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Called to be the One Church (The Porto Alegre Ecclesiology Text)
This concise text (about 2,300 words) was adopted by WCC member churches at the Porto Alegre Assembly (February, 2006) as a basis for their renewed commitment to the search for visible unity. It invites the churches into a renewed conversation - mutually supportive, yet open and searching - about the quality of their fellowship and communion, and about the issues which still divide them. WCC member churches are asked to respond officially to the text by the next WCC Assembly; study groups and individuals are also invited to offer comments and reactions.

Esta invitación tiene dos objetivos: a) reflexionar acerca de lo que, en este momento de la peregrinación ecuménica, pueden decir juntas sobre algunos aspectos importantes de la Iglesia; y b) exhortar a las iglesias a que reanuden las conversaciones -que sirvan para apoyarse mutuamente sin perder franqueza y penetración- sobre la calidad y el grado de su comunidad y su comunión, y sobre las cuestiones que aún las dividen.

(As adopted by the WCC 9th Assembly)
Please note: Further amendments to the constitution have been approved by the WCC 10th Assembly.

The following report was presented to and received by the Assembly. Its resolutions were proposed by the Public Issues Committee and approved by the Assembly through consensus. Dissent expressed by Assembly delegates is recorded as endnotes.