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.

The Seoul Declaration, unveiled during the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) General Assembly in South Korea this week, reaffirmed the authority of Scripture, clarifying evangelical positions on pluralism and sexuality, and calling for unity and renewal amid global division and cultural change.

In September, the WEA Geneva Office had the pleasure to welcome Ms. Ngozi Edmond, Head of Advocacy and Humanitarian Affairs for the Nigeria Evangelical Fellowship (NEF), and Rev. Samuel Munyiri, Anglican Priest from Kenya, collaborating with the Association of Evangelicals in Africa (AEA) in the context of the Global Children’s Forum.

Pastor Shan Rai has been unanimously elected as the President of the Bhutanese Nepali Churches of America (BNCA), the largest umbrella organization representing Nepali-speaking churches across the United States.

Representatives of the various regions of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) met together from 21 to 23 April in the city of Lambaré, Paraguay commiting to deepening their partnership.

As one of the speakers at the incoming EveryOneAsia 2024 conference in Indonesia, Russell Evans, the founder and senior pastor of Planetshakers Church and Ministries, Australia, shares his insights about the incoming conference, Asian churches, and reaching the next generation.

Professor Michel Abs, secretary general of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), shared with China Christian Daily his insights into the work and future vision of the MECC and the situation of the churches in the Middle East. He also reflected on the significance of this conference for the churches in the region and his views on Christian unity.