At the beginning of #COP30, faith leaders gathered at the Lutheran Church in Belém for the Interfaith Talanoa Dialogue - setting the tone for two weeks of climate justice advocacy.

📸 Gallery: https://oikoumene.photoshelter.com/galleries/C0000NUvzSgM52ks/COP30-Belm-Brazil

www.oikoumene.org/cop30

🎉 WCC celebrates Oikocredit's 50th anniversary. "Through your global network of members & partners working for economic justice and social development, Oikocredit honours its ecumenical roots," says Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay.

🔗 https://oikoumene.org/news/wcc-celebrates-oikocredits-50th-anniversary

Amazon rivers have dropped by 30 metres, leaving communities isolated without water or food. Indigenous peoples are fighting with their lives to maintain Earth's balance. At #COP30, will their voices shape negotiations? #ClimateJustice

https://ow.ly/xFlH50Xfs3w

New WCC book reimagines diakonia as "companionship" rather than servanthood, challenging colonial power dynamics in Christian service.

📖 #DiakoniasCompanionshipanionship" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://oikoumene.org/news/new-book-challenges-christian-service-tradition#DiakoniasCompanionship

Several faith-led events are taking place in Rome during the 'food month' - #JubileeWeek2025 tackles hunger & malnutrition. 673 million suffer chronic hunger while we produce enough food for everyone.

Learn more: https://oikoumene.org/events/jubilee-week-2025-against-hunger-and-malnutrition

"Behind these statistics are human faces: families struggling to survive, young people without jobs, and communities devastated by droughts and floods," says WCC's Rev. Mtata on Zimbabwe's 98.5% debt crisis. Churches unite for #Jubilee2025 debt reform

🔗 https://ow.ly/A03a50Xet7Y

🎙️ Faith leaders from Brazil, DRC & Panama speak to press ahead of #COP30. Archbishop Bassotto, Cardinal Besungu, Bishop Bedford-Strohm + Indigenous leader Jocabed Solano share climate frontline stories. ACT Alliance

Register: https://ow.ly/fcFG50XcxJV

🌍 Today on #WorldFoodDay: Join our high-level roundtable on faith and food security. Dr Juan Echanove from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and faith leaders will discuss SDG 2: Zero Hunger.

📅 16 Oct, 14:00 CEST

🔗 https://ow.ly/Kl7E50XcfTt

📚 Book Launch: "Decolonizing Diakonia: From Servanthood to Companionship" by Rev. Dr Hyuk Cho. 🗓️ 16.10 - ⏰ 14:00 CEST | 90 minutes -📍 Hybrid: Geneva + Zoom

Reimagining mission work through mutuality, not hierarchy.

More info at https://ow.ly/8NFP50XaSPf

Youth transform climate fear into church resilience: Stories from Manila to Harare during Season of Creation closing prayer #ClimateJustice

🌍 https://ow.ly/wM5k50X7ykA

WCC explores partnership with Philippines climate campaign challenging fossil fuel finance. 🌊 #ClimateJustice

https://ow.ly/GJXp50X6oUT

Photo: Gloria Charles/WCC

#WCC invites you to walk with hope. 🌍 Join online 18–24 June:

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📱 @oikoumene or @worldcouncilofchurches across social platforms

More info: oikoumene.org/central-committee-2025

#CentralCommittee2025

For #ecumenists it is a source of great joy that this year #Easter will be celebrated on the same date by all Christians (from both Western and Eastern traditions)

@oikoumenewcc.bsky.social has just shared a new Faith and Order paper on this subject

bit.ly/3FVFpur

#ChurchesTogether #Nicaea2025

"The panel highlighted that the wealthiest 10% of the global population generates approximately half of all emissions while controlling more than half of global income and three-quarters of wealth." www.oikoumene.org/news/faith-l... @oikoumenewcc.bsky.social

Yesterday I chaired a @quaker.org.uk roundtable with fellow Quaker MP @ruthcadbury.bsky.social on the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel, run by @oikoumenewcc.bsky.social.

Powerful to hear from Tanya about the situation facing Christians in the West Bank.

Did you miss our Symposium on faith actors & multilateralism? The recording is now available, featuring insights from UN Women,@undp.org, @unfpa.bsky.social, @unhumanrights.bsky.social & faith leaders on inclusive governance, peace, and digital ethics.
@actalliance.bsky.social

youtu.be/p0Z_2rrdscY

WCC publishes the resource "Hope for Children Through Climate Justice: Legal Tools to Hold Financiers Accountable", providing churches and communities essential tools to hold financial actors accountable for their role in perpetuating the climate crisis: oikoumene.org/news/wcc-pub... #WCC

"The creed is not a fossil but a living text" - powerful insights from the Paris conference examining Nicaea's significance for faith today as churches prepare to mark its 1700th anniversary in 2025. #Nicaea2025

🔗 oikoumene.org/news/paris-c...