WCC documents related to youth
World Council of Churches documents related to youth / young adults
| Title | document_owner | document_type | Description | EffectiveDate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keynote speech at Being “Holy common”, Oslo, Norway, October 2018 | General Secretary | Lecture - Speech | Some 500 youth workers and leaders from churches all over Norway gathered outside Oslo in October, for a youth and faith conference to learn and to share knowledge and visions on Christian youth work. WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit was one of the keynote speakers elaborating on that subject. He sees “holy” and “common” as two very different things which at the same time are closely related. | 23 October 2018 |
| Keynote speech by Mutale Mulenga-Kaunda | Commission on World Mission and Evangelism | Message | Keynote speech "Transforming Disciples, Transforming the Future: Young African Women and the Search for a Liberated Future", at CWME in Arusha, Tanzania. | 08 March 2018 |
| People and Faith on the Move | WCC Programmes | Message | Message from the Bossey Interreligious Course August 2016. | 25 August 2016 |
| Child-friendly Version CRC General Comment Freedom from Violence | WCC Programmes | Background document | A workbook for children, young people and adults based upon General Comment No. 13 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence. | 01 January 2016 |
| Prayer related to SDG11 Safe Cities | WCC Programmes | Liturgical text | (From the 2011 WCC Central Committee meeting. © WCC.) | 23 September 2015 |
| Message on 75th anniversary of the Taizé Community | General Secretary | Message | WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit's message to Taizé on 16 August 2015 Jubilee Celebrations - "Ora et labora" – pray and work | 14 August 2015 |
| Reducing the gap - Interfaith riches | WCC Programmes | Message | Reducing the gap: Interfaith riches, a common message prepared by participants of Building an Interfaith Community Summer Course, held from 27 July – 14 August 2015, Chateau de Bossey, Switzerland | 13 August 2015 |
| ECHOS - Commission Report for Executive Committee | Echos - Commission on youth in the ecumenical movement | Report | Report from the first meeting of the ECHOS - Commission on youth engagement in the ecumenical movement: 8-13 May 2015, Cairo, Egypt | 30 May 2015 |
| Doorsteps Report | Other ecumenical bodies | Background document | A Christian response to children and vulnerable families in Oxfordshire, UK, published by the registered charity Viva. | 01 January 2015 |
| Message to the 103rd International Labour Conference | General Secretary | Message | Message from the general secretary on the occasion of the 103 International Labour Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland in June 2014. | 05 June 2014 |
| Summary of the Ninth Report | Joint Working Group | Report | This document offers a summary of the Ninth report from the Joint Working Group between the Roman Catholic Church and the WCC, which relates the focus and work of the group from 2007 through 2012. As the group approaches its fiftieth year, its recent foci include in-depth work on the notion of ecclesial reception of ecumenical work, the spiritual roots of ecumenism, church participation of youth, and emerging work on migration. | 12 June 2013 |
| Child Friendly Churches Aims | WCC Programmes | Background document | Aims to empower local churches to transform their local congregations and communities in favour of children. | 01 January 2013 |
| Child Friendly Churches | WCC Programmes | Background document | Child Friendly Churches is a strategy to empower local churches to transform their local congregations and communities in favour of children. | 01 January 2013 |
| Report of the Echos Youth Commission | Echos - Commission on youth in the ecumenical movement | Report | The Echos Commission on Youth in the Ecumenical Movement met in October 2011 in Adma, Lebanon, to evaluate its work and mandate since it was first constituted after the last WCC assembly in Porto Alegre, 2006, as a consultative body of young people from a broad cross-section of the ecumenical movement. | 31 October 2011 |
| Youth at the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation | WCC Programmes | Report | Report on youth participation at the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation, including: - a message of encouragement from the 5 essay winners (read in the Opening plenary) - a youth statement read at the Closing plenary of the IEPC - the Message of the IEPC - a brief article about Echos members who were at the IEPC and a reflection by one of them.. - and then some thoughts and reflections from stewards | 14 July 2011 |
| European Youth Hearing on Poverty, Wealth and Ecology | Wider ecumenical movement (incl WCC) | S | In response to the call to raise the voice of young people on climate justice, the young delegates of a WCC-CEC consultation on Poverty, Wealth and Ecology, representing young Christians in Europe through the Ecumenical Youth Council in Europe, World Student Christian Federation Europe Region and SYNDESMOS, the World Fellowship of Orthodox Youth, presented the following contribution to be taken into account in the process of the global ecumenical AGAPE consultation. | 12 November 2010 |
