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#WorldCouncilofChurches #WCC: A worldwide fellowship of churches seeking unity in common witness & Christian service.
Church leaders in Kenya and Zimbabwe unveil disability rights action plans following WCC-EDAN training in Nairobi. 25 leaders from 3 churches developed strategies for inclusion in work, employment, and climate adaptation.
Full story 👉 https://ow.ly/KuOI50XBlBT
What if our economy served life instead of profit? 🌍
Faith leaders: Apply for the GEM School on Economic Justice—a 10-day programme equipping you to advocate for systems that prioritise people & planet.
📅 Deadline: 1 March 2026
💰 Full scholarships available
Details 👉https://ow.ly/e4Bp50XAI0n
This final 2025 webinar in the Faith, Climate, and Environment series brings together insights from #COP30 in Belém and CFS53 in Rome. Join us on Human Rights Day (10 Dec) to hear from WCC leaders on climate justice & food security.
Register: https://ow.ly/GxKI50XAtwr
Asian churches launch Ecumenical Diakonia Network to strengthen service to vulnerable communities across the region. The network will facilitate collaboration, build capacity, and address injustice through prophetic ministry.
Read more 👉 https://ow.ly/Qjk350XAtrc
At the beginning of #COP30, faith leaders gathered at the Lutheran Church in Belém for the Interfaith Talanoa Dialogue - setting the tone for two weeks of climate justice advocacy.
📸 Gallery: https://oikoumene.photoshelter.com/galleries/C0000NUvzSgM52ks/COP30-Belm-Brazil
www.oikoumene.org/cop30
🎉 WCC celebrates Oikocredit's 50th anniversary. "Through your global network of members & partners working for economic justice and social development, Oikocredit honours its ecumenical roots," says Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay.
🔗 https://oikoumene.org/news/wcc-celebrates-oikocredits-50th-anniversary
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Amazon rivers have dropped by 30 metres, leaving communities isolated without water or food. Indigenous peoples are fighting with their lives to maintain Earth's balance. At #COP30, will their voices shape negotiations? #ClimateJustice
https://ow.ly/xFlH50Xfs3w
New WCC book reimagines diakonia as "companionship" rather than servanthood, challenging colonial power dynamics in Christian service.
📖 https://oikoumene.org/news/new-book-challenges-christian-service-tradition#DiakoniasCompanionship
Several faith-led events are taking place in Rome during the 'food month' - #JubileeWeek2025 tackles hunger & malnutrition. 673 million suffer chronic hunger while we produce enough food for everyone.
Learn more: https://oikoumene.org/events/jubilee-week-2025-against-hunger-and-malnutrition
"Behind these statistics are human faces: families struggling to survive, young people without jobs, and communities devastated by droughts and floods," says WCC's Rev. Mtata on Zimbabwe's 98.5% debt crisis. Churches unite for #Jubilee2025 debt reform
🔗 https://ow.ly/A03a50Xet7Y
🎙️ Faith leaders from Brazil, DRC & Panama speak to press ahead of #COP30. Archbishop Bassotto, Cardinal Besungu, Bishop Bedford-Strohm + Indigenous leader Jocabed Solano share climate frontline stories. ACT Alliance
Register: https://ow.ly/fcFG50XcxJV
🌍 Today on #WorldFoodDay: Join our high-level roundtable on faith and food security. Dr Juan Echanove from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and faith leaders will discuss SDG 2: Zero Hunger.
📅 16 Oct, 14:00 CEST
🔗 https://ow.ly/Kl7E50XcfTt
📚 Book Launch: "Decolonizing Diakonia: From Servanthood to Companionship" by Rev. Dr Hyuk Cho. 🗓️ 16.10 - ⏰ 14:00 CEST | 90 minutes -📍 Hybrid: Geneva + Zoom
Reimagining mission work through mutuality, not hierarchy.
More info at https://ow.ly/8NFP50XaSPf
Youth transform climate fear into church resilience: Stories from Manila to Harare during Season of Creation closing prayer #ClimateJustice
🌍 https://ow.ly/wM5k50X7ykA
WCC explores partnership with Philippines climate campaign challenging fossil fuel finance. 🌊 #ClimateJustice
https://ow.ly/GJXp50X6oUT
Photo: Gloria Charles/WCC
#WCC invites you to walk with hope. 🌍 Join online 18–24 June:
📺 Livestream: oikoumene.org/live
📰 News: oikoumene.org/news
📸 Photos & updates
📱 @oikoumene or @worldcouncilofchurches across social platforms
More info: oikoumene.org/central-committee-2025
#CentralCommittee2025
For #ecumenists it is a source of great joy that this year #Easter will be celebrated on the same date by all Christians (from both Western and Eastern traditions)
@oikoumenewcc.bsky.social has just shared a new Faith and Order paper on this subject
bit.ly/3FVFpur
#ChurchesTogether #Nicaea2025
"The panel highlighted that the wealthiest 10% of the global population generates approximately half of all emissions while controlling more than half of global income and three-quarters of wealth." www.oikoumene.org/news/faith-l... @oikoumenewcc.bsky.social
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Yesterday I chaired a @quaker.org.uk roundtable with fellow Quaker MP @ruthcadbury.bsky.social on the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel, run by @oikoumenewcc.bsky.social.
Powerful to hear from Tanya about the situation facing Christians in the West Bank.
Did you miss our Symposium on faith actors & multilateralism? The recording is now available, featuring insights from UN Women,@undp.org, @unfpa.bsky.social, @unhumanrights.bsky.social & faith leaders on inclusive governance, peace, and digital ethics.
@actalliance.bsky.social
youtu.be/p0Z_2rrdscY
WCC publishes the resource "Hope for Children Through Climate Justice: Legal Tools to Hold Financiers Accountable", providing churches and communities essential tools to hold financial actors accountable for their role in perpetuating the climate crisis: oikoumene.org/news/wcc-pub... #WCC
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"The creed is not a fossil but a living text" - powerful insights from the Paris conference examining Nicaea's significance for faith today as churches prepare to mark its 1700th anniversary in 2025. #Nicaea2025
🔗 oikoumene.org/news/paris-c...
