Steering group to craft vision for Faith and Order Nicaea 2025 World Conference

Convening at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey from 9-13 October, a steering group will craft a vision for a Faith and Order Nicaea 2025 World Conference. The conference, among other events, will mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in 2025. Photo: Albin Hillert/Life on Earth Pictures 10 October 2023 This significant anniversary, celebrated globally by Christians, will pivot around faith, unity, and mission, reaffirming the WCC’s dedication to assisting the churches as they call one another to visible unity and advancing the unity of humanity and of all creation. The Nicaea 2025 Steering Group comprises 17 members, who will chart the course for the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order and the associated Faith and Order events. Among the goals of the Nicaea 2025 Steering Group will be to propose a structured agenda for the World Conference, identify keynote speakers, finalize the dates, and suggest potential venues.   Learn more about "Nicaea 2025" New WCC Faith and Order Commission holds inaugural meeting Dr Andrej Jeftic reflects on history and future of WCC Faith and Order Commission (video interview)   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 352 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 580 million Christians in over 120 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay from the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa. 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