WCC news: GETI 2025 Prayer Book: a spiritual companion for visible unity

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has released the GETI 2025 Prayer Book, a spiritual companion for the Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI) 2025, which will gather some 80 young theologians and ecumenical leaders around the theme “Where Now for Visible Unity.” 10 September 2025 Edited by Prof. Dr Prof. Dr Ani Ghazaryan Drissi, Rev. Dr Chad Rimmer, and Rev. Dr Joo Wee Hur, and designed to accompany the theological journey of GETI 2025, the prayer book weaves together prayer, scripture, reflection, and symbolic action. It affirms the WCC’s ecumenical vision of unity in faith and witness, reconciliation in a divided world, and communal transformation that integrates spirituality, intellect, and relationships. “The spiritual life at GETI 2025 is not an addition to the academic programme, but its very heartbeat,” said Prof. Dr Ani Ghazaryan Drissi, coordinator of GETI 2025. “In prayer and worship, we discover that theological reflection and spirituality belong together - grounding our studies in lived faith and opening us to the Spirit’s work of reconciliation. This journey is about more than learning; it is about being transformed together into signs of the unity we seek in Christ.” Structured around daily worship, the book offers a liturgical framework that blends scripture, psalms, hymns, and contextual prayers. Symbolic actions—such as tying ribbons, sharing stones, and weaving fabrics—invite participants to embody the movement toward unity. The prayers extend beyond the church, interceding for peace-building, human rights, ecological justice, and the inclusion of marginalized communities. As a whole, the prayer book embodies the ecumenical journey as a spiritual pilgrimage, offering worship as both a sign and foretaste of Christ’s prayer “that all may be one.” It seeks to form participants as agents of unity in today’s fragmented world, grounding visible unity in justice, reconciliation, and shared mission. Download the GETI 2025 Prayer Book Learn more about GETI 2025 WCC releases GETI 2025 reader—a theological collection meant to inspire (WCC news release, 4 September 2025)   See more

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 356 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 580 million Christians in over 120 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay from the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa. Media contact: +41 79 507 6363; www.oikoumene.org/press Our visiting address is: World Council of Churches Chemin du Pommier 42 Kyoto Building Le Grand-Saconnex CH-1218 Switzerland