre chapel in Geneva. © WCC/Nikos Kosmidis

Prayers, reflections and action during “Time for Creation”

Invoking prayers for creation, eco-justice and peace with the earth, Time for Creation, a Christian global event, is observed worldwide by many member churches of the WCC. This year, the Council has invited a focus on the theme “pilgrimage of justice and peace” – a call issued by the WCC 10th Assembly in Busan, Republic of Korea in 2013.

15 September 2014

Statement: public statement

Statement towards a Nuclear-free World

Statement towards a nuclear free world, adopted as part of the Report of the Public Issues Committee by the World Council of Churches Central Committee.

07 July 2014

Central Committee

Bishop Sofie Petersen, who grew up in coastal Greenland, has strong ties to her community. © WCC/Peter Williams

“Churches will have to move”

While Bishop Sofie Petersen can talk convincingly about the science behind climate change, she'd rather talk about what's happening to the people in her home region of Greenland.

05 July 2014

Churches are asked to pray for Ukraine

Prayers for peace in Ukraine, and for the success of peace talks now underway in Geneva, Switzerland, have been requested by the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the Geneva-based WCC.

17 April 2014

Women and children sing and dance a song about global climate change in Chidyamanga, southern Malawi. “We are always hungry because of climate change, droughts and floods,” according to the song’s chorus. © ACT Alliance/Paul Jeffrey

Churches use season of Lent to raise awareness of climate change

Lent, a season for prayers and reflections by Christians around the world, has become an opportunity for the churches to respond to climate change, an issue which deeply impacts the communities they serve.

04 April 2014

Seven Weeks for Water 2014, week 7: "A Lenten Journey: From the wilderness of drought to the springs of living water", by Stephen Larson

The seventh and final reflection of the Seven Weeks for Water 2014 is by Stephen Larson, the interim pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Geneva, English-speaking congregation. In this reflection, he narrates the “watery Lenten journey” of his congregation, inspired by the EWN’s Seven Weeks for Water. His congregation chose water as the theme for all the 7 weeks of Lent, including Holy Week through Easter. You can find various worship resources used by this congregation during their Lenten journey on the EWN website.

07 March 2014