The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (WPCU) has been jointly organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity of the Roman Catholic Church since 1968 from the 18th to the 25th January every year.
This year, due to the pandemic, Churches Together in Luton has asked Christians to hold events online and show their support by adding the #wpcuwall to their Twitter posts.
The theme for this year’s WPCU was “Abide in my love and you shall bear much fruit”. It is based on the Bible passage from the book of John 15:1-17. It calls for the reconciliation and unity in the Church and the worldwide human family.
Christian Aid as usual provided the “Go & Do” action points for each of the WPCU daily reflections – backing up prayers with actions for the relief of poverty and advocacy of justice. One such actions point was getting informed about and taking action on refugee and asylum issues and campaigns, which are bound up with many other issues of conflict, climate change and Coronavirus etc.
Bob Fyffe, General Secretary, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland said “The ancient rhythm of prayer is an important gift for the Church today struggling with pandemics and lockdowns and more widely with other serious challenges of climate change, racism and poverty. Thank you for joining us in this Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and entering into a place of community and blessing.”
