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Pentecost message 2006

19 May 2006

WCC Presidents

Message of the Presidents of the WCC at Pentecost 2006

On the day of Pentecost described in the second chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, the Holy Spirit transformed a diverse gathering of people - many of them drawn from distant lands (Acts 2:5-11). In February of this year, thousands of Christians from every region of the world had a similar experience - a Pentecost experience - while participating in the Assembly of the World Council of Churches held in southern Brazil.

19 May 2006

New WCC central committee elects officers and executive committee

Nominees for President of the WCC (as adopted)

23 February 2006

Report

Third report of the Nominations Committee

22 February 2006

Report

Second report of the Nominations Committee

21 February 2006

Isabel Apawo Phiri presentation

20 February 2006

God is at work in Latin America

Plenary on Latin America

19 February 2006

Video: testimonies and statements

19 February 2006

AIDS Youth urge action for protection from HIV

Churches need to build youth participation so that young people can

18 February 2006

George Mulrain - welcome and introduction

17 February 2006

Nancy Cardoso presentation

16 February 2006

Assembly calls for economic justice

by Stephen Webb (*)

16 February 2006

Background document

Churches' response to human sexuality

14 February 2006

Report

Final report of the Special Commission on Orthodox Participation in the WCC

"Final report of the Special Commission on Orthodox participation in the WCC" : The 60-member Special Commission was created by the WCC's eighth assembly in 1998 in response to mainly Orthodox concerns about participation in the Council. Composed of an equal number of representatives from Orthodox churches and from the other churches belonging to the WCC, the Commission submitted its final report to the central committee in September 2002.

14 February 2006