Historic church embraces new era of ministry
La Trinidad United Methodist Church, San Antonio’s oldest Hispanic Protestant congregation, is marking its 150th anniversary while renewing its commitment to serving new generations and immigrant families.
A Korean Delegate Reflects on Synod 2026
Synod 2026 was an impactful experience—not only for the denomination and its churches but also for the delegates who dedicated their time and energy to further the mission of the Christian Reformed Church in North America. Joseph Kim, an elder who chairs the council of Vision Church in Las Vegas, Nev., shares his insights and reflections on his experience as a delegate at Synod 2026: I have lived within the Reformed faith all my life, but this was my very first time directly interacting with the Dutch Reformed tradition. Attending Synod 2026 on the Calvin University campus as an elder delegate representing Classis Hanmi, I experienced what was for me the most powerful among countless church gatherings I have attended...
During visit to WCC, Episcopal officer Rev. Dr Kirsten L. Guidero reflects on deepening engagement
Rev. Dr Kirsten L. Guidero serves as ecumenical and interreligious officer for the Division of Public Policy, Partnership, and Witness for the Episcopal Church. She visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) and came away with inspiration and ideas for deepening engagement and collaboration in many ways.
Bike to Work Challenge was met—and bicycling goes on
Teams from the World Council of Churches (WCC) and its sister organizations completed the Bike to Work Challenge—and their commitment to good health and care for creation keeps going.
Community leaders meet with WHO director-general to reaffirm mutual engagement
Community leaders on 3 July met with WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as he reaffirmed WHO’s commitment to community leadership and meaningful engagement.
Season finale: Farage's funding scandal, Burnham bounce and the hope for British politics
Have Reform UK peaked?
Kingdom Over Nation works as tool for discipleship and discernment
Min. Shermara JJ Hoyte is principal officer for Pentecostal, Charismatic, and Multicultural Relations at Churches Together in England. She reflects below on the development of the new resource, Kingdom Over Nation, that invites Christians to pause and ask what is forming their vision of the world. Hoyte is executive editor of Kingdom over Nation, which was co-edited by Rev. Dr Ben Aldous and Sarah Ball with a foreword by Churches Together in England general secretary, Bishop Mike Royal.
Leadership of WCC Commission on Ecumenical Education and Formation looks forward with vision and commitment
Rev. Dr Meehyun Chung, moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Ecumenical Education and Formation (EEF), and Rev. Dr Teddy Chalwe Sakupapa, vice-moderator, visited the WCC offices in Geneva this week focusing on ongoing projects and upcoming initiatives of the commission.
WCC general secretary meets with secretary general of the Muslim Council of Elders
The general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, met on 7 July in Geneva with the secretary general of the Muslim Council of Elders, Judge Mohamed Abdelsalam, to discuss strengthening collaboration between faith communities in addressing today's global challenges.
“No one is voiceless”: WACC urges field of social and behavior change to put community knowledge at center
“It’s time to stop saying ‘giving a voice to the voiceless’.” The conference room in Panama City was packed with thousands of communication practitioners for the opening of the International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit 2026. WACC’s director of programmes, Lorenzo Vargas, had...