Consejo mundial de iglesias

Worldwide inter-church organization founded in 1948

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Consejo mundial de iglesias
Logotipo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias
Abreviatura	WCC
Secretario general	Rev. Ioan Sauca
Región	Internacional
Origen	1948
Miembros	350 (iglesias miembros)
Página web oficial	www .oikoumene .org

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias ( CMI ) es una organización inter-eclesiástica cristiana mundial fundada en 1948 para trabajar por la causa del ecumenismo . ^[1] Sus miembros de pleno derecho incluyen hoy la Iglesia Asiria de Oriente , las Iglesias Ortodoxas Orientales , la mayoría de las jurisdicciones de la Iglesia Ortodoxa Oriental , la Antigua Iglesia Católica , las Iglesias Luteranas , la Comunión Anglicana , las Iglesias Menonitas , las Iglesias Metodistas , la Iglesia Morava y las Iglesias Reformadas, así como las Iglesias Bautistas y Pentecostales . ^{[1] [2] [3]} Notablemente, la Iglesia Católica no es un miembro de pleno derecho, aunque envía delegados a las reuniones que tienen la condición de observadores. ^{[1] [4]} El CMI surgió del movimiento ecuménico y tiene como base la siguiente declaración:

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias es una comunidad de iglesias que confiesan al Señor Jesucristo como Dios y Salvador según las Escrituras y, por lo tanto, buscan cumplir juntos su llamado común a la gloria del único Dios: Padre, Hijo y Espíritu Santo.

Es una comunidad de iglesias en camino hacia la unidad visible en una fe y una comunión eucarística, expresada en el culto y en la vida común en Cristo. Busca avanzar hacia esta unidad, como Jesús oró por sus seguidores, "para que el mundo crea". (Juan 17:21) ^[5]

El CMI se describe a sí mismo como "una confraternidad mundial de 349 iglesias mundiales, regionales y subregionales, nacionales y locales que buscan la unidad, un testimonio común y un servicio cristiano". ^[6] No tiene oficina central como tal, pero su centro administrativo está en el Centro Ecuménico en Ginebra , Suiza . ^[7] Los miembros de la organización incluyen denominaciones que afirman representar colectivamente a más de 500 millones de personas en todo el mundo en más de 110 países. ^[8]

Muchas afiliadas regionales del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, como el Consejo de Iglesias de Oriente Medio y el Consejo Nacional de Iglesias de Australia , trabajan por la causa de la unidad cristiana a nivel nacional, con denominaciones miembros que incluyen las iglesias ortodoxas orientales, las iglesias luteranas Iglesia Católica, Iglesias Ortodoxas Orientales, Iglesias Metodistas, Comunión Anglicana, Iglesias Reformadas, entre otras. ^{[9] [10]}

Historia

El Movimiento Ecuménico obtuvo éxitos iniciales a finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX, incluida la Conferencia Misionera de Edimburgo de 1910 (presidida por el futuro presidente honorario del CMI, John R. Mott ). En 1920, el Patriarca Ecuménico de la Iglesia Ortodoxa Oriental , Germanus V de Constantinopla , escribió una carta "dirigida a todas las Iglesias de Cristo, dondequiera que estén", instando a una cooperación más estrecha entre los cristianos separados y sugiriendo una 'Liga de Iglesias ', paralelo a la recién fundada Sociedad de Naciones ". ^[11] Los líderes de la Iglesia acordaron en 1937 establecer un Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, basado en la fusión del Movimiento Fe y Constitución.(bajo Charles Brent de la Iglesia Episcopal de los Estados Unidos) y Life and Work (conferencia) | Life and Work Movement (bajo Nathan Söderblom de la Iglesia Luterana de Suecia ) organizaciones.

