How We Work

The NCCA gathers together Churches and Christian communities which confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the Scriptures. We commit to deepen our relationship with each other and to work together towards the fulfilment of common witness, proclamation and service, to the glory of the one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

At least once a year, Christians reflect on Jesus’ prayer for His disciples, expressing the hope that:

“they may be one so that the world may believe” (John 17:21).

Congregations and parishes worldwide engage in the exchange of preachers and arrange special ecumenical celebrations and prayer services. This unique experience is initiated by the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is an international Christian ecumenical observance kept annually between Ascension and Pentecost in the Southern Hemisphere and between 18-25 January in the Northern Hemisphere.

2026

17 – 24 May 2026

The theme for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in 2026:

“There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling” (Ephesians 4:4)

The 2026 prayers and reflections for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity were prepared by the Inter-Church Relations Department of the Armenian Apostolic Church, along with their brothers and sisters of the Armenian Catholic and Evangelical Churches. The resources are jointly published by the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity and the World Council of Churches (WCC).

Resources are available here.

Prior year resources

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2025

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2024