#ThursdaysInBlack - At the WCC 2026 Ecumenical Formation Seminar currently underway, staff in specialized ministries are asking together: “What is ours to do now?” Today, the answer is support Thursdays in Black. It’s up to all of us.
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Regional theological institute is coming to Latin America in 2027: oikoumene.org/news/regional-theological-in...
🇰🇷 WCC general secretary opens convocation in Korea: “The Kingdom of God is peace”: oikoumene.org/news/wcc-general-secretary-o...
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$26bn spent, $365bn needed yearly. Grants, not loans. @FranciscansIntl @lutheranworld @christian_aid
🔗 www.oikoumene.org/news/faith-groups-carry-...
🇻🇪🇨🇴 WCC interview: ACT Alliance calls for solidarity, support after visiting earthquake-torn Colombia, Venezuela: oikoumene.org/news/act-alliance-calls-for-... 📷 by Ricardo Noite/HEKS/EPER, Albin Hille…
A session at the Greenbelt Festival in the UK, “Stop Funding the Climate Crisis: Christians Holding Banks Accountable”, featured how churches, including the Methodist Church, are turning to legal action to challenge those financing environmental harm: www.oikoumene.org/news/greenbelt-festival-...
🌏 The #EcumenicalPrayerCycle takes us through every region of the world over a year. This week we pray for #Benin, #IvoryCoast, #Togo.
🗓️ 06 - 12 September 2026
🙏 Find the prayer material here: www.oikoumene.org/resources/prayer-cycle/b...
An International Ecumenical Peace Convocation will convene 9-13 September in Seoul, Republic of Korea, under the theme “World Peace and the Korean Peninsula: The Church as a Community of Healing, Reconciliation, and Peacebuilding.”
Read more: www.oikoumene.org/news/2026-international-...
#Bossey80 🎂 What can its theological legacies teach us about the future of ecumenism?
Join theologians from different Christian traditions for “80 Years of Bossey in the Mirror of Theological Biographies.”
📅 7 Sept | 14:30 CET
💻 Online
👉 Register: oikoumene.org/events/webinar-80-years-of-b...
🇻🇦Joint Working Group deepens friendship, cooperation between WCC, Catholic Church: oikoumene.org/news/joint-working-group-dee...
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World Council of Churches (WCC), at UNCCD's COP17: land won't be restored without communities who hold it.
🔗 oikoumene.org/news/wcc-leaves-cop17-in-ula... 📷 Mongolian Presss Agency
1 September: 300 million Orthodox faithful ask a hard climate question. Metropolitan Serafim Kykotis reflects. www.oikoumene.org/blog/a-day-of-prayer-a-d... 📷 Albin Hillert/WCC
New feast, first since 1983: the Feast of Creation in Christ opened Season of Creation. #SeasonOfCreation oikoumene.org/news/season-of-creation-2026... 📷 LWF/Albin Hillert
🌊 This week in the WCC blog: "God is not saying that we will not pass through the waters. We will. But God is saying: “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you.” That is the difference." oikoumene.org/blog/through-the-waters
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Annual formation seminar will offer specialized ministries opportunity to ask: “What is ours to do now?” oikoumene.org/news/annual-formation-semina...
What should climate finance deliver? WCC joins @FranciscansIntl, @lutheranworld, @ACTAlliance, @christian_aid & other partners at HRC63, Geneva, 7 Sept.
🔗 www.oikoumene.org/events/hrc63-side-event-...
WCC led workshops at the European Christian Environmental Network (ECEN) Assembly on climate justice. www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-leads-climate-j... 📷 ECEN
#ThursdaysInBlack - We cannot be silent. We must ask for help. Together we are much stronger. We cannot let fear silence us. Stand together against domestic violence.
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#Bossey80 🎂 Striving with hearts and minds for unity: it’s worth the work, agree Bossey alumni and staff: oikoumene.org/news/striving-with-hearts-an...
New webpage invites churches to join WCC Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity: oikoumene.org/news/new-webpage-invites-chu...
🗣️ WCC interview: Luzia Wehrle served at the WCC for four decades. She reflects on how she came to work at the WCC; the visits of Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare Movement; and why she believes nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. oikoumene.org/news/luzia-wehrle-from-the-f...
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: humanity must "cast aside the illusion" of an Earth without limits. www.oikoumene.org/news/patriarch-bartholom... 📷 Albin Hillert/WCC
A webinar on 16 September, “Care of the Elderly: Challenges and Opportunities in an Ageing World,” will be hosted by the WCC, Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui St James’ Settlement on Elderly Care, and St John's Medical College, Bengaluru.
🔗us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Yaci5f0SQ...…
The WCC and Canadian Council of Churches will host a webinar panel discussion, entitled “Counting the Ecological Cost of AI - Data Centres, Water, Energy, and Critical Mineral Extraction.”
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ACI8gd...…
"Christ is the firstborn of all creation . . . all things were created in heaven and on earth." Watch: www.youtube.com/watch
More about the Season of Creation here: www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-to-join-season-...
🌏 The #EcumenicalPrayerCycle takes us through every region of the world over a year. This week we pray for #CapeVerde, #Gambia, #Guinea, #GuineaBissau, #Senegal.
