The WCC has released a live-streaming schedule that will allow viewers to delve into various topics, including the conference theme “Where Now for Visible Unity?”, as well as “Unpacking Apostolic Faith: Living the Nicene Creed in Context,” “Mission: Common Witness and Apostolic Discipleship,” and many others. Stories will also be shared in the form of features, interviews, and talk shows, and images will be released to portray the visual depth of the gathering, the sixth such world conference since 1927. A special section on the WCC website has been created as a central point for resources and will continue to have content added. Social media will come alive with images, reels, and quotes. The holding of the conference in 2025 will mark the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea in 325 CE, a key moment in the history of Christian faith and for the ecumenical journey today. The global communication operation has been prepared in close collaboration with the Middle East Council of Churches, as well as with the Coptic Orthodox Church. “The more hands are held tight together, the higher the light ascends enlightening the whole world, and showing the path for humankind towards the salvation of creation,” commented Dr Michel Abs, secretary general of the Middle East Council of Churches, on the close collaboration locally, regionally, and globally in the media and communication operation at the Sixth World Conference. “Communication from the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order will underline that the search for unity within Christendom goes back to the earliest times of the church and remains a priority today,” said Marianne Ejdersten, WCC director of communication. “We want to celebrate the mission of God’s triune love and the implications this has for the common witness and service of the churches.” Ejdersten emphasized the importance of maintaining a high online presence to invite, include, and inspire the wider fellowship to engage even if theyare not able to be present in Egypt. Almost 50 media worldwide will cover the event onsite or online. Dr Stephen Brown, WCC senior editor and communication officer for Faith and Order, mentioned that “special publications are being highlighted and released in conjunction with this unique gathering, including special issues of the WCC journals linked to Nicaea.” Brown said that “an introductory booklet on the Sixth World Conference has been produced in four languages, as has a resource book with a set of reflections looking forward to the Sixth World Conference.” A spiritual life book has also been published, as well as a handbook in English, Arabic, and Spanish. Commenting on the visual identity created especially for the event, Dr Marcelo Schneider, WCC programme executive for communication and church and ecumenical relations emphasized that it employs a deeply symbolic and reverent visual language rooted in Coptic Christian art. “The central mandala-like motif, featuring interlaced fish and cross forms, references early Christian iconography, where the fish symbolizes Christ and community,” he said. “The geometric precision and symmetry evoke Coptic patterns found in Egyptian church art, linking the conference’s location in Wadi El Natrun – a cradle of early monasticism – to its theological theme of unity.” Albin Hillert will serve as the main WCC photographer at the World Conference. “As with all major WCC events, our hope is that the visual material we collect and share daily through our online platforms will serve to document and tell the story of the churches’ witness together at this time. But also very practically, that it will help member churches, partners, and media around the world share in their different contexts and with their own networks what the Sixth World Conference is about and, ultimately, what it means to be part of the life and witness of the WCC as a global fellowship of churches,” Hillert reflected. Useful links and information to the media: General information about the conference:
Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order | World Council of Churches Programme and Timetable Nicaea 2025 | World Council of Churches Resource Book: Sixth World Conference Resource Book Handbook: Conference Handbook for the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order | World Council of Churches News Releases and Media Advisories:
Media accreditation to online attendance of WCC Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order, 24-28 October 2025, remains open | World Council of Churches Faith and Order moderator looks to world conference to help quest for visible church unity | World Council of Churches
Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order set for October: “Where now for visible unity?” | World Council of Churches Photos: Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order – 2025
Accreditation: Application for global media accreditation to WCC Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order Media briefings:
Online media briefings for accredited media will be held at 2 pm local time (1 pm Central European Summer Time then 12 pm Central European Time) on 23, 24, 25, 27 and 28 October. Zoom link will be sent in advance via email. Scheduled live streams & videos: Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order | World Council of Churches Interview requests and other inquiries: media@wcc-coe.org | 
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