WCC Media advisory: Application for global media accreditation to WCC Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order in Wadi El Natrun

Accreditation for global media is now open for The WCC Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order, to be held in Wadi El Natrun, Egypt, 24-28 October 2025.  01 September 2025 Media accreditation for local media to be open in September. For practical reasons, only a limited number of media will be allowed on site. The cohost for the conference is the Coptic Orthodox Church, marking the first time such a conference is hosted by an Oriental Orthodox church.  The Sixth World Conference for Faith and Order, being hosted at the invitation of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, will convene under the theme “Where now for visible unity?” This will be the sixth such conference in a century, with previous gatherings held in 1927 (Lausanne, Switzerland), 1937 (Edinburgh, Scotland), 1952 (Lund, Sweden), 1963 (Montreal, Canada),1993 (Santiago, Spain) and 2025 (Wadi El Natrun, Egypt). The conference is academic in nature, featuring research papers reflecting the viewpoints of their authors. The conference will be an opportunity to bring together church leaders and theologians of different traditions as well as to involve a new generation of ecumenists at a time when the world faces climate catastrophe, the threat of pandemics, war, and economic concern – challenges requiring a fresh engagement of the churches with one another on core issues of faith and mission that both unite and continue to divide them. Media accreditation is mandatory for onsite access to daily media briefings, seminars, keynote addresses and other events during the conference. For those not able to attend onsite in Wadi El Natrun, media briefings can be followed online with the opportunity to ask questions directly to panels. Media accreditation is required for that as well.  In accordance with the WCC media policy, no subsidies or allowances are available. A detailed programme of the conference will soon be available and published on the WCC event site.  It will also be communicated via a news release.       Apply for accreditation by filling out the application form. A Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI) held in conjunction with the conference will offer space for a new generation of younger and emerging ecumenical theologians and educators to engage with the work of Faith and Order. More information about the WCC Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order, as well as news releases and other information, can be found at the WCC Press Centre. For further questions and inquiries, please email: media@wcc-coe.org Only the WCC itself, as the organizer, is authorized to accredit media to the world conference. Accreditations by other organizations are not valid. Looking forward to receiving your application and seeing you in Wadi El Natrun, or online.   Application form 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 356 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 Chemin du Pommier 42 Kyoto Building Le Grand-Saconnex CH-1218 Switzerland