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  • February 14, 2018
    Seven weeks of Lent highlight water justice in Latin America

    The World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network has invited people to use the season of Lent to reflect on water. This year, the focus is on Latin America.

  • February 9, 2018
    WCC delegation visits Conference of Latin American Bishops

    As part of a Pilgrimage Reference Group meeting in Bogota, Colombia from 6-10 February, a WCC delegation has visited the headquarters of the Conference of Latin American Bishops.

  • January 29, 2018
    WCC Asia president reflects on changing ecclesial landscape

    Preaching at the Beijing Gangwashi Church in China, World Council of Churches Asia president, the Rev Dr Sang Chang explored the question of where Christianity is headed in the 21st century.

  • January 10, 2018
    American Friends Service Committee among NGOs banned by Israel

    The American Friends Service Committee is one of 20 organisations whose members are now banned from entering Israel. Members of these groups, most of whom  which back the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, will be denied entry visas and residency rights.

  • October 31, 2017
    First Christian-Confucian dialogue initiated by WCC begins in Seoul

    For the first time in its history, the World Council of Churches  has initiated a formal dialogue with Confucians. The dialogue commenced on 27 October in Seoul with an interreligious consultation on Christian-Confucian relations.

  • September 11, 2017
    Search for unity an 'urgent need today', says WCC chief

    The need for the ecumenical movement is an urgent one today, said World Council of Churches General Secretary, the Rev Dr.Olav Fykse Tveit,as he spoke last week at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University in Minnesota .

  • August 28, 2017
    WCC chief hails 'extraordinary chance for hope' at Ecumenical Assembly

    In a speech at the Wittenberg Ecumenical Assembly on 25 August 2017, World Council of Churches General Secretary, the Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, reviewed the work of the ecumenical movement in 2017, describing “an extraordinary ecumenical chance at this point in history.”

  • August 26, 2017
    Fly kites, not drones at Greenbelt

    What are you doing over the bank holiday? If you are one of the 10,000 plus attending Greenbelt, a festival for the common good, you may get a chance to fly a kite with Quaker peace educator Ellis Brooks.

  • August 21, 2017
    World Council of Churches condemns Barcelona attack

    Following the attack in a popular tourist area of Barcelona, Spain on 17 August 2017, World Council of Churches General Secretary, the Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has called for an end to attacks on innocent people and a unified voice of justice and peace across the world.

  • August 16, 2017
    Charlottesville churches unite to show the power of love over hate

    On Saturday, 12 August 2917 in Charlottesville, Virginia, one woman died and 19 others were injured when a man who, after rallying with white supremacist groups, rammed his car into a crowd. Earlier in the day, two law enforcement officers lost their lives when their helicopter crashed as they patrolled the gathering crowds.