Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with the leadership of the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay and WCC central committee moderator Bishop Prof. Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm; Rev. Merlyn Hyde Riley, vice-moderator of the WCC central committee; and H.E. Archbishop Dr Vicken Aykazian, vice-moderator of the WCC central committee, on 28 October.

"Let us aspire to live the unity for which Christ prayed, that the world may believe and experience God's gifts of healing, justice and abundant life," the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order has said in a "Call to all Christians: Message of the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order, " agreed on the last day of the 24-28 October gathering.

A press conference on 25 October drew reflections from those leading the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order in Wadi El Natrun in Egypt. Organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order, the conference is meeting from 24-28 October.

In a world that is divided and where churches are also divided, the quest for visible unity is more relevant than ever, according to Rev. Prof. Dr Stephanie Dietrich, moderator of the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches (WCC).

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order is set for 24-28 October in Wadi El Natrun, Egypt around the theme “Where now for visible unity?”

During a workshop at the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) General Council, which opened 14 October, ecumenical leaders from the Korean Peninsula and across the globe expressed their shared vision of justice, reconciliation, and lasting peace in a divided land.

The National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA marked its 75th anniversary with films and storytelling, prayers and publications, and dialogue on challenges and diversity, in the past, present, and future.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay delivered three lectures as part of the "Students' Lectureship on Missions" at Princeton Theological Seminary (USA).

Rev. Fr. Dr Lawrence Iwuamadi, the new academic dean of the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, reflects on strengthening Bossey’s role as a hub for ecumenical theological education in the context of today’s global challenges.

Felm, the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission, an official mission organization of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland that undertakes development cooperation, peacebuilding, and missionary work with partners in numerous countries worldwide, held its annual meeting on 30 August in Helsinki.