Friends World Committee for Consultation
Founded in 1937 in response to a need for a place where Friends from the four traditions can relate to each other, the Friends World Committee for Consultation is composed of yearly meetings from around the world. Having no executive authority over its constituent yearly meetings, the FWCC aims both to promote a deeper understanding among Friends of different nations and faith traditions, and to represent Friends at world bodies such as the World Council of Churches, the Catholic Church, and the United Nations, where it holds general consultative status recognized by the Economic and Social Council. The office of the FWCC is in London.
The FWCC has 103 member yearly meetings, representing 368,000 Christians. The Friends United Meeting (28 Yearly Meetings) and the Friends General Conference (14 Yearly Meetings) in the USA, as well the Canadian Yearly Meeting are members of the WCC.
Periodical: Friends World News
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Member Yearly Meetings of the Friends World Committee for ConsultationAfrica:Central and Southern Africa Yearly Meeting (Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Kenya – 15 Yearly Meetings (indirect member of WCC through Friends United Meeting) Port Harcourt Worship Group (Nigeria) Uganda Yearly Meeting (indirect member of WCC through Friends United Meeting) Asia:Aotearoa New Zealand Yearly Meeting Caribbean:Cuba Yearly Meeting (indirect member of WCC through Friends United Meeting) Europe:Austria Quarterly Meeting (of German YM) Middle East:Middle East Yearly Meeting (Palestine and Lebanon) North America Evangelical Friends Church-Mid-America Friends General Conference (USA – 13 Yearly Meetings) Intermountain Yearly Meeting (USA) Latin America:Evangelical Church Star of Bethlehem (Bolivia) |
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