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| The choir of the 10th Assembly of the WCC, held in Busan, Republic of Korea, 2013. Photo: Joanna Linden-Montes/WCC |
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is inviting prayer and music submissions for its 11th Assembly to be held in Karlsruhe, Germany in 2021. Guidelines for submissions have been released, describing how materials will ideally reflect the assembly theme "Christ’s love moves the world to reconciliation and unity."
WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, described the Assembly theme as an important element that will help to “focus on the ecumenical movement as a movement of love, seeking to follow Christ and witness to Christ’s love - expressed in the search for justice and peace, and unity based on that”, he said.
The assembly is the highest legislative body of the WCC, meeting every eight years. The formal purpose of the assembly is to review programmes and determine the overall policies of the WCC, as well as to elect presidents and appoint a Central Committee, which serves as the chief governing body of the WCC until the next assembly.
The spiritual life is the ‘heartbeat’ of the Assembly in that the prayers and songs that are created become materials that continue to be utilized by many long after the Assembly has concluded.
Music and prayer submissions are due on 30 April 2020.
Click here to download the guidelines
The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 350 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 550 million Christians in over 120 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, from the [Lutheran] Church of Norway.
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