A call to Christian unity beyond humanity
One truth persists across time and cultures: there is only one Creation, made by one God, groaning for one redemption. “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling” (Eph. 4:4). Yet in our era of selfies and speed, of borders and biodiversity loss, we’ve fractured this oneness into competing interests and isolated communities
The World Council of Churches exists to fulfill Christ’s prayer “that they may all be one” (John 17:21). But as we observe the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in 2026, I have to ask: have we made unity too exclusively human?
In the Anthropocene, we’ve learned to speak of unity in interpersonal or interreligious terms. We forget ourselves as part of one Creation on a cosmic level – physically, mentally, spiritually. Christian unity brings together more than denominations. This mystery lives in the Holy Trinity and extends to all creation’s salvation.