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African Anglican women bishops, after a gathering in Kenya from 8-14 January, released a communique emphasizing the need for authentic women’s leadership, and calling on the church to stop its silence on gender inequalities. 

Message of the H.E. Archbishop Dr Aykazian Vicken, Vice-moderator of the WCC central committee at the "Religious Leaders Unite for Climate Peace in Solidarity with Refugees" event at the Ecumenical Center, Geneva, Switzerland 12 December 2023.

As the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee met in Abuja, Nigeria, on 8-14 November, the governing body published a statement that included deep appreciation of Nigeria’s “astonishing diversity of cultures, languages, and religions”—as well as appeals to the Nigerian government to address economic injustice and other grave challenges facing the nation.

A Joint Ecumenical Statement on The Situation in the Sudan Issued on 24th June 2023

Report of the WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay to the WCC Central Committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, 21 - 27 June 2023.

Address of Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, moderator of the World Council of Churches central committee, at the WCC central committee meeting on 21-27 June 2023.

Resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2024: You shall love the Lord your God ... and your neighbour as yourself (Luke 10:27)
 

Statement on the Conflict and Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan by the Executive committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting via video conference on 22-26 May 2023.

 

Statement on the Worsening Global Food Crisis by the Executive committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting via video conference on 22-26 May 2023.

Pastoral letter to the churches and people of South Sudan and to Norwegian Church Aid by Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the World Council of Churches.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed grave concern about the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan, and urged an end to hostilities.

Statement by the Youth Office of the Sudan Council of Churches, April 21, 2023 AD.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is deeply saddened by the sudden escalation of conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of Sudan's transitional governing Sovereign Council, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

The South Sudan Council of Churches released a statement on 10 March echoing the church leaders’ call for nonviolent means to solve the nation’s problems.

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.

Statement of the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay welcoming the visits of Pope Francis to the Democratic Republic of Congo and with Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, and Rt. Rev. Iain Greenshields, moderator of the general assembly of the Church of Scotland, to South Sudan on 3- 5 February,