WCC News: WCC general secretary to offer public lecture at University of South Africa

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay will deliver a public lecture at the University of South Africa on 27 November.  Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the World Council of Churches. Photo: Grégoire de Fombelle/WCC 24 November 2023 The lecture, titled “A Christian Voice in a World of Conflict,” will be hosted by the South African Council of Churches in partnership with the Fohloza Foundation and the University of South Africa. South African Council of Churches president Archbishop Thabo Makgoba and Fr Lawrence Ndlovu, executive director of the Fohloza Foundation, will also address the gathering.  Learn more on the public lecture 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 352 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 150 route de Ferney Geneve 2 1211 Switzerland