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The World Council of Churches (WCC) is inviting its member churches in four regions to take part in a survey on freedom of religion or belief (FORB). 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Executive Committee, meeting in Cyprus, an island that is still suffering from the consequences of unresolved conflict, expressed in a statement deep concern over the scars of division, dispossession, and displacement that remain unhealed.

Prayer will be at the centre of the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order when it gathers in October 2025 near Alexandria, Egypt, on the theme “Where now for visible unity?”

La Comisión de los Jóvenes en el Movimiento Ecuménico del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) se reunió en Manila (Filipinas) con motivo de la primera reunión presencial desde su formación. El encuentro, programado del 13 al 19 de noviembre, congrega a dirigentes ecuménicos jóvenes de todo el mundo con la misión de amplificar las voces de los jóvenes, abordar desafíos mundiales y locales apremiantes, y establecer estrategias intencionales y viables para iniciativas religiosas dirigidas por los jóvenes.

Die Kommission für junge Erwachsene in der ökumenischen Bewegung (YPEM, Young People in the Ecumenical Movement) des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) versammelte sich seit ihrer Gründung zum ersten Mal persönlich in Manila, Philippinen. Die Tagung findet vom 13. bis 19. November statt und empfängt junge ökumenische Führungspersonen der ganzen Welt mit dem Ziel, jungen Stimmen Gehör zu verschaffen, dringende globale und lokale Herausforderungen anzugehen sowie gezielte und machbare Strategien für religiöse, von jungen Menschen geführten Initiativen zu entwickeln.

La Commission des jeunes dans le mouvement œcuménique (JMO) du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) s’est réunie à Manille, aux Philippines, pour sa première réunion en personne depuis sa création. Du 13 au 19 novembre, ce rassemblement réunit des jeunes responsables œcuméniques du monde entier afin de faire entendre plus fort la voix des jeunes, de relever les défis mondiaux et locaux urgents et d’établir des stratégies internationales concrètes pour des initiatives menées par les jeunes.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Young People in the Ecumenical Movement (YPEM) convened in Manila, Philippines, marking the start of its first in-person meeting since its formation. The gathering, scheduled from 13-19 November, unites young ecumenical leaders from around the globe with a mission to amplify youth voices, address pressing global and local challenges, and establish intentional, actionable strategies for youth-led faith initiatives.

An upcoming “Advocacy Training for Church Workers” will show religious leaders, lay leaders, educators, seminary students, and interested individuals how to effectively integrate advocacy into preaching, liturgy, and Bible studies. 

Facing contemporary social, political, and economic challenges, churches need to develop theologies of life, justice, and peace, according to Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata, the programme director for public witness and diakonia of the World Council of Churches (WCC) at a public lecture in Germany. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC), along with global faith organizations, raised urgent awareness of the growing hunger crisis through the "Weekend of Prayer and Action Against Hunger." Inspired by Isaiah 58—"to loose the chains of injustice, untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free...and share our food with the hungry"—this global movement called on faith communities to take spiritual and practical steps to help end hunger.