Su establecimiento oficial fue aplazado con el estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial hasta el 23 de agosto de 1948. Los delegados de 147 iglesias se reunieron en Amsterdam para fusionar el Movimiento de Fe y Constitución y el Movimiento de Vida y Trabajo. ^[12] Esto se consolidó con una segunda reunión en Lund en 1950, para la cual el metodista británico Robert Newton Flew editó un influyente volumen de estudios, The Nature of the Church . ^[13] Las fusiones posteriores fueron con el Concilio Misionero Internacional en 1961 y el Concilio Mundial de Educación Cristiana, con sus raíces en el movimiento de la Escuela Dominical del siglo XVIII , en 1971.

Las iglesias miembros del CMI incluyen la Iglesia Asiria de Oriente y las Iglesias Ortodoxas Orientales , casi todas las Iglesias Ortodoxas Orientales y las Iglesias Luteranas ; la Iglesia Morava ; la Comunión Anglicana ; algunas iglesias católicas antiguas ; las iglesias metodistas ; la presbiteriana y otras iglesias reformadas , una muestra de iglesias unidas e independientes, y algunas iglesias bautistas y pentecostales . ^{[1] [2]}

Muchas iglesias que se negaron a unirse al CMI se unieron para formar la Alianza Evangélica Mundial . ^[14]

Los delegados enviados desde las iglesias miembros se reúnen cada siete u ocho años en una Asamblea, que elige un Comité Central que gobierna entre Asambleas. Una variedad de otros comités y comisiones responden al Comité Central y su personal. Se han celebrado asambleas desde 1948.

Los "abusos de los derechos humanos en los países comunistas suscitaron una gran preocupación entre los líderes del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias". ^[15] Sin embargo, el historiador Christopher Andrew afirma que, durante la Guerra Fría, varios representantes importantes del CMI de la Iglesia Ortodoxa en Europa del Este habían estado trabajando para el KGB y que influyeron en la política del CMI. ^[16] De 1955 a 1958, Robert S. Bilheimer copresidió una comisión internacional del CMI para preparar un documento que abordara la amenaza de la guerra nuclear durante la Guerra Fría. ^[17]

En la conferencia de 1961, un obispo ortodoxo ruso de 32 años llamado Aleksey Ridiger fue enviado como delegado a la asamblea y luego nombrado miembro del comité central del CMI. Más tarde fue elegido patriarca ruso en 1990 como Alexei II . ^[18]

La novena asamblea tuvo lugar en Porto Alegre, Brasil, en febrero de 2006, bajo el tema "Dios, en tu gracia, transforma el mundo". ^[19] Durante las primeras Asambleas, los teólogos Vasileios Ioannidis y Amilkas Alivizatos contribuyeron significativamente a los debates que llevaron a la redacción de la "Declaración de Toronto", un documento fundacional que facilitó la participación de los ortodoxos orientales en la organización y hoy constituye su carta eclesiológica. ^[20]

La Décima Asamblea se celebró en Busan, República de Corea, del 30 de octubre al 8 de noviembre de 2013. ^[21]

En 2013, la Dra. Agnes Abuom de Nairobi, de la Iglesia Anglicana de Kenia, fue elegida moderadora del Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias; ella es la primera mujer y la primera africana en ocupar este cargo. ^[22]

Eventos y presidentes

Asambleas

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias ha celebrado 10 Asambleas hasta la fecha, comenzando con la asamblea fundacional en 1948: ^[23]

1. Amsterdam , Países Bajos , 22 de agosto - 4 de septiembre de 1948
2. Evanston , Illinois , Estados Unidos , 15 a 31 de agosto de 1954
3. Nueva Delhi , India , 19 de noviembre - 5 de diciembre de 1961
4. Uppsala , Suecia , 4 a 20 de julio de 1968
5. Nairobi , Kenia , 23 de noviembre - 10 de diciembre de 1975
6. Vancouver , Columbia Británica , Canadá 24 de julio - 10 de agosto de 1983
7. Canberra , ACT , Australia , 7 a 21 de febrero de 1991 ^[24]
8. Harare , Zimbabwe , 3 a 14 de diciembre de 1998
9. Porto Alegre , Rio Grande do Sul , Brasil , 14 a 23 de febrero de 2006
10. Busan , Corea del Sur , 30 de octubre - 8 de noviembre de 2013

