Transforming the Global Economy: GEM School Opens Applications

In a world grappling with escalating inequality and environmental crises, churches are stepping forward to advocate for economic systems rooted in justice and sustainability. From 18–29 August 2025, the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management for an Economy of Life (GEM School) will bring together 20 current and emerging church leaders in Seoul, South Korea (location to be confirmed). […]

New videos highlight economic justice work

Two new animated videos highlight the economic justice work of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) and its partners. The first video features the New International Financial and Economic Architecture (NIFEA) program for which the WCRC partners with the Council for World Mission, Lutheran World Federation, World Council of Churches, and World Methodist Council. […]

Applications invited for 2024 GEM School

Applications are open for the 2024 Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management (GEM School) for an Economy of Life, which will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, 19-30 August 2024. GEM School aims to train church leaders and young persons on eco-just international economics and global economic governance, thereby equipping churches with tools to enable […]

NIFEA partners call for fair redistribution of wealth and social protection

In a letter to the United Nations General Assembly, the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) joined other global Christian organizations in reiterating a call for a New International Financial and Economic Architecture (NIFEA). “In a world confronting multiple crises – the cost of living crisis, the pushback on democracy, human rights and gender justice, […]

Online conference to focus on degrowth

The New International Financial and Economic Architecture (NIFEA) initiative will host an online conference on “Degrowth: Living Sufficiently and Sustainably” on 1 October, with a pair of two-hour sessions. The conference will be a space to discuss and unpack various visions of “degrowth” or “post-growth” with a view to addressing the urgent eco-crisis and pandemic […]

Webinar to address global tax system

An ecumenical webinar will focus on using the global tax system as a tool to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and to repair systemic issues such as rising socio-economic inequality and runaway climate change. “ZacTax: A Reparatory Tax System for a Just and Sustainable Recovery” will be held on 25 June, 15:00 – 16:30 (CEST). […]

Online panel will explore tax reform from faith-rooted perspective

A public online panel discussion—“In a Time of Pandemic, Inequality, and Climate Change: Zacchaeus Tax and Jubilee Now!”—will explore how taxation, reparations, and debt cancellation could contribute to shaping an Economy of Life in a world marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, widening socio-economic inequalities, and a growing climate emergency. Offered as part of an ongoing […]

Zacchaeus campaign calls for tax justice

But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the LORD, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possession to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.” —Luke 19:8 A new, ecumenical campaign advocating for tax justice was launched on 11 July […]

In Zambia, foreign investors complicate “economy of life”

To witness and attempt to understand contrasting narratives of foreign investment-linked development and socio-economic injustice, participants of the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management for an Economy of Life (GEM School) visited a mining company on 22 August. The GEM School 2017 was promoted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and World Communion […]