Church leaders from South Sudan are arriving in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, all set to take part in the start of negotiations between South Sudan's president Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar.
09 May 2014
Father Ioan Sauca of the Romanian Orthodox Church and Peter Prove, a Lutheran lawyer and international affairs expert from Australia, have been named to key staff positions in the World Council of Churches (WCC).
08 May 2014
“The senseless war in South Sudan must end now,” said the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit
06 May 2014
The abduction of more than 250 young women by the Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria has prompted “profound concern” from the World Council of Churches (WCC), Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.
06 May 2014
A high-level ecumenical delegation representing church organizations will arrive in Juba, South Sudan on Friday, 2 May
01 May 2014
In an ecumenical service organized by the Congolese churches and hosted by the Disciples of Christ parish in Lemba, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), shared reflections on the resurrection of Christ
29 April 2014
A communiqué adopted at a World Council of Churches (WCC) consultation describes human trafficking as a “serious human rights violation”
16 April 2014
It is with sadness that I offer my condolences on the death of Father Siketi Tonga, General Secretary of the Tonga Council of Churches.
16 April 2014
[WCC] The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, called human trafficking "a criminal activity, on rapid increase in the world".
07 April 2014
Lent, a season for prayers and reflections for Christians around the world has become an opportunity for the churches to respond to climate change, an issue which deeply impacts the communities they serve.
04 April 2014