Presidentes

Los presidentes de la actual Décima Asamblea son: ^{[25] [26]}

• África: Mary-Anne Plaatjies van Huffel ( Uniendo a la Iglesia Reformada en África Meridional )
• Asia: Chang Sang ( Iglesia Presbiteriana de la República de Corea )
• Europa: Arzobispo Anders Wejryd ( Iglesia de Suecia )
• América Latina y el Caribe: Rev. Gloria Nohemy Ulloa Alvarado (Iglesia Presbiteriana de Colombia)
• América del Norte: The Rt Revd Mark L. MacDonald ( Iglesia Anglicana de Canadá )
• Pacífico: Mele'ana Puloka ( Iglesia Wesleyana Libre de Tonga )
• Ortodoxo oriental: Juan X de Antioquía (Patriarca de la Iglesia ortodoxa griega de Antioquía )
• Ortodoxo Oriental: Karekin II (Catholicos de la Iglesia Apostólica Armenia )

Los ex presidentes del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias incluyen:

• Rev. Martin Niemöller , el famoso teólogo protestante antinazi
• TC Chao , teólogo chino

Secretarios generales

Desde que se fundó oficialmente el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias en 1948, los siguientes hombres se han desempeñado como secretarios generales: ^[27]

Años	Nombre	Iglesias	Nacionalidad
1948-1966	WA Visser 't Hooft	Iglesia Reformada Holandesa [28] / Federación de Iglesias Protestantes Suizas , Ginebra	Países Bajos
1966-1972	Eugene Carson Blake	Iglesia Presbiteriana Unida (EE. UU.)	Estados Unidos
1972–1984	Philip A. Potter	Iglesia Metodista	Dominica
1985–1992	Emilio Castro	Iglesia Evangélica Metodista de Uruguay	Uruguay
1993-2003	Konrad Raiser	Iglesia Evangélica en Alemania (EKD)	Alemania
2004-2009	Samuel Kobia	Iglesia Metodista en Kenia	Kenia
2010-2020	Olav Fykse Tveit	Iglesia de Noruega	Noruega

Comisiones y equipos

Hay dos enfoques complementarios del ecumenismo: diálogo y acción. El movimiento de Fe y y Movimiento Vida y Acción representan estos enfoques. ^[29] Estos enfoques se reflejan en la labor del CMI en sus comisiones , que son:

• Echos- Comisión de la Juventud (de 18 a 30 años)
• Comisión de las Iglesias sobre Diaconía y Desarrollo
• Comisión de Educación y Formación Ecuménica
• Comisión de las Iglesias de Asuntos Internacionales
• Comisión de Justicia, Paz y Creación
• Comisión de Misión Mundial y Evangelización
• Comisión Plenaria de Fe y Constitución y Comisión Permanente de Fe y Constitución
• Grupo Consultivo Conjunto con Pentecostales
• Grupo de trabajo conjunto CMI - Iglesia católica (Vaticano)
• Grupo de referencia sobre el Decenio para Superar la Violencia
• Grupo de referencia sobre relaciones interreligiosas
• Comisión Especial de Participación Ortodoxa en el CMI

Comisiones de diaconía y desarrollo y relaciones internacionales

El CMI actúa a través de sus iglesias miembros y otras organizaciones religiosas y sociales para coordinar la acción ecuménica, evangélica y social.

Los programas actuales del CMI incluyen una Década para Superar la Violencia , una campaña internacional para combatir el SIDA / VIH en África y la iniciativa Justicia, Paz y Creación .

Comisión de Fe y Constitución

Artículo principal: Comisión de Fe y Constitución

WCC's Faith and Order Commission has been successful in working toward consensus on Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry, on the date of Easter, on the nature and purpose of the church (ecclesiology), and on ecumenical hermeneutics.

