WCC news: WCC Permanent Committee on Consensus and Collaboration to convene

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Permanent Committee on Consensus and Collaboration will convene in Thessaloniki, Greece, from 17-19 March at the invitation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Church of Greece. Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC 16 March 2026 The meeting will feature a pilgrimage visit with local churches, including the Orthodox Metropolis of Thessaloniki and Greek Evangelical Church of Thessaloniki. Participants will include the co-moderators H.E. Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, Ecumenical Patriarchate, and Bishop Sally Dyck, United Methodist Church; members of the committee, the WCC general secretary, and WCC staff.  The agenda includes sharing on the life and witness of the churches represented on the permanent committee, a review of membership matters, discussion on governance, and matters referred by the central committee. The agenda also includes discussion on the recent World Conference on Faith and Order. The WCC Permanent Committee on Consensus and Collaboration has responsibility for giving advice and making recommendations to governing bodies during and between assemblies; facilitating improved participation of the Orthodox in the entire life and work of the WCC; and giving attention to matters of ecclesiology. WCC's consensus decision-making 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