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WCC annual review 2024 now available in four languages

The World Council of Churches (WCC) annual review 2024 is now available in four languages: English, German, French and Spanish. Entitled Pursuing Peace Together,” the annual review records many of the WCCs activities undertaken in 2024 and continuing into 2025.

Interfaith gathering in the spirit of Talanoa dialogue @SB62

16 June 2025

The World Council of Churches (WCC), as a member of the Interfaith Liaison Committee to the UNFCCC, invites faith communities, institutions, and climate justice advocates to participate in a Talanoa dialogue during SB62—the 62nd Sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies taking place 16-26 June 2025 in Bonn, Germany. 

Webinar - Unity of the Church: Anglican Perspectives and Ecumenical Responses

16 June 2025

As part of a preparatory series for the upcoming WCC Faith and Order World Conference—themed Where Now for Visible Unity?”—the third webinar of the series brings together theologians and church leaders from across traditions to discuss one of the most ambitious Anglican documents on unity in recent decades: The Nairobi-Cairo Proposals: Renewing the Instruments of the Anglican Communion.”

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WCC shares insights on Nicaea and the quest for Christian unity

During the international conference ”Nicaea and the Church of the Third Millennium: Towards Catholic-Orthodox Unity,” held 3-7 June, director of the World Council of Churches Commission on Faith and Order Dr Andrej Jeftić spoke on Nicaea and the Quest for Christian Unity: A Faith and Order Perspective on the Councils Ecumenical Significance.

Statement by the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches on the Occasion of the Oceans Conference 2025 Nice, France, June 9-13, 2025

The World Council of Churches welcomes the Oceans Conference 2025 being held in Nice, France from 9-13 June 2025 under the theme, “Accelerating action and mobilizing all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean.” This gathering affirms our collective commitment to protect and preserve one of the most vital and vulnerable components of our planet—our oceans. 

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Barbados journeys down memory lane during “Hymnspeak”

Hundreds of people gathered in St Marys Anglican Church in Bridgetown, Barbados, for a trip down memory lane on 27 May during the annual Hymnspeak,” during which people of all ages lifted their voices in harmony, singing timeless hymns that have shaped their faith and experiences.

African churches consult on decolonization, reparations

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 continents churches were not solely a product of colonialism.