Texts

• Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry (Faith and Order Paper No. 111, the “Lima Text”; 1982)^[30]
• The Churchː Towards a Common Vision (Faith and Order Paper no. 214; 2013^[31]) after The Nature and Mission of the Church – A Stage on the Way to a Common Statement (Faith and Order Paper no. 198; 2005^[32]) and The Nature and Purpose of the Church (Faith and Order Paper no. 181; 1998^[33])
• Towards a Common Date of Easter^[34]

Justice, Peace and Creation Commission

Justice, Peace and Creation has drawn many elements together with an environmental focus. Its mandate is:

To analyze and reflect on justice, peace and creation in their interrelatedness, to promote values and practices that make for a culture of peace, and to work towards a culture of solidarity with young people, women, Indigenous Peoples and racially and ethnically oppressed people.^[35]

Focal issues have been globalization and the emergence of new social movements (in terms of people bonding together in the struggle for justice, peace, and the protection of creation).^[36]

Attention has been given to issues around:

• economy^[37]
• environment^[38]
• Indigenous Peoples^[39]
• peace^[40]
• people with disabilities^[41]
• racism^[42]
• women^[43]
• youth^[44]

Relations with the Roman Catholic Church

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The largest Christian body, the Roman Catholic Church, is not a member of the WCC, but has worked closely with the Council for more than three decades and sends observers to all major WCC conferences as well as to its Central Committee meetings and the Assemblies (cf. Joint Working Group).

The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity also nominates 12 members to the WCC's Faith and Order Commission as full members. While not a member of the WCC, the Catholic Church is a member of some other ecumenical bodies at regional and national levels, for example, the National Council of Churches in Australia and the National Council of Christian Churches in Brazil (CONIC).

Pope Pius XI stated in 1928, that the only means by which the world Christian community was to return to faith, was to return to Roman Catholic Worship. In this regard, the Papacy rejected, to a great extent, the idea of the participation of the Catholic Church within the World Council of Churches. Pius XI stated that the ‘One true Church’ was that of the Roman Catholic denomination, and therefore there was the implication that the Catholic Church was not permitted at this stage to engage with other denominations, which the Papacy considered to be irrelevant. The Catholic Church therefore did not attend the 1948 meeting of the WCC, in addition to the idea that all members of the church were barred from attending WCC conferences.

Pope John XXIII took a different stance however, and in 1958 he was elected as the head of the Catholic Church. Ecumenism was a new element of catholic ideology which had been permitted, which was signified to a great extent, when John XXIII met with the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher. This was the first meeting between an Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Pope in the Vatican for 600 years. John XXIII later developed the office of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity; which symbolised a dramatic shift in support for the ecumenical movement, from the Catholic Church, led from the Vatican. 1961 saw Catholic members attend the Delhi conference of the WCC, which marked a significant shift in attitude toward the WCC from the Papacy. There was the idea in addition to this, that the Pope invited non-Catholics to attend the Vatican II Council.^[1] This new approach to inter-denominational relations was marked within the Unitatis Redintegratio.

This document marked several key reforms within the Catholic approach:

I. ‘Separated brethren’ was the new term for non-Catholics, as opposed to the previously used ‘heretics’^{[citation needed]}

II. Both Catholic and non-Catholic elements are held responsible for the schism between Catholicism and the Protestant movement^{[citation needed]}

III. Non-Catholics are recognised to the contributions that they make to Christian belief overall^{[citation needed]}

Further reforms have been enacted with regard to the nature of the Catholic Church on the world stage, for instance the 1965 union with the Patriarch of Constantinople, whereby the 1054 schism was undermined. In addition to this, Michael Ramsay, the then Archbishop of Canterbury, received an episcopal ring in 1966; a mark of union which had not been seen since prior to the Reformation. Moreover, the Anglican, Roman Catholic International Committee was additionally established as a means of promoting communication and cohesion between the two denominations. This has since marked a new level of participation of the Catholic Faith in the aforementioned ecumenical movement, and therefore is the basis for increased participation from the faith, in the WCC.

