WCC news: WCC executive committee to convene for mutual exchange in time of transformation

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee will convene online from 8-12 June to conduct the regular business of the first half of the year, review programme reports and audited financial results for 2025, and review proposals for a new structure for delivering work. Photo: Ivars Kupcis/WCC 29 May 2026 The governing body will also review progress with the Green Village property development project, as well as membership matters. The WCC executive committee is expected to Issue statements on public issues affecting the life and witness of churches. On 11 June, the WCC, together with the Ukrainian Council for Churches and Religious Organizations, will host a global online prayer for peace in Ukraine. The members of the executive committee will join. "The executive committee is meeting in a time of global tension and uncertainty,” said WCC central committee moderator Bishop Prof. Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm. “The change from the planned meeting in Bethlehem to an online meeting is only one expression of this situation.” In this time of transformation, the WCC is challenged to make its structures fit for the future, added Bedford-Strohm. “As leadership of the WCC, we therefore take the opportunity of the executive committee meeting to come together in Geneva for mutual exchange, for communication with Geneva staff, and for participation in the online meeting from there." WCC invites global fellowship to pray for peace in Ukraine (WCC news release, 20 May 2026) Register and join the prayer 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