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“Feast of Creation” seminar explores and inspires toward global ecological transformation

The World Council of Churches (WCC) cosponsored with Laudato Si Research Institute and the World Communion of Reformed Churches, Lutheran World Federation, Anglican Communion, and World Methodist Council an international seminar on “The Feast of Creation and the Mystery of Creation: Ecumenism, Theology, Liturgy, and Signs of the Times in Dialogue,” from 14-16 March at Laudato Si’ Center of Assisi and Pro Civitate Christiana, in Italy.

20 March 2024

ZacTax event at CSW

“Zacchaeus Tax” panel brings faith-based lens to tax justice, gender justice

A panel discussion, “Zacchaeus Tax: Transforming the Global Economic System and Advancing Gender Justice,” on 19 March explored the intersections between tax justice and gender justice—and why this is a matter of faith.

20 March 2024

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WCC and partners share insights on debt crisis, climate, land and food sovereignty at World Social Forum

The World Council of Churches (WCC) contributed insights at side events of the World Social Forum titled “Debt Crisis, Food Sovereignty, and Climate Change,” and “Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, Agro-Ecology Energy, and Natural Resources.”

29 February 2024

women holding hands as they pray

Publication “Towards a Global Vision of the Church, Volume II” released during webinar

A new publication, “Towards a Global Vision of the Church, Volume II,” was released during a webinar on 14 December hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order.

21 December 2023

Rev. Serge Fornerod

Rev. Serge Fornerod reflects on crossroads of personal faith, professional life

Rev. Serge Fornerod is a former World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee, a member of the Green Village steering committee, and the new president of the FAP Foundation for Reformed Churches. He recently published a book, “Les Fornerod, une famille au service de l’Église” that details the intersection of his personal faith and professional life^[1].

15 December 2023

Applications open for 2024 Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics, and Management

Applications are open for the 2024 Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics, and Management Economy of Life, to be held in Nairobi, Kenya TBC, 19-30 August 2024.

14 December 2023

Panelists of the side-event

Food, water, climate justice a moral imperative, shows COP28 side event

A COP28 side event on 10 December, entitled “Faith communities have a moral imperative to address Water-food-climate Justice,” reimagined a world in which climate action policies help create a habitable world for all.

12 December 2023

Migrant workers praying at the Tanzi Church in Taichung, Taiwan, Photo: Paul Jeffrey/Life on Earth pictures

Publication “Towards a Global Vision of the Church, Volume II” will be released during webinar

A new publication, “Towards a Global Vision of the Church, Volume II,” will be released during a webinar on 14 December hosted by the World Council of Churches Commission on Faith and Order.

11 December 2023

The Ecumenical Review marks 75th Anniversary of the World Council of Churches

The latest issue of The Ecumenical Review, the quarterly journal of the World Council of Churches (WCC) is titled “A Living Fellowship of Churches” and marks the 75th anniversary of the WCC, which was founded in 1948 at its 1st Assembly in Amsterdam.

30 November 2023

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New study advocates “reformed catholicity” to promote Christianity unity

A new study published by a pioneering ecumenical group based in France is advocating a vision of “reformed catholicity” that will promote full communion between Roman Catholics and Protestants.

30 November 2023

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WCC executive committee recap: with focus on some of the world’s most serious challenges, and how the WCC brings hope

The World Council of Churches executive committee completed its meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, 8-14 November, with a sense of moving the fellowship forward on the Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity.

17 November 2023

Abuja Sunday prayer

Churches in Nigeria fill with music, dancing, and prayer as WCC visits

Members of the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee visited an array of churches in Nigeria on 12 November, bringing a deep spiritual aspect to their gathering, taking place in Abuja from 8-14 November.

14 November 2023

hands holding money

WCC joins global call for fair redistribution of wealth and social protection

In a letter to the United Nations General Assembly, the World Council of Churches (WCC) joined other global Christian organizations in reiterating a call for a New International Financial and Economic Architecture (NIFEA).

23 October 2023

VH Hall tapestry

Greetings pour in to commemorate WCC’s 75th anniversary

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has been fielding a growing number of greetings and reflections as it continues to observe its 75th anniversary.

22 September 2023

indigenous women holding messages at COP27

NIFEA group calls for reimagined global financial alternatives

Meeting at the same time as the G20 summit in Delhi, India, a group of social thinkers, community activists, theologians, and religious leaders has called for “radical alternatives” to be reimagined “as an alternative to capitalism, state domination, patriarchy, ableism, cis-heteronormativity, and all forms of racism and casteism.”

21 September 2023

GEM School 2023

GEM School explores how to make new economic world order a reality

Held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – a city of socioeconomic contrasts – from 21 August to 1 September, the 6th edition of the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics, and Management for an Economy of Life (GEM School 2023) gathered 24 participants to rethink economic systems for a more equitable, sustainable planet.

08 September 2023

NIFEA Consultation on Labour 2023 group photo

Exploring the heart of Labour: Insights from the NIFEA Consultation on Labour

In the lively urban setting of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, theologians, church delegates, activists, and individuals attending the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics, and Management for an Economy of Life (GEM School) came together between August 21 and 23. They convened for a deep and meaningful discussion at the NIFEA Consultation on Labour.

31 August 2023

Kenneth Mtata in Malasia

WCC inspires “Theology of Work” discussion for churches in Malaysia

World Council of Churches (WCC) programme director for Public Witness and Diakonia Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata delved into the heart of “Theology of Work” in a keynote address during the opening of the New International Financial and Economic Architecture (NIFEA) Consultation on Labour, being hosted 21-23 August by the National Council of Churches in Malaysia.

22 August 2023

Crowds watching the burning buildings in Pakistan

WCC condemns attacks against churches in Pakistan

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed shock at receiving reports of violent attacks against churches and Christians in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

17 August 2023

WCC-SOFTE Seminar

Eco-justice seminar delves into spiritual dimensions of caring for the cosmos

The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Ecumenical and Francophone Society on the Theology of Ecology cohosted a hybrid seminar from 5-7 July at the Ecumenical Center in Geneva.

11 July 2023