Special Commission on Orthodox Participation in the WCC

A Special Commission was set up by the eighth Harare Assembly in December 1998 to address Orthodox concerns about WCC membership and the Council's decision-making style, public statements, worship practices, and other issues. It issued its final report in 2006.^[45] Specific issues that it clarified were that the WCC does not formulate doctrine, does not have authority to rule on moral issues, nor does it have any ecclesiastical authority. Such authority is entirely internal to each individual member church. It proposed that the WCC adopt a consensus method of decision making. It proposed that Orthodox members be brought in parity with non-Orthodox members. It further proposed clarification that inter-confessional prayer at WCC events is not worship, particularly "it should avoid giving the impression of being the worship of a church", and confessional and inter-confessional prayer each be specifically identified as such at WCC events.

Peace journalism

The WCC is also a prominent supporter and practitioning body for Peace journalism: journalism practice that aims to avoid a value bias in favor of violence that often characterizes coverage of conflict.^[46]

Spin-offs and related organizations

The ACT Alliance, bringing together over 100 church-backed relief and development organizations worldwide, was born out of the merger of ACT International (Action by Churches Together International) and ACT Development (Action by Churches Together for Development) in March 2010. Both ACT International, established in 1995, and ACT Development (2007) were created through the leadership of the World Council of Churches (WCC). The two bodies coordinated the work of agencies related to the member churches of the WCC and the Lutheran World Federation in the areas of humanitarian emergencies and poverty reduction respectively.^[47]

The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance was officially founded in December 2000 at a meeting convened by the WCC. There are currently 73 churches and Christian organizations that are members of the Alliance, from Catholic, Evangelical, Orthodox and Protestant traditions. These members, representing a combined constituency of tens of millions of people around the world, are committed to working together in public witness and action for justice on defined issues of common concern. Current campaigns are on Food and on HIV and AIDS.^[48]

The Ecumenical Church Loan Fund (ECLOF) was founded in 1946 as one of the world's first international micro-credit institutions in the service of the poor. Willem Visser 't Hooft, then general secretary of the "WCC in process of formation" played an important role in founding ECLOF. It was he who sketched the prospects and challenges for the proposed institution and gave specific ideas on potential sources of funds. His inspiration and teamwork marked the beginning of a long and fruitful cooperation between ECLOF and the WCC.^[49]

The Ecumenical Development Cooperative Society U.A (now known as Oikocredit) was developed from discussions at the 1968 Uppsala 4th Assembly, regarding church divestment from financial institutions supporting apartheid-era South Africa and the war in Vietnam. After several years of planning, the cooperative society was founded in 1975 in the Netherlands to provide an alternative ethical investment vehicle to church institutions, by providing credit to productive enterprises serving economically disadvantaged populations. Originally organized for large institutional members of the WCC, by 1976 local congregations developed Support Associations to enable congregations as well as individuals to participate. EDCS became independent from the WCC in 1977.^[50]

Ecumenical News International (ENI) was launched in 1994 as a global news service reporting on ecumenical developments and other news of the churches, and giving religious perspectives on news developments worldwide. The joint sponsors of ENI, which was based at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland, are the World Council of Churches, the Lutheran World Federation, the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, and the Conference of European Churches, which also have their headquarters at the Ecumenical Centre.^[51] A shortage of funds led to the suspension of the work of ENI in 2012.^[52] As of 2015 ENI remains closed.

Regional/national councils

The WCC has not sought the organic union of different Christian denominations, but it has, however, facilitated dialogue and supported local, national, and regional dialogue and cooperation.

Membership in a regional or national council does not mean that the particular group is also a member of the WCC.

• Africa – All Africa Conference of Churches^[53]
  • Organization of African Instituted Churches^[54]
• Asia (including Australia and New Zealand) – Christian Conference of Asia (CCA),^[55] Hong Kong
  • National Council of Churches in Australia
  • National Council of Churches in the Philippines
• Caribbean – Caribbean Conference of Churches
• Europe – Conference of European Churches,^[56] Geneva, Switzerland
• Latin America – Latin American Council of Churches^[57]
• Middle East – Middle East Council of Churches^[58]
• North America
  • Canadian Council of Churches
  • National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
• Pacific – Pacific Conference of Churches,^[59] Suva, Fiji

