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The Prophetic Witness for Life, Justice, and Peace Conference and Seminars concluded in Johannesburg on 16 June, marking a moment of reawakening and recommitment for church leaders and partners across southern Africa. Participants pledged to transform the insights and prophetic calling of their gathering into tangible action within their congregations, communities, and countries.

Participants in an ongoing “Prophetic Witness for Life, Justice, and Peace Conference” on 14 June in Johannesburg, South Africa, broke into seminars focusing on many facets of justice—climate, economic, racial, gender, and health.

Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) organise du 12 au 16 juin, en collaboration avec la Communauté des Conseils chrétiens d’Afrique australe et le Conseil des Églises d’Afrique du Sud, une conférence et des séminaires qui s’inspirent du centenaire de la conférence inaugurale du Christianisme pratique de 1925 axée sur le rôle de l’Église dans la lutte contre les injustices sociales, politiques et économiques.

A new network of young people, ages 20-30, has formed a cohort called “Ecumenical voices of youth ambassadors”, to articulate a vision of rooted in justice, unity, and reconciliation. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC), in collaboration with the Fellowship of Christian Councils in Southern Africa and the South African Council of Churches, is organizing from 12-16 June a conference and seminars inspired by the centenary of the 1925 Life and Work inaugural conference, which emphasized the church’s role in addressing social, political, and economic injustices.

World Council of Churches president from North America Rev. Dr Angelique Walker-Smith has authored a book, A Legacy of Faith and Justice: Pan-African Advocacy and Leadership for Ending Hunger, that celebrates 50 years of advocacy through Bread for the World.

Amidst a global momentum in discussions on decolonization and reparations, African churches are challenging the notion that early Western missionaries were part of the colonial enterprise, while asserting that the continent’s churches were not solely a product of colonialism.