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This is the first meeting of the new committee elected in Geneva by the central committee at its first full meeting following the WCC 11th Assembly.
The agenda includes orientation, community building, and a review of the committee’s mandate. It also includes a review of membership matters, a report from the WCC Commission on Faith and Order, and a visit to the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Participants include members of the Permanent Committee on Consensus and Collaboration, the WCC general secretary, and staff responsible for church and ecumenical relations, membership matters, and Faith and Order.
The meeting is taking place at the invitation of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and is hosted by H.E. Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, WCC executive committee member and co-moderator of the Permanent Committee on Consensus and Collaboration.
Committee members plan to increase their understanding of the WCC Strategic Plan 2023-2030 for aligned initiatives; follow up on previous mandate recommendations; discuss membership matters for effective decision-making on new applications; gain insight into current Faith and Order Commission work.
