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The activities report presented before the WCC Central Committee, 2003

There has been a growing awareness that persons with disabilities invite the Church to explore anew the understanding of the Gospel and the nature of the Church. This interim statement, drafted with participation from the Faith and Order Commission, offers pointers and insights on major theological themes. It is hoped that it will also help the churches address inclusion, active participation and full involvement in the spiritual and social life of the church in particular and society in general.

A Church of All and for All - An interim statement

Resolution of the General Synod of the church of Norway

Response of the member churches to The Nature and Purpose of the Church (Faith and Order Paper No. 181)

"Believing without belonging? In search of new paradigms of church and mission in secularised and postmodern contexts"

Those wishing to do bible studies on the week of prayer theme can use as a basis the biblical texts and reflections given in the "eight days". Each day the discussions can lead to a closing period of intercessory prayer.

Declaration from a meeting with Latin American and Caribbean Jubilee 2000 coalitions (Honduras, January 1999).

The report results from seven years' work by a dedicated group drawn from the World Council of Churches and the Roman Catholic Church. The character of the document is intentionally educational. The group believed that it would in this way best serve the interest of all who wish to know not only the Joint Working Group's agenda but the growing relationship of the WCC and the RCC within the broader perspective of the one ecumenical movement which the group has witnessed and in some measure assisted.