In a video message shown at the opening of the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Busan, South Korea, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, called on Christians to “pray for the peace of the whole world and for the unity of all”.
More than 2,000 participants from around the world will participate in the WCC Assembly this week which has the theme, “God of life, lead us to justice and peace”.
During the assembly the WCC will adopt its new policy on Mission which has been developed and discussed with member churches over the last two years.