Wednesday, July 15, 2026

WCC news: WCC to lead solidarity delegation to Zimbabwe

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay will lead an ecumenical solidarity delegation to the Zimbabwe Council of Churches General Assembly, which is convening 22-24 July under the theme “Breaking Walls: Discerning the Signs of the Times.”
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15 July 2026

Accompanying Pillay, the delegation will include Rev. Dr Suzanne Matale from Zambia, representing the All Africa Conference of Churches general secretary; Rev. Dr Hanns Lessing, Executive Secretary for Theology, Communion and Ecumenical Relations of the World Communion of Reformed Churches; Rev. Mzwandile Molo, South African Council of Churches general secretary and current chair of the Fellowship of Church Councils in Southern Africa, and Dr Masiiwa Gunda, WCC programme executive and Ecumenical Institute at Bossey adjunct professor.

Pillay will deliver the assembly’s opening address, “The Church's Prophetic Responsibility in Promoting Peace, Social Cohesion, Justice, and Sustainable Development,” on 22 July. On 24 July, he will preach at the morning service under the theme “Envisioning the Future.”

Molo will deliver a public lecture "From Conflict to Cohesion: Churches as Agents of National Healing" on 21 July. Lessing will speak on 22 July on "The Church's Prophetic Voice in a Broken Society" during the Theology Conference component of the assembly. Matale will preach during the morning service on 23 July. 

The delegation is scheduled to meet other church and community leaders during their four-day stay in Harare.

WCC member churches in Zimbabwe

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WCC news: WCC to lead solidarity delegation to Zimbabwe

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay will lead an ecumenical solidarity delegation to the Zimbabwe C...