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Message of the WCC Assembly: "We intend to move together"

Join the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace is the title of the Message of the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC).

08 November 2013

Archbishop visits Korea with message of church unity

The Archbishop of Canterbury left Korea today after a five-day visit in which he praised the Korean Anglican Church for providing 'a vision of unity'.

04 November 2013

Assembly elects new WCC presidents

The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches elected eight new presidents

04 November 2013

Video: Archbishop of Canterbury addresses the WCC General Assembly

"When we are not at peace with God through Jesus Christ we cannot be peacemakers in the world," Archbishop Welby told the 10th Assembley of the World Council of Churches.

01 November 2013

VIDEO: Secretary General on the WCC

The Revd Canon Kenneth Kearon, secretary general of the Anglican Communion, tells the Episcopal News Service about the importance of the World Council of Churches and the Anglican Church’s longstanding commitment to ecumenical affairs.

01 November 2013

WCC gets underway in Korea

The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) opened on Wednesday 30 October in Busan, Republic of Korea 

31 October 2013

Theological education initiative begins in Seoul

More than 200 international theology students of varied Christian traditions have commenced participating in the Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI)

30 October 2013

Activists pray, fast to protest nuclear danger in Busan

A 40-day fasting prayer protest is calling for the shut down of the country's oldest nuclear plant which is 20kms from the WCC assembly venue

23 October 2013

WCC 10th Assembly: hopes and aspirations

The 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) begins at the end of October and promises to be one of the most diverse gathering of Christians in the world

10 October 2013

Koreans visit Holy Land for alternative pilgrimage

Korean Christians are in the Holy Land to meet Palestinians and to learn more about the Israel-Palestine conflict 

05 July 2013