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Rev. Prof. Dr Stephanie Dietrich, WCC Faith and Order moderator, during the opening session of the commission`s meeting in Indonesia, 2 February 2024, Photo: Dalton Darwin/WCC

Moderator`s address - Faith and Order commission meeting, Indonesia, February 2024

I am pleased to offer a word of welcome at this historic moment, the gathering of the new Faith and Order Commission here in North Sulawesi in Indonesia. As far as I know, this is the first time our Commission is meeting in Indonesia. We are thankful for the opportunity to gather here, and immensely grateful for the hospitality the local church is offering to us.

03 February 2024
Commission on Faith and Order
Interview
Relics sit on the altar, as Sunday service is celebrated in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint George, Church of Cyprus, in Paralimni. The service is attended by participants in an Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation to the World Council of Churches’ 11th Assembly that brings together more than 50 delegates representing 20 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox member churches, in Cyprus on 9-16 May 2022.

Reflections on “What Are the Churches Saying About the Church” share fruits of WCC Commission on Faith and Order

Below, Rev. Dr Susan Durber, moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order and His Eminence Bishop Maxim, from the Serbian Orthodox Church and a WCC Faith and Order commissioner, reflect on the publication “What Are the Churches Saying About the Church?”

The publication, which presents key findings and proposals from responses to “The Church: Towards a Common Vision,” is among the many fruits being harvested by the study groups of the WCC Faith and Order Commission for the WCC 11th Assembly.

19 May 2022
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Pope Francis visits WCC, 2018. Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC

Multilateral Ecumenism. Sixty Years of Experience From the Perspective of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity

In the field of multilateral relations, the major partner of the Catholic Church is the World Council of Churches (WCC). Founded in 1948, it is the broadest and most inclusive ecumenical organization, bringing together 350 Christian denominations including Orthodox, Lutherans, Reformed, Anglicans, Methodists, Baptists as well as United and Independent churches. Altogether they represent over 500 million Christians worldwide.

18 June 2020
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Dame Mary Tanner, from the Church of England, served as WCC president for Europe. Photo: Kelly Brownlee/WCC

#WCC70: A chance to change

For Dame Mary Tanner it was the challenge of the Community Study that dramatically enlarged her understanding of the unity which is God’s gift and our calling. The years of reflection on experience and envisioning the church as a community of women and men offered a chance to change.

21 February 2018
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Bishop Bärbel Wartenberg-Potter paying tribute to her late husband. © WCC/Albin Hillert

Memorial service pays tribute to Philip Potter

Traditional forms of Christian prayer and the music of Bob Marley blended neatly together in a chapel service honouring the memory of the Caribbean-born third general secretary of the WCC, the Rev. Dr Philip Potter who died in March at the age of 93. The service of common prayer, which drew many former colleagues and admirers, took place at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on Monday 18 May.

18 May 2015
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One Baptism: Towards Mutual Recognition

One Baptism: Towards Mutual Recognition is an official study text of the Commission on Faith and Order. It is a further development and explication of the insights of Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry. It links questions of Christian initiation with ecclesiology, mutual recognition of baptism, and the basic bonds of Christian unity. The study text also deals with ongoing and more recent issues that prevent mutual recognition of baptism that impede the visible unity of the Church in one faith and in one eucharistic fellowship.

25 June 2011
Commission on Faith and Order
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One Baptism: Towards Mutual Recognition - A Study Text

One Baptism: Towards Mutual Recognition - A Study Text

Faith and Order Paper No. 210

One Baptism: Towards Mutual Recognition is a recent contribution to the churches’ quest for Christian unity. A decade in the making, it is a study document from the World Council of Churches’ Commission on Faith and Order that invites further dialogue among Christians concerning baptism within the One Church of Jesus Christ.

01 January 2011
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"Wesen und Auftrag der Kirche": Ein Meilenstein auf dem Weg zur kirchlichen Einheit?

Dieser Text wird ein "wichtiges ökumenischen Werkzeug" zur Erfüllung des Gebetes Jesu für die Einheit der Christen werden, erklärte Metropolit Dr. Gennadios von Sassima vom Ökumenischen Patriarchat in seiner Einführung zur Studie "Das Wesen und die Mission der Kirche", die er heute vor dem Plenum der Kommission des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) für Glauben und Kirchenverfassung gab.

02 August 2004
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Nature and mission of the church: the "BEM" of the 21st century?

This document "will become a major ecumenical instrument for the fulfillment of Jesus' prayer" for the unity of Christian believers, stated Metropolitan Dr Gennadios of Sassima from the Ecumenical Patriarchate today, as he introduced the study "The nature and mission of the church" to the World Council of Churches (WCC) plenary commission on Faith and Order.

31 July 2004