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==Spin-offs and related organizations==
The [[ACT Alliance]], bringing together over 100 church-backed relief and development organizations worldwide, was born out of the merger of ACT International (Action by Churches Together International) and ACT Development ([[Action by Churches Together for Development]]) in March 2010. Both [[ACT International]], established in 1995, and [[ACT Development]] (2007) were created through the leadership of the World Council of Churches (WCC). The two bodies coordinated the work of agencies related to the member churches of the WCC and the Lutheran World Federation in the areas of humanitarian emergencies and [[poverty reduction]] respectively.<ref name="oikoumene">{{cite press release|url=http://www.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/eng/a/article/1634/churches-launch-major-hum.html|publisher=oikoumene.org|title=WCC press release: Churches launch major humanitarian alliance (24/03/2010)|access-date=2017-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716203534/http://www.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/eng/a/article/1634/churches-launch-major-hum.html|archive-date=2010-07-16|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance]] was officially founded in December 2000 at a meeting convened by the WCC. There are currently 73 churches and Christian organizations that are members of the Alliance, from Catholic, Evangelical, Orthodox and Protestant traditions. These members, representing a combined constituency of tens of millions of people around the world, are committed to working together in public witness and action for justice on defined issues of common concern. Current campaigns are on Food and on HIV and AIDS.<ref name="oikoumene2">{{cite press release|url=http://www.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/eng/a/article/1634/christian-alliance-for-ad.html|publisher=oikoumene.org|title=WCC press release: Christian alliance for advocacy marks successes, future challenges (09/12/2010)|access-date=2017-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405051959/http://www.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/eng/a/article/1634/christian-alliance-for-ad.html|archive-date=2012-04-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Ecumenical Church Loan Fund (ECLOF) was founded in 1946 as one of the world's first international micro-credit institutions in the service of the poor. [[Willem Visser 't Hooft]], then general secretary of the "WCC in process of formation" played an important role in founding ECLOF. It was he who sketched the prospects and challenges for the proposed institution and gave specific ideas on potential sources of funds. His inspiration and teamwork marked the beginning of a long and fruitful cooperation between ECLOF and the WCC.<ref name="eclof">{{cite web|url=http://www.eclof.org/archiv/english/newhorizon/nheng20/wccbday.htm|publisher=eclof.org|title=ECLOF press release: Happy Birthday WCC! (Dec. 1998)|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref>

The Ecumenical Development Cooperative Society U.A (now known as [[Oikocredit]]) was developed from discussions at the 1968 Uppsala 4th Assembly, regarding church divestment from financial institutions supporting apartheid-era South Africa and the war in Vietnam. After several years of planning, the cooperative society was founded in 1975 in the Netherlands to provide an alternative ethical investment vehicle to church institutions, by providing credit to productive enterprises serving economically disadvantaged populations. Originally organized for large institutional members of the WCC, by 1976 local congregations developed Support Associations to enable congregations as well as individuals to participate. EDCS became independent from the WCC in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oikocredit.coop/about-us/history|title=History of Oikocredit|author=Oikocredit|access-date=2015-07-09}}</ref>

[[Ecumenical News International]] (ENI) was launched in 1994 as a global news service reporting on ecumenical developments and other news of the Christian churches, and giving religious perspectives on news developments worldwide. The joint sponsors of ENI, which was based at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland, were the World Council of Churches, the Lutheran World Federation, the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, and the Conference of European Churches, which also had their headquarters at the Ecumenical Centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eni.ch/information/introduction.shtml|title=eni.ch|access-date=2015-07-09}}</ref> A shortage of funds led to the suspension of the work of ENI in 2012.<ref name="christianpost">{{cite web|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/ecumenical-news-international-suspends-operations-82587/|publisher=The Christian Post|title=Ecumenical News International Suspends Operations|date=2 October 2012|access-date=2017-07-15|author-first1=Michael|author-last1=Gryboski}}</ref> As of 2024 ENI remains closed.