Churches Commission News Today

During a webinar on 25 April, young people shared their honest perspectives on “safe spaces” in faith communities. They talked about the characteristics of a safe space—and what churches can do better, particularly when working with issues related to HIV and reproductive health.

With a focus on the legacy of nuclear testing and climate change, the World Council of Churches (WCC) completed a pilgrimage visit to the Marshall Islands on 16-24 November.

Pope Francis praised the growing relations between Catholics and Protestants in Scotland when meeting leaders of the Church of Scotland last week.

A new guide published by the World Council of Churches (WCC) aims to raise awareness in churches and church communities of the role they can play in the prevention of the catastrophic condition of obstetric fistula, a childbirth injury usually caused by prolonged, obstructed labour without timely medical intervention. 

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The decision is a positive step to continue to provide a lifeline for those displaced by the war as well as an opportunity to rebuild their lives.

World Council 0f Churches, 11 Sept 23 Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, spoke on a nuclear weapons-free world during “The Audacity of Peace” gathering in Berlin. Prove, part of a panel discussion, noted that a world free from nuclear weapons is not just possible—but necessary,…

As 6 August and 9 August mark the anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, the World Council of Churches joined the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and other religious and civic groups in urging nuclear-armed and nuclear umbrella states to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Both Baptists who believe same-sex unions may live fully into God’s intentions for marriage and family life and Baptists who are not able to grant this would agree in being able to confess, “We affirm Christian marriage and family life.”

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame could not imagine "what the future had in store" when she began to lose her vision at age 10. "Is this the end for you?" some asked. She faced sorrow but ultimately triumphed.