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NIFEA Communiqué

We, the members of communities including social thinkers, clergy, theologians, activists, and community leaders representing social organizations, ecumenical institutions, and religious traditions, gathered under the aegis of the New International Financial Economic Architecture (NIFEA). We met at a time when leaders of the G20 were also gathering to deliberate on the future of this planet.

21 September 2023

WCC Programmes

A young representative from Latin America pictured at a moment of prayer during the WCC central committee in Geneva, June 2023, Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC

WCC will host consultation on evangelism and formation in Latin America

The World Council of Churches, in partnership with Centro Evangélico de Misiología Andino Amazónica, will host a Consultation on Evangelism in Theological Education and Missiological Formation In Latin America.

20 September 2023

Sermon

H.B. Theophilos III homily at the Global Ecumenical Service of the WCC for the World Week of Prayer for Peace in the Holy Land

19 September 2023

Ecumenical movement

Global prayer reflects on spiritual home in the Holy Land

A global ecumenical prayer hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 18 September focused on the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, and the meaning of finding a spiritual home in the Holy Land.

18 September 2023

Feature story

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Bethlehem Reborn is a living exhibition showing the “Wonders of the Nativity”

Taisir Hasbun gets a glint in his eyes when he talks about "Bethlehem Reborn – Palestine – The Wonders of the Nativity.”

15 September 2023

WCC greetings to Lutheran World Federation: “live an ecumenism of the heart”

In a joint greeting to the Lutheran World Federation Assembly, gathered in Krakow, Poland from 13-19 September, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Pillay and WCC moderator Bishop Prof. Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm reflected on the assembly’s theme, “One Body, One Spirit, One Hope.”

14 September 2023

Group photo of Bossey students at Bossey faculty at the opening plenary September 2023

New academic year Bossey students are reminded to share, engage, learn, teach, strategize, and expand their horizons

As a new academic year is officially underway, Bossey faculty and staff, together with 31 students from around the world gathered for an opening prayer service in the Bossey chapel on 13 September, embarking on what will be an intense period of ecumenical community building, academic learning, and discovering profound connectivity between them.

14 September 2023

Moderator of Central Committee

Common greetings by WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay and moderator Bishop Prof. Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm at the LWF Assembly

13 September 2023

Global prayer will commemorate World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel

A global ecumenical prayer on 18 September will commemorate the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, being observed this year from 16-23 September. The World Council of Churches (WCC) is inviting online or in-person participation for people to pray, advocate, and stand in solidarity with people in the Holy Land.

13 September 2023

Moderator of Central Committee

Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm: "The Word of God: Compass for Our Time"

"The Word of God: Compass for Our Time", reflection by the World Council of Churches moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm during at the International Meeting for Peace held on 10-12 September in Berlin, Germany.

13 September 2023

Opening of the exhibition “Bethlehem Reborn – Palestine – The Wonders of the Nativity”

Bethlehem and its basilica are signs of hope for the whole human family, the Jerusalem patriarch tells WCC

Bethlehem and its basilica are signs of hope, not just to one community or church, but to the whole human family, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilus III of Jerusalem and All Palestine told a gathering at the World Council of Churches in Geneva.

12 September 2023

Speech by Dr. Ramzi Khoury at the opening event of the exhibition "Bethlehem Reborn"

12 September 2023

Ecumenical movement

H.B. Theophilos III Patriarch of Jerusalem and All Palestine remarks at the exhibition of the renovation and restoration of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem at the World Council of Churches in Geneva

12 September 2023

Ecumenical movement

WCC general secretary greetings at the opening of the Bethlehem Reborn Exhibition

12 September 2023

General Secretary

Interview

Chateau de Bossey thriving as lives are transformed

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Institute at Bossey was inaugurated in 1946 at the scenic Château de Bossey—and it’s thriving in unprecedented ways today. It draws not only students but families, theologians, and vacationers who visit the Hotel & Conference Center for many different reasons.

08 September 2023

Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata reflects on “Hope in a fragile world” at diakonia conference in Germany

World Council of Churches (WCC) progamme director for Public Witness and Diakonia Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata offered a keynote address at a conference for the Diakonia Region Africa-Europe of the World Federation of Diaconal Associations and Diaconal Communities.

08 September 2023