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The World Council of Churches (WCC) is a worldwide Christian inter-church organization founded in 1948 to work for the cause of ecumenism. [1] Its full members today include the Assyrian Church of the East, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, most jurisdictions of the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Union of Utrecht, the Lutheran World Federation, the Anglican Communion, the Mennonite churches, the ...
Pages in category "Members of the World Council of Churches" The following 189 pages are in this category, out of 189 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in West Africa (FECCIWA) is a Christian ecumenical organization founded in 1994. [1] It is a member of the World Council of Churches. It includes member churches in Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Togo, Sierra Leone, Benin, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Niger. [2]
The commission has 120 members, including representation of churches who are not members of the World Council of Churches, [1] among them the Roman Catholic Church, who joined in 1968. Members are men and women from around the world - pastors, laypeople, academics, and church leaders nominated by their churches.
It is a member of the World Council of Churches. [2] The organization hosts a Health and Gender Justice Network [3] and Economic Justice Network. [4] The organization regularly speaks out against corruption and violence. [5] [6] [7] [8]
Jerry Pillay is the current (since 2023) General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.He is a Reformed pastor, member of the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa, former professor of theology at the University of Pretoria where he heads the Department of History and Ecclesiology and was Dean of the Faculty of Theology and Religion. [1]
Pages in category "World Council of Churches" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Pages in category "People of the World Council of Churches" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .