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The 70-year-old War Armistice Agreement should be replaced with a peace treaty, urged the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee in a public statement. “In a time of renewed escalation of tensions and confrontation on the Korean Peninsula, we recall that this year marks the 70th anniversary of the 1953 Armistice Agreement which established a ceasefire, but not a formal end, to the Korean War,” reads the text. “We pray for peace and dialogue to end this dangerous cycle, and for denuclearization not only of the Korean Peninsula but of the entire world.”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee approved a communications strategy that focuses on innovative and inspiring ways to tell the story of the global ecumenical fellowship.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee will meet 21-27 June in its first meeting since the governing body was elected at the WCC 11th Assembly in 2022. The group will predominately focus on strategies and concrete measures for achieving goals staked out by the assembly. Turning priorities into actions in all programmatic areas and further strengthening the WCC’s influence on world affairs in a spirit of pilgrimage, reconciliation, and unity, are key objectives.

Fourteen students have completed the Formation en Théologie Interculturelle course at the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Institute at Bossey. The course began in October 2022 and ended on 27 May 2023. The students, all from French-speaking parts of Europe, reflected on the rewards of their studies.

A delegation from the Amity Foundation visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) on 5 June, participating in a morning prayer, then greeting WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay.

Beloved ecumenical leader and indefatigable peacemaker Dr Agnes Abuom has died at the age of 73 in her native Kenya, following a short illness.

As the leaders of the World Communion of Reformed Churches convened, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay extended warm greetings and prayers that God will guide and accompany them in their deliberations.