Criticism

Alleged neglect of suffering church in Eastern Europe

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Some historians, the U.S. State Department and former KGB officers themselves have alleged and provided corroborating evidence that the KGB's influence directly, or through lobbying by means of a front organization, the Christian Peace Conference, resulted in the WCC's failure to recognize or act on calls for help from persecuted East European Christians at the 1983 Vancouver General Assembly.^{[60][61]:647–8}

Claims of infiltration and influence by the KGB

It is claimed the KGB has infiltrated and influenced past WCC councils and policy.^[16] In 1992, Father Gleb Yakunin, a vice Chairman of a Russian parliamentary commission that investigated the activities of the KGB, citing verbatim KGB reports, claimed that its Fifth Directorate was actively involved in influencing WCC policy from 1967 to 1989.^[60][62] For example, in the 1983 WCC General Assembly in Vancouver, one cited document described the presence and activities of 47 KGB agents to secure the election of an "acceptable" candidate as General Secretary.^[62][63] The Mitrokhin Archive reveals more about the depth of the penetration and influence wielded by the KGB over the WCC.^[61] Metropolitan Nikidim was a KGB agent, codenamed ADAMANT, who served as one of six WCC Presidents from 1975 until his death.^[61]:729[64] His earlier intervention had resulted in the WCC making no comment on the invasion of Czechoslovakia.^[61]:636 As a result of his influence and that of other agents, it is claimed the USSR was rarely publicly criticised.^[61]:637 In 1989, copies of the KGB documents claim "the WCC executive and central committee adopted public statements (eight) and messages (three)" which corresponded to its own political direction.^[61]:637 Appeals from suffering dissidents both from within the Russian Orthodox Church and Protestants were ignored in 1983.^[61]:647–8 Metropolitan Aleksi Ridiger of Tallinn and Estonia was repeatedly alleged to be a KGB agent codenamed DROZDOV, who in 1988 was awarded an honorary citation for services to the KGB by its chairman.^{[61]:650[65][66]} Despite official disavowals, The Guardian described the evidence as "compelling".^[67] In 1990 he became Alexius II, the 15th Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. Upon his death in 2008, the WCC's official tribute, by its Council officers, described him as "courageous", "supportive and constructive" and the recipient of "abundant blessing", no reference was made to the allegations.^[68][69]

Attitude towards Israel

The World Council of Churches has been described as taking an adversarial position toward the state of Israel.^[70] It has also been claimed the council has focused particularly on activities and publications criticizing Israel in comparison with other human rights issues.^[71][72] It is similarly claimed that it downplayed appeals from Egyptian Copts about human rights abuses under Sadat and Mubarak, in order to focus on its neighbour.^[70] In 2009, the Council called for an international boycott on goods produced in Israeli settlements, which it described as 'illegal, unjust' and 'incompatible with peace'.^[73] In 2013, the General Secretary was reported to claim in Cairo, "We support the Palestinians. The WCC supports the Palestinians, because they are in the right."^[74] The WCC's Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) has been criticised by the Board of Deputies of British Jews for promoting "an inflammatory and partisan programme at the expense of its interfaith relations".^[75] The WCC secretariat was involved in preparing and helped disseminate the Kairos Palestine Document, which declares “the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land is a sin against God and humanity because it deprives the Palestinians of their basic human rights”, and in the view of one critic, its "authors want to see a single state".^[76]On the other hand, the WCC claims "Antisemitism is sin against God and man".^[77]

Opposition to Christian Zionism

Christian Zionism, which has long represented a major thread of historic and contemporary Protestants,^[78][79] is characterised as a view which "distort(s) the interpretation of the Word of God" and "damage(s) intra-Christian relations".^[80]

In this context, what is a source of concern is that Islamic fundamentalisms are giving rise to a counter reaction of other religious fundamentalisms, the most dangerous of which is Jewish fundamentalism which exploits the Islamic fundamentalist phenomenon to justify before western societies the distasteful aberrations of Zionism in Palestine.

