| 06.08.2004 | | Message of hope from Faith and Order
A message to the churches from the World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order plenary commission meeting in Kuala Lumpur 26 July to 6 August refers to "a moment of hope" in its discussions. Read more
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| 06.08.2004 | | Call to include the missing 25 per cent
The sole Pentecostal member of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order plenary commission has made a powerful call for the inclusion of independent, evangelical and new churches, estimated at more than 25% of Christians worldwide, within the ecumenical movement. Read more
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| 05.08.2004 | | Younger theologians: Keep in mind the realities of life
Pleasure at seeing theological studies on issues like peace and violence as well as gender and sexuality located next to classic studies on baptism and ecclesiology was expressed by nine "younger theologians" in a message to the World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order plenary commission meeting in Kuala Lumpur, 28 July - 6 August, 2004. Read more
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| 03.08.2004 | | Malaysian prime minister calls for concerted effort to initiate inter-faith dialogue
"Your mere presence in Malaysia is a powerful statement against (…) the rhetoric of hate and distrust that is so prevalent in the world today," Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Bin Haji Ahmad Badawi today told over a hundred church representatives from all over the world gathered in Kuala Lumpur. Read more
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| 02.08.2004 | | Middle East church leaders respond to Iraq bombings: solidarity and work for peace needed
Middle Eastern church leaders have condemned attacks on Iraqi churches and called for solidarity following bombings at churches yesterday. Read more
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| 02.08.2004 | | The power of the gospel for the Two-Thirds world
A Malaysian theologian pointed scholars to evidence from the grassroots of the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ in and for the Two-Thirds world at the opening of the 11th quadrennial conference of the International Association for Mission Studies (IAMS). Read more
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| 31.07.2004 | | Nature and mission of the church: the "BEM" of the 21st century?
This document "will become a major ecumenical instrument for the fulfillment of Jesus' prayer" for the unity of Christian believers, stated Metropolitan Dr Gennadios of Sassima from the Ecumenical Patriarchate today, as he introduced the study "The nature and mission of the church" to the World Council of Churches (WCC) plenary commission on Faith and Order. Read more
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| 29.07.2004 | | Call to costly acceptance
Paul’s call to Christians to receive each other is a call to move beyond the boundaries of our security, according to a major presentation given today to the WCC Faith and Order Commission, meeting in Kuala Lumpur 28 July - 6 August. Read more
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| 29.07.2004 | | Protest as Mel Gibson's film shown only to Christians
The general secretary of the Council of Churches in Malaysia has criticized the decision by the Malaysian Film Censorship Board’s to restrict the showing of Mel Gibson’s film "The Passion of the Christ" only to Christians. Read more
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| 29.07.2004 | | The other as a gift, not a threat
The Christian concept of pilgrimage was chosen as the main image to convey the meaning of the work of the Faith and Order commission by its former director Rev. Dr Alan Falconer in his report to the plenary commission meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 28 July to 6 August, 2004. Read more
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| 28.07.2004 | | Focusing on visible unity, Faith and Order work has to be meaningful to the churches, its moderator says
Keeping the focus on visible unity, making its work more meaningful to the life of the churches and helping to overcome denominationalism are the three main challenges before the Faith and Order commission at the beginning of the 21st century, according to its moderator Rev. Dr David K. Yemba. Read more
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| 28.07.2004 | | Ecumenism should recapture frontier spirit, says Woong
"The United States of America now being the sole superpower" and other drastic changes in world politics make it necessary "to redefine the ecumenical movement beyond the context of East and West," Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) general secretary and Presbyterian pastor from Korea Rev. Dr Ahn Jae Woong told the members of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order plenary commission. Read more
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| 28.07.2004 | | Hospitality: A tool to address 21st century challenges
The Christian concept of hospitality may help the ecumenical movement to address the challenges of the 21st century with a sensitivity and creativity similar to those it showed when responding to major world crises during the previous century, WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia told the WCC Faith and Order commission. Read more
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| 08.07.2004 | | Faith and Order: The world's most representative theological forum to meet in Kuala Lumpur
The world's most representative theological forum for Christian unity - the World Council of Churches' (WCC) commission on Faith and Order - will meet in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 28 July to 6 August, 2004. As the commission's first meeting in the 21st century, this will also be the first time it will gather in a Muslim-majority country. Read more
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