The World Council at 50: Seeking new terms of engagement.(World Council of Churches '98 conference)(includes related article)

From: The Christian Century | Date: December 23, 1998| Author: Heim, David | Copyright information

The World Council of Churches (WCO) reaffirmed during their Dec 13 conference that the council's 340 Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox churches will stay together. The 50 year-old organization was facing speculation that collapse was imminent, but by avoiding topics such as gender, homosexuality and abortion, they prevented a confrontation between Orthodox and liberal Protestant churches. In addition, the WCO called for a special commission to come up with a new form of institutional life tha...

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