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Christians Form Broad Alliance
Christian Churches Together in the USA announces it will launch once 25 denominations join.
From wire service reports
posted 03/25/2003
Darkness at Jesus' Tomb
A fight breaks out on the roof of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
By Ted Olsen
posted 09/12/2002
Whither Christian Unity?
The WCC and the WEA represent very different paths. One of them has real promise.
By Thomas C. Oden
posted 08/09/2002
The Not-So-New Ecumenism
A recent initiative is structured to exclude evangelicals in the mainline.
By Thomas C. Oden
posted 08/09/2002
'CCT's Proposed Theological Basis Is Solidly Orthodox'
The steering committee of Christian Churches Together in the U.S.A. responds to Christianity Today
posted 08/09/2002
Deficit Forces NCC to Trim Staff Again
Largest contributing churches are reassessing their contributions.
By CT Wire Services
posted 01/03/2002
Remembrance of Terrorist Attack Victims Marks Russian Orthodox Shift
Services commemorate the dead on the 40th day after their death.
Andrei Zolotov in Moscow
posted 11/08/2001
Slovakia's Catholics and Lutherans Reach Agreement on Baptism
Signing clears the way for the common celebration of other inter-church accords.
By Jonathan Luxmoore
posted 6/21/01
Russian Church Objects to New Ecumenical Charter for Europe's Churches
Official concerned about commitment to work toward "visible unity of the Church of Jesus Christ in the one faith."
By Stephen Brown in Strasbourg, Germany
posted 4/24/01
Pope Urges New Effort To Curb 'Sects' in Latin America
Pontiff alludes to Protestants as "serious problem," calls for "resolute pastoral action" in reevangelization.
By Religion News Service
posted 4/20