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The World Council of Churches is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Ecumencial leader Agnes Abuom dies at 73
Agnes Abuom, the influential ecumenical leader and peacemaker died May 31 after a short illness. She was 73....
June 5, 2023
Metropolitan Bishoy, Orthodox and ecumenical leader, dies at age 76
The Egyptian bishop was influential locally and globally.
October 12, 2018
John Victor Samuel, Pakistani ecumenical leader, dies at age 87
Samuel was also the first Pakistani bishop in the Methodist Church.
September 17, 2018
Nigerian Christian leader honored for aiding victims of Boko Haram
Rebecca Samuel Dali was recognized especially for her efforts to reintegrate women and their children who had been held captive by militants.
September 8, 2017
Global church leaders hold historic meeting
Bolstering efforts to overcome divisions among Christians, high-level officials for global Catholic, Orthodox, Pentecostal, evangelical, and mainline Protestant organizations met together for the f...
June 15, 2017
South Sudan Council of Churches head holds on to hope, unity amid crisis
As a peace deal signed a year ago falters and the world’s newest nation faces famine, Isaiah Majok Dau, head of the South Sudan Council of Churches, continues to find sources of hope....
April 20, 2017
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