🗓️ 30 August - 05 September 2026
🙏 Find the prayer material here: www.oikoumene.org/resources/prayer-cycle/c...
#Bossey80 🎂 For 80 years, people from different churches, cultures and regions have come together to live, learn and pray at the WCC Ecumenical Institute at Bossey.
🌍 Join our webinar
📅 1 Sept | 14:30 CET
💻 Online
Register: oikoumene.org/events/webinar-the-bossey-ex...
🇻🇦The Joint Working Group between the World Council of Churches and the Roman Catholic Church will convene 1-3 September at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey: oikoumene.org/news/joint-working-group-bet...
🇳🇵WCC expresses profound sorrow in wake of catastrophic flood on Nepal-Tibet border: oikoumene.org/news/wcc-expresses-profound-...
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World Council of Churches (WCC) meets in Panama, 26-28 Aug, for the NIFEA Consultation on Economy of Peace.
🔗 www.oikoumene.org/news/churches-to-tackle-...
📷 Robyn Sekula/Presbyterian Foundation
Twenty-one church leaders, five communions, nine days in Panama City studying debt and tax justice.
Read: www.oikoumene.org/news/gem-school-shows-21...
📷 Robyn Sekula/Presbyterian Foundation
Christmas celebrates the Creator entering creation. Could Creationmas celebrate creation, too?
🔗 www.oikoumene.org/blog/creationmas-invites...
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An ecumenical service in Abuja, Nigeria, on 26 August at All Saints Anglican Church drew church leaders from across the nation. WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay brought greetings and prayers on behalf of the global fellowship: www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-joins-prayers-f...
As communities face record heat, wildfires and floods, the WCC joins the 2026 Season of Creation.
➡️ www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-to-join-season-...
📷 Paul Jeffrey/Life on Earth Pictures
A team from Cuba has joined an international editing team to begin drafting the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity materials for 2028. The resources are being prepared jointly with Catholic and Protestant Christians from Cuba: www.oikoumene.org/news/team-from-cuba-begi...
🇧🇷 WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay extended prayers to the leadership and participants of the 35th General Council of the Evangelical Church of Lutheran Confession in Brazil (IECLB): oikoumene.org/news/wcc-sends-greetings-to-...
3.2 billion people face degraded land. @G20GLI_ vows to halve it by 2040. At COP17, WCC says faith belongs.
www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-tells-cop17-tha...
📷 Dinesh Suna/WCC
Prayers for Ukraine rang ’round the world on 24 August, from large ecumenical services to quiet reflections, all expressing solidarity and determination for justice and peace. The day also marked the 35th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence.
Read more: www.oikoumene.org/news/prayers-for-ukraine...
Across Africa, churches are stepping up aid for children affected by civil wars and conflicts, as crises rise on the continent. Displaced into camps, the children are targets for recruitment by armed groups, who turn them into child soldiers: www.oikoumene.org/news/children-in-war-are...
🌏 The #EcumenicalPrayerCycle takes us through every region of the world over a year. This week we pray for #Liberia and #SierraLeone.
🗓️ 23 - 29 August 2026
🙏 Find the prayer material here: www.oikoumene.org/resources/prayer-cycle/l...
During a visit to Nigeria, WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay participated with the Church of the Lord (Worldwide) in celebrating its 90th historic Tabieorar Anniversary, under the theme "Faithful & Glorious God”.
Read more: www.oikoumene.org/news/during-visit-to-nig...
In a message to the Mother's Union of the Church of the Lord, Nigeria, WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed gratitude for women’s faithful witness, commitment to prayer, and tireless service to the church, families and communities: www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-general-secreta...
In a special message marking the 78th anniversary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed gratitude for the historic journey that began in 1948 in Amsterdam.
Read more: www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-marks-78th-anni...
25 West Africans went to Cotonou to talk about land, water, and food security. @fsm2026cotonou www.oikoumene.org/news/what-25-west-africa... 📷 World Council of Churches
🇳🇬WCC general secretary to visit Nigeria to strengthen bonds: oikoumene.org/news/wcc-general-secretary-t...
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🇯🇲 WCC pays tribute to Rev. Neville George Callam: oikoumene.org/news/wcc-pays-tribute-to-rev...
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Colombia's #Cerrejón coal mine consumes 30 million litres of water a day, while the average local resident gets less than one litre. Methodist churches in Colombia, GB & Ireland have filed a complaint against HSBC over its financing of Glencore. Read more: www.oikoumene.org/news/where-there-is-wate...
🌏 The #EcumenicalPrayerCycle takes us through every region of the world over a year. This week we pray for #Burkina Faso, #Chad, #Mali, #Mauritania, #Niger.
🗓️ 16 - 22 August 2026
🙏 Find the prayer material here: www.oikoumene.org/resources/prayer-cycle/b...
The film “Nun Dul Dega Eomne” (Nowhere to Lay My Eyes) earned the prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 79th Locarno Film Festival, held 5-15 August.
Read more: www.oikoumene.org/news/nun-dul-dega-eomne-...
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