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"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.

A World Free From Nuclear Weapons is Possible: remarks by Peter Prove, Director of the WCC's Commission of the Churches on International Affairs at the International Meeting for Peace: Religions and Cultures in Dialogue "The Audacity of Peace", Berlin, 10-12 September 2023.

Keynote address of Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata, WCC programme director for Public Witness and Diakonia at the "International Conference for Reconciliation in Colombia", Bogota, Colombia, 9 August 2023

Lecture of the World Council of Churches central committee moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm delivered at the Kitzingen deanery, a regional church district near Würzburg, Germany.

Welcome address by Marianne Ejdersten, World Council of Churches director of communication at the seminar "Caring for the Earth, transforming lives: Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration" on 12 May 2023.

In a joint message on gender-based violence, sexual abuse, and faith communities, 26 World Council of Churches (WCC) Thursdays in Black ambassadors lament that the scourge of sexual and gender-based violence continues unabated—and call on faith communities to prevent such violence in their own spaces.

"Witnessing in unity to Christ’s Compassionate love in times of survival", Address of the Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the World Council of Churches central committee, at the WCC Central Committee meeting of 15-18 June 2022.

World Council of Churches moderator Dr Agnes Abuom reflects on the theme of the WCC 11th Assembly, “Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity” at the 102nd Katholikentag in Stuttgart, Germany.

The GETI 2022 theme, “Christ’s Love (Re)moves Borders,” echoes the WCC 11th Assembly theme, “Christ’s Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity.” The study process will guide participants to delve deeply and creatively into the theological and practical implications of the claim that Christ (re)moves borders.

Script of the video message by the WCC central committee moderator Dr Agnes Abuom to the WCC central committee meeting, 9 February 2022.

“Social Justice in Our Digital Age: An Ecumenical Aim”, message of Dr Agnes Abuom, WCC Central Committee moderator at the international symposium “Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age”, 15 September 2021

The World Council of Churches (WCC) invites communicators from around the globe to be part of a professional online communication team to support the WCC 11th Assembly in 2022. 

Communications from the WCC should be inclusive and maintain high accessibility. Inclusive and accessible communication contributes to creating a more inclusive WCC and realizing the human rights of all persons, including persons with disabilities. 

Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, World Council of Churches (WCC) deputy general secretary for Public Witness and Diakonia, reflects on how the WCC’s Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace, though forced to change during COVID-19, has nonetheless brought gifts to the WCC and to the world.

Statement: 25 February 2021

Christian health networks appeal for global equity and solidarity in access to Covid-19 vaccines

Prof. Dr Mathew Koshy Punnackad was one of the pioneers who initiated the “green church” movement in India in the 1990s. Today, he is the director of the Ecological Concerns Department of the Church of South India (CSI). In an interview with the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network, he talks about caring for life on earth as a spiritual commitment, about “greening” the church, and the importance of education for sustainable development.