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Meeting of the Faith and Order Plenary Commission, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2004

At the Faith and Order Plenary Commission meeting 2004, by Metropolitan Prof. Dr Gennadios of Sassima, Ecumenical Patriarchate

Keynote address by WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia at the Faith and Order Plenary Commission meeting, 28 July - 6 August 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

If violence is an exercise of power over the powerless or a retaliation to such, what makes power prone to abuse? Why do people not only fear but also aspire for sources of violent power? Why do some religious traditions view violence as a divine attribute? How is power understood and exercised within our churches? What biblical and theological resources do we have to offer in the search for responsible new ways of understanding and exercising power? Interrogating and redefining power is crucial to our attempts to overcome violence.

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By Samuel Kabue

The activities report presented before the WCC Central Committee, 2003

Second Report of the Programme Committee addresses the issues of the programmatic work and the special commission and relocation of regional desks

This text is the report from the most recent international consultation of united and uniting churches. Focusing on issues of unity, mission and identity, this text brings the unique perspective and experience of these churches into dialogue with the wider ecumenical movement.

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

Final report of the membership study group presented to the WCC Central Committe, September 2002

Report of the policy reference committee I, in response to the report of the moderator and the report of the general secretary

Report of the policy reference committee II in response to the report of the moderator and the report of the general secretary.

Report of the policy reference committee III in response to the report of the moderator, the report of the general secretary and the report of the special commission on orthodox participation.

The following article is the entry on Interfaith Dialogue (Dialogue, Interfaith) from the revised edition of the Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement published jointly by the World Council of Churches and the Wm. Eerdmans in 2002.