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What Are the Churches Saying About the Church?

Key Findings and Proposals from the Responses to The Church: Towards a Common Vision

Faith and Order Paper no. 236

This report was developed by the WCC Commission on Faith and Order as part of an ongoing conversation by churches about the Church that has included various elements. Following the publication of the two volumes of Churches Respond to The Church: Towards a Common Vision, this text provides an accessible summary of the findings of a process that took years of intense and hope-filled listening. It provides some highlights and impressions of what those who have listened have discerned what they heard.

The Commission on Faith and Order hope that readers will find this short text fascinating, challenging, and significant and that it will encourage the churches to take stock of the theological unity made evident here.

Prier et tisser des liens

La congrégation des Filles de Marie de Beni-Souef, en Égypte, gère des jardins d’enfants, des hôpitaux, des écoles et des maisons de retraite. Les sœurs prennent soin des orphelins, des personnes âgées et des personnes handicapées. Elles tissent ainsi des liens plus nécessaires que jamais avec la société majoritairement musulmane.

The report by the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit to the WCC executive committee, June 2017

In his report to the Executive Committee, WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit noted that we are living in a time when the purpose and the objectives of the WCC are highly relevant.

Based on these realities, there is a need for a new search for unity, he said. “Through the many dimensions of its work, the WCC contributes to the unity of the church, and the unity that the WCC is able to express, in turn, contributes to the unity of humankind.”

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Bericht der Interorthodoxen Konsultation im Vorfeld der Vollversammlung

Auf Anregung des ÖRK und auf Einladung des Ökumenischen Patriarchen Bartholomaios und unter der Schirmherrschaft von Metropolit Nathanael von Kos und Nisyros kamen Vertreter der östlich- und orientalisch-orthodoxen Kirchen auf der Insel Kos, Griechenland, vom 11.-17. Oktober 2012 zusammen, um über das Thema der 10. ÖRK-Vollversammlung zu beraten und den theologischen Beitrag ihrer Kirchen zur ÖRK-Vollversammlung 2013 auszuarbeiten.

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