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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.

Assez bref (environ 2 300 mots), ce texte a été adopté par les Eglises membres du COE à l'Assemblée de Porto Alegre (février 2006) comme constituant une base pour leur volonté réaffirmée de rechercher l'unité visible. Il invite les Eglises à relancer leurs conversations - qui doivent se soutenir mutuellement tout en restant ouvertes et rigoureuses - sur la qualité de leur communauté fraternelle et de leur communion ainsi que sur les problèmes qui continuent à les diviser. Il a été demandé aux Eglises membres du COE de communiquer leur réponse officielle à ce texte d'ici la prochaine Assemblée du COE ; les groupes d'étude et toutes personnes intéressées sont également invités à faire connaître leurs commentaires et leurs réactions.

(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.