WCC NEWS: WCC leadership meet to prepare for upcoming in-person executive committee

The World Council fo Churches (WCC) central committee leadership convened on 27 October to prepare for the upcoming WCC executive committee in November, which will be the executive committee’s first in-person meeting in two years. Chapel building at the Château de Bossey. Photo: Gloria Koymans/WCC 28 October 2021 The central committee leadership also continued to plan for the WCC 11th Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany in 2022. WCC central committee leaders reviewed draft meeting frameworks for both the central committee and the executive committee. The central committee leaders also reviewed the executive committee document list. The WCC executive committee will meet on 12-17 November, celebrating Bossey’s 75th anniversary on 13 November with students and faculty. WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed great joy about being able to plan for an in-person meeting after COVID-19 forced meetings to be online for two years. “Being able to prepare for both the WCC executive committee and the WCC 11th Assembly gives us cause to celebrate, even while being prayerfully conscious of the grave challenges still weighing heavily on the shoulders of our one human family,” said Sauca. “Seeing the WCC executive committee gather in-person at Bossey in less than a month will bring us all renewed inspiration to continue carrying, together, our vitally important messages of reconciliation and unity.” See more

The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 349 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 550 million Christians in over 120 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC acting general secretary is Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, from the Orthodox Church in Romania. Media contact: +41 79 507 6363; www.oikoumene.org/press Our visiting address is: World Council of Churches 150 route de Ferney Geneve 2 1211 Switzerland