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The WCC's eighth Assembly in 1998 discussed a proposal for a forum of Christian churches and ecumenical organizations that would bring together churches participating in the ecumenical movement, e.g. WCC member churches, the Catholic church, other churches, and Evangelical, Pentecostal and Independent churches, as well as ecumenical and para-church organizations.

Diese Richtlinien gelten für die Vollversammlung und für Tagungen aller ÖRK-Gremien und beziehen sich auf die Rolle der Vorsitzenden, Delegierten und Teilnehmenden, die Festlegung der Tagesordnung, die Entscheidungsfindung im Konsensverfahren und durch Abstimmung sowie auf Sprachen und andere Aspekte.

These guidelines - covering the roles of moderators, delegates and participants; setting the agenda; making decisions by consensus and by formal vote; election process; language and other elements - apply to the Assembly and to meetings of all bodies of the WCC.

A joint consultative group between the WCC and Pentecostal churches was created in response to the mandate of the 1998 WCC Assembly in Zimbabwe. Excerpts from a report on their work from 2000-2005.

Zur Halbzeit der Dekade zur Überwindung von Gewalt (2001-2010) wirft dieses Dokument Fragen auf, die eine Zwischenbewertung erlauben sollen, und macht Vorschläge zu der Richtung, die in den kommenden fünf Jahren eingeschlagen werden könnte.

At the mid-point of the 2001-2010 Ecumenical Decade to Overcome Violence, this background document raises questions that may allow an interim assessment and points to the course that might be followed during the remaining five years of the Decade.

"Call to recommitment at the midterm of the ecumenical Decade to Overcome Violence 2001-2010 - Churches seeking reconciliation and peace" : Five years have passed since the WCC launched the Decade to Overcome Violence 2001-2010. The Assembly will celebrate the achievements to date, make an interim assessment, and refocus the course to be followed during the second half of the Decade. A call to recommitment is part of this process.

"Religious plurality and Christian self-understanding" : The question of the theological approach to religious plurality had been on the agenda of the WCC many times, reaching a certain consensus in 1989 and 1990.1 In recent years, it was felt that this difficult and controversial issue needed to be revisited. The present document is the result of a study process in response to suggestions made in 2002 at the WCC central committee to the three staff teams on Faith and Order, Inter-religious Relations, and Mission and Evangelism, and their respective commissions or advisory bodies.

Die Verfassung bestimmt die Basis und die Grundsätze der Mitgliedschaft, die Ziele und Funktionen sowie die Autorität und den organisatorischen Aufbau des Rates. Die Satzung enthält genaue Richtlinien für die Rolle, Zuständigkeit und Struktur der verschiedenen Leitungsorgane des Rates, des Vorstands, der Ausschüsse, des Mitarbeiterstabs und der Partnerorganisationen sowie für die Rolle öffentlicher Erklärungen und die Ordnung der Sitzungen. Verfassung und Satzung werden der Vollversammlung zur Abänderung vorgelegt.

The WCC's constitution identifies the basis for, and the principles of membership, the purposes and functions, authority, and organization of the Council. Its rules give precise guidance concerning the roles, responsibilities and structure of the Council's various governing bodies, officers, committees, staff and partner organizations, the role of public statements, and the conduct of meetings. The constitution and rules will be submitted to the Assembly for amendment.