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By Elizabeth S. Tapia (*)

By Olivier Schopfer (*)

by Aruna Gnanadason (*)

The sole Pentecostal member of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order plenary commission has made a powerful call for the inclusion of independent, evangelical and new churches, estimated at more than 25% of Christians worldwide, within the ecumenical movement.

By Juan Michel (*)

By Mark Woods (*)

A message to the churches from the World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order plenary commission meeting in Kuala Lumpur 26 July to 6 August refers to "a moment of hope" in its discussions.

By Miriam Shastri (*)

By Mark Woods (*)

By Olivier Schopfer (*)

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By Mark Woods *

The WCC has forcefully denounced the series of bombings which targeted Christian churches in Iraq on 1 August 2004.

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.

By Friedrich Degenhardt (*)

The Christian concept of pilgrimage was chosen as the main image to convey the meaning of the work of the Faith and Order commission by its former director Rev. Dr Alan Falconer in his report to the plenary commission meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 28 July to 6 August, 2004.