WCC issues “Call to Prophetic Action for Life, Justice, and Peace”

WCC issues “Call to Prophetic Action for Life, Justice, and Peace”

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Tue, 10/13/2026 - 11:12

A conference of World Council of Churches commissions and reference groups in Chiang Mai, Thailand, has closed with a message entitled “ Call to Prophetic Action for Life, Justice, and Peace.”

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A local fisherman’s boat heads out to sea at sunset on Thailand’s Andaman coast. For coastal communities, the ocean is both livelihood and lifeline. Sirinat National Park, Thailand.

Photo: Ivars Kupcis/WCC

Hosted by the Christian Conference of Asia and the Church of Christ in Thailand from 4-9 October, the meeting drew inspiration from the commitment of Asian Christians to encounter, dialogue, and harmony with people of other faiths, civil society, government authorities, and the rest of creation, seeking a common life and witness together in the midst of the diversity of faith and culture.

“ We met in a time of polycrisis,” the message reads. “ Creation is suffering, and those who caused the least harm suffer first and most.”

The message notes that new technologies bring both promise and danger.

“ In these days, we…