| Message from the ECHOS meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 24-29 January 2010 | Echos - Commission on youth in the ecumenical movement | M | Message from the 24-29 January meeting of ECHOS - the Commission on youth in the ecumenical movement, which took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. | 29 January 2010 |
| Asia-Pacific Youth Hearing on Poverty, Wealth and Ecology | Wider ecumenical movement (incl WCC) | S | Statement from the Asia-Pacific Youth Hearing on Poverty, Wealth and Ecology in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 02-03 November 2009. | 05 November 2009 |
| Communiqué of the Joint Working Group Plenary Meeting - 12-19 October 2009, Cordova, Spain | The Joint Working Group (JWG) is the instrument that monitors and promotes collaboration between the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) and the World Council of Churches (WCC). The group, hosted by the Diocese of Cordova, Spain, met from 12 to 19 October 2009. | 19 October 2009 | ||
| Study guide on Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry | WCC Programmes | Study document | The stories and questions in this study guide on Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry (BEM) are intended for group discussion or individual study. | 29 July 2009 |
| 3rd Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions | General Secretary | Lecture - Speech | Speech of WCC general secretary Samuel Kobia at the Kazakhstan Third Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. | 01 July 2009 |
| Ecumenical youth participation at the World Social Forum 2009 | WCC Programmes | R | Having contributed to the work of WSF by focusing on financial crisis and ecological issues, the WCC availed a good opportunity for the youth and representative of its member churches to be engaged in the social movement on one hand and ecumenically interact through sharing and experience exchange on the other hand. | 15 May 2009 |
| Ecumenical projects by WCC interns 2008 | WCC Programmes | R | In February 2008, five young adults came to Geneva, Switzerland for the World Council of Churches Internship Programme. At the end of their internships in January 2009, each of them started to prepare an ecumenical project based on their interests, passions, concerns and what they had learned during their formative ecumenical experience with the WCC. Each of these projects will be carried out by the interns back in their home contexts inspired by their commitment to the ecumenical vision. | 24 March 2009 |
| Climate Change: Take Action Now! | WCC Programmes | Background document | A guide published by the Alliance of Youth CEOs and UNICEF together with UN and NGO partners to support local actions of children and young people, with special emphasis on girls and young women and guidance on child participation. | 01 January 2009 |
| Interns study trip to Rome | WCC Programmes | R | 22 December 2008 | |
| Voices of Youth: Stronger and Better Heard | Echos - Commission on youth in the ecumenical movement | M | Members of ECHOS, the World Council of Churches (WCC) commission on Youth, met in Bangalore, India 1-10 October 2008. The 25 members of ECHOS represent a variety of WCC consultative commissions, Central and Executive Committee, the Catholic and Pentecostal Youth and Students Networks as well as regional and global youth organizations, like the World Students Christian Federation (WSCF). Their goal is to facilitate more coherent youth participation within the WCC. | 09 October 2008 |
| AGAPE Consultation: Guatemala youth statement | Wider ecumenical movement (incl WCC) | S | 07 October 2008 | |
| Ecumenical project report, internship programme 2007 | WCC Programmes | Sina-Marei Degenhard took part in the WCC internship programme 2007. During their stay in Geneva each intern is expected to plan an ecumenical project to implement in his or her home context upon return. The report Sina-Marei Degenhard wrote about the project she implemented in Germany is published as an example. | 13 May 2008 | |
| Prayer for unity by Laura Wachira, Kenya | WCC Programmes | L | A prayer for unity written by a young Kenyan woman who was a WCC steward in 2006. | 23 January 2008 |
| Christian youth movements call for signs of unity | Wider ecumenical movement (incl WCC) | S | A number of major international Christian youth movements and organizations called for stronger efforts towards unity in a joint statement issued on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Addressed to the heads of the Roman Catholic Church, the World Council of Churches, Christian World Communions and Regional Ecumenical Organizations, the statement asks them to "share ecumenical dialogue with young people" and expresses the commitment of the signatories to "raise awareness of the importance of Christian unity among young people". | 23 January 2008 |
