As of 26 April 2023, the World Council of Churches (WCC) Annual Review 2022 is available for download online. The annual review records many of the WCC’s activities undertaken in 2022 and continuing into 2023.
The publication shows how the WCC has remained the platform that brings Christians together, even in very difficult times, through seeing the world from the perspective of others, showing compassion for one another, and building trust.
“I have so many memories from 2022, and you will see many of them represented in these pages,” writes former acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca in the foreword. “From pilgrim visits to inter-religious bridge-building, from South Korea to Moscow, Bahrain, the Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Israel, and Ukraine.”
WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay, also in the foreword, writes of the importance of Christian unity and vision to foster justice and peace to make the world a better place for all creation.
The WCC Annual Review 2022 theme was also the theme of the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly held from 31st Aug – 8th Sep 2022 in Karlsruhe, Germany, at which GRASSROOTS Luton was invited to lead a Workshop titled: Celebrating Difference Staying Faithful – Building Life Flourishing Communities Together with People of Different Faiths. You can read about it here.
Front cover of the WCC Annual Review 2022. Photo: WCC