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Interreligious dialogue as a part of the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace

As my year as an intern in the Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation team in the WCC draws to a close, it is time to ponder the changing face of the interfaith movement during the turbulent year of 2015. It is clear that in Europe at least the climate concerning different faiths and Islam in particular took a turn for the worse.

01 February 2016

Matias Ikkala

What could the World Council of Churches do regarding global migration?

It's true: migration is a common phenomenon in human history. People have always been moving from one place to the other either forced by circumstances or by choice. However, in our post-colonial, post-cold-war world of globalization, with increased inequality both with in countries and between countries as well as with increased awareness and enhanced transport, the scale of human migration continues to grow every year.

20 January 2016

Lemma Desta

Lecture - Speech

Service and advocacy: Matters of faith?

Speech given by WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit at the Nordic Conference on Systematic Theology, Helsinki, on 9 January, 2016

12 January 2016

Message

The Right to Hope, COP 21

Advent message from the General Secretary, Rev.Dr Olav Fykse Tveit at COP 21 in Paris, France.

28 November 2015

WCC Executive Committee works toward a future of peace and justice

Violence in the name of religion echoed in the distance, demanding a response, through the November 2015 meeting of the 25-member Executive Committee of the WCC in Bogis-Bossey and nearby Geneva, Switzerland as it planned the work of the Council in the coming years.

19 November 2015

Church challenge: Welcoming "strangers" in a climate of fear

In the midst of a mounting climate of fear of refugees and immigrants, the WCC is calling on Christians to be true to the Biblical imperative to “welcome the stranger”.

18 November 2015

Pilgrims for climate justice

After the terrorist attacks last week, I think we can better understand the feelings of the disciples of Emmaus: sadness, lots of questions, fear, despair. But, however terrible the episode that had occurred, it didn’t paralyze them. They walked to Emmaus. Maybe they were escaping from Jerusalem, full of fear, but they walked, they were pilgrims…

16 November 2015

Guillermo Kerber Mas

COP21: WCC reaffirms commitment to address climate change

The Executive Committee of the WCC released a statement in the lead-up to the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris expressing hope that the event will achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C.

15 November 2015

The WCC Executive Committee statement was read during a prayer service at Saint-Pierre Cathedral, Geneva. © WCC/Peter Williams

WCC strongly condemned terror attacks

The WCC Executive Committee has strongly condemned the latest terror attacks in Paris and Beirut.

14 November 2015

Letter

Solidarity letter to member churches in France

A letter of solidarity following terrorist attacks in Paris.

14 November 2015

Message

Solidarity letter to member churches in the Middle East

A letter of solidarity following terrorist attacks in Beirut.

14 November 2015

Statement: public statement

Statement on terrorist attacks in Paris

The WCC has strongly condemned the latest terror attacks in Paris and Beirut, in a statement issued on 14 November by its executive committee during their meeting in Bogis-Bossey, Switzerland.

14 November 2015

Executive committee

Statement: public statement

Statement on killings in Kuwait, Tunisia and France

Statement on killings in Kuwait, Tunisia and France, by WCC acting general secretary Georges Lemopoulos.

29 June 2015

Becoming pilgrims: walking alongside our brothers and sisters in Egypt

Egypt, that ancient and mysterious land where the pyramids of Giza grace the hot desert landscape and the Pharaohs once reigned. A land overflowing with beauty and a historical richness unparalleled in all the globe. Today, it is a place whose regal image has been tarnished by the devastating consequences of revolution, economic decline, and fanatical religious zeal.

11 June 2015

Aleshia Johnson

Lecture - Speech

"Our life and our death are with our neighbour”: Commemorating a genocide, affirming our common humanity

“Our life and our death are with our neighbour” – this is a spiritual affirmation from the Christian tradition which we owe to Saint Anthony, a monk from Egypt of the third and fourth century. This is our common legacy from the early years of Armenia and its Christian history. To be human is to be part of the one humanity. From the first day of our life we depend on others. Today we are reminded in a dramatic way that belonging to one another is our destiny, for better or for worse. The gift of life together includes our responsibility for one another. This is a matter of being human, created by God for fellowship and unity.

23 April 2015

Anglican Church of Kenya calls for unity to defeat terrorism

The primate of the Anglican Church of Kenya, Rev. Dr Eliud Wabukala, in his message for Good Friday called for unity in order to defeat the terrorist threat faced by the country.

14 April 2015

Sermon

Sermon at the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan 150 years anniversary

Sermon at the celebration of the 150 years anniversary of the Presbyterian Church of Taiwan, Taipei by the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, on Easter morning. Text: Matthew 28:1-10. Theme: “Do not be afraid!”

05 April 2015

Letter

Letter to Pakistani churches after Lahore bomb attacks

Letter from the WCC general secretary to Pakistani churches, following attackes on churches in Lahores, addressed to Bishop Samuel R. Azariah and Rev. Arif Masih Siraj.

17 March 2015