| Reflections from the 30th European Young Adult Taizé Meeting | WCC Programmes | A | Reflections from three young people brought together by WCC to participate in the 30th European Young Adult Taizé Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. | 03 January 2008 |
| Report on the first meeting of the Continuation Committee | Continuation Committee on Ecumenism in the 21st Century | R | 20 November 2007 | |
| Call to prayer and action for Christian unity | Wider ecumenical movement (incl WCC) | S | From 18 to 25 January 2008 Christians all over the world will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. On this occasion, the major global Christian student and youth organizations and youth desks of the different Churches call upon all their members to take action and make their voices heard for Christian Unity. | 01 November 2007 |
| Report of the first Echos meeting | Echos - Commission on youth in the ecumenical movement | R | Report of the first Echos meeting, May 2007. | 09 May 2007 |
| Proposal to establish a WCC Youth Body | Central Committee | P | 06 September 2006 | |
| Lei Garcia and John Ngige Njoroge presentation | Assembly | L | 20 February 2006 | |
| Changing ecclesial and ecumenical context (Ecumenical conversations) | Assembly | B | "Changing ecclesial and ecumenical context" : The WCC's Common Understanding and Vision process offers a coherent and challenging vision: a broad fellowship of churches, committed and accountable to one another, seeking visible unity in their life and witness today. | 16 February 2006 |
| Report of the moderator | Assembly | R | 15 February 2006 | |
| Statement on youth contribution | Assembly | S | 14 February 2006 | |
| Anantanand Rambachan | Assembly | L | 14 February 2006 | |
| International Labour Organization | Assembly | Message | Intervention by Juan Somavia, director-general of the Internationa Labour Organization (ILO), during the Assembly Plenary on economic justice | 14 February 2006 |
| World Trade Game | WCC Programmes | B | The World Trade Game was initially developed in the 1990s by Action Aid, the global anti-poverty development organization. Its strength is its simplicity. Six groups of players represent two rich, two middle-income and two poor countries and each group has different resources and technological potential. National resources are represented as paper whilst technology becomes scissors, pens, rulers, etc. They manufacture shapes from paper, trade the shapes for money through a commodity trader and may also trade amongst themselves in raw materials (paper), technology (scissors, ruler, etc), skills and labour. | 01 January 2006 |
| Interns at Ecumenical Patriarchate | WCC Programmes | R | 04 December 2005 | |
| PLEN 14 May - Youth message | Conference on World Mission and Evangelism | Message | As the representatives of the youth of the Christian community all around the world we now deliver you a message and urge you to listen. How old was Jesus when he first delivered His message? According to the WCC standards He would have been considered a youth. He would have been placed into a special category, offered a pre-conference and have a lovely misspelled T-Shirt. | 14 May 2005 |
| Youth manual on anti-stigma messages | WCC Programmes | Policy document | This manual will help youth to strengthen their capacities and increase their knowledge in the area of HIV, to make use of testimonies of their HIV+ brothers and sisters in order to be personally and collectively involved in the drawing up of programmes and projects to counteract the crisis. | 01 January 2005 |
| Persons with disabilites and globalization - the case of youth | WCC Programmes | 06 November 2004 | ||
| Message from the Younger Theologians | Commission on Faith and Order | Message | Meeting of the Faith and Order Plenary Commission, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2004 | 06 August 2004 |
| Ecumenical Pacific youth - climate change | WCC Programmes | S | 11 March 2004 | |
| Interrogating and Redefining Power - Consultation of Younger Theologians from the South | Commission on Faith and Order | Taking place in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in February 2004, its purpose was to explore these theologians' distinct perspectives on power as people whose theology is shaped in contexts of intense struggles for life, justice and liberation. | 01 February 2004 | |
| From Antelias with love | WCC Programmes | Report | 20 November 2003 | |
| New configuration of the ecumenical movement | WCC Programmes | Statement: public statement | 16 November 2003 | |
| Plenary: Youth Caring for Life | Central Committee | 02 September 2003 | ||
| Youth and globalization seminar | WCC Programmes | M | 27 April 2003 | |
| The future of Faith and Order from the perspective of the new generation | WCC Programmes | L | 01 August 2002 | |
| List of major meetings: 1969-2001 | WCC Programmes | Background document | WCC programme on Interreligious dialogue and cooperation | 01 February 2001 |
| Guidelines for Sharing | Wider ecumenical movement (incl WCC) | P | "Guidelines for sharing", in Sharing for Life, the report of the El Escorial consultation. 1987 | 30 October 1987 |