— WCC working paper, Lebanon, May 2013^[81]

Frank Chikane, moderator of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) of the World Council of Churches (WCC), was criticised for using the term 'demons' to describe advocacy for Zionism in 2021.^[82]

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New Zealand Christian denominations in New Zealand New Zealand interchurch National Council of Churches Māori Council of Churches Catholic Catholic Church in New Zealand Anglican Anglican Church of New Zealand Holiness and Pietist Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of the Nazarene Salvation Army Seventh-day Adventist Church Historical Protestantism Baptist Union of New Zealand Open Brethren Fellowship of Congregational Churches Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand Methodist Church of New Zealand New Zealand Friends Presbyterian Church of New Zealand Wesleyan Methodist Church in New Zealand Eastern Christian Antiochian Orthodox of Australia and New Zealand Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of New Zealand Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand Serbian Orthodox of Australia and New Zealand Non-Chalcedonic Coptic Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand Pentecostal and related Assemblies of God CRC Churches International Harbourside Church Revival Centres International Vineyard Churches New Zealand Worldwide Church of God Other LDS Church v t e
Nigeria Christian denominations in Nigeria Nigerian interchurch Christian Association of Nigeria Fellowship of Churches of Christ in Nigeria African initiated Cherubim and Seraphim Society Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim Church of God Mission International Church of the Lord (Aladura) Anglican The African Church Church of Nigeria Baptist, Anabaptist, DC Church of the Brethren in Nigeria Churches of Christ in Nigeria Mambila Baptist Convention of Nigeria Nigerian Baptist Convention Catholic Catholic Church in Nigeria Holiness and Methodist African Methodist Episcopal Church in Nigeria Deeper Christian Life Ministry Redeemed Christian Church of God United Methodist Church of Nigeria Lutheran Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria Lutheran Church of Nigeria Pentecostal The Apostolic Church Nigeria Christ Apostolic Church General Council of the Assemblies of God Nigeria Gospel Faith Mission International Church of the Foursquare Gospel The Lord's Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement New Apostolic Church in Nigeria Winners' Chapel Presbyterian and Reformed Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria Church of Christ in Nigeria Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ N.K.S.T Presbyterian Church of Nigeria Reformed Church of Christ in Nigeria Other Protestant Evangelical Church of West Africa QIC-United Evangelical Church Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria Word of Faith Ministries v t e
Papua New Guinea Christian denominations in Papua New Guinea v t e Papua New Guinean interchurch Papua New Guinea Council of Churches Anglican Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea Catholic Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea Lutheran Evangelical Lutheran Church of PNG Gutnius Lutheran Church Methodist and Presbyterian United Church Others Baptists Evangelical Alliance Iglesia ni Cristo Jehovah's Witnesses Members Church of God International Pentecostalism Salvation Army Seventh-day Adventist Church Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship v t e
South Africa Christian denominations in South Africa South African interchurch South African Council of Churches Catholic Catholic Church in South Africa Anglican Anglican Church Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church Holiness and AIC Die Heilsleër Zion Christian Church Pentecostal Apostolic Faith Mission [Assemblies of God] Protestantism, Other Baptist Union Evangelical Lutheran Church LDS Church Methodist Church Reformed Dutch Reformed: NGK Dutch Reformed: NHK Evangelical Presbyterian Church Presbyterian Church of Africa Reformed Church in Africa Reformed Churches: GKSA United Congregational Church Uniting Presbyterian Church Uniting Reformed Church v t e
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• Lima Liturgy
• John R. Mott
• John Romanides
• Joseph Oldham
• Nathan Soderblom
• Charles Henry Brent
• Christian ecumenism
• Conference of Secretaries of World Christian Communions
• Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians
• World Summit of Religious Leaders
• Programme to Combat Racism
• Authorship of the Bible
• List of the largest Protestant bodies

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Sources

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Further reading

• W. A. Visser 't Hooft, The Genesis of the World Council of Churches, in: A History of The Ecumenical Movement 1517–1948, R. Rose, S. Ch. Neill (ed.), London: SPCK 1967, second edition with revised bibliography, pp. 697–724.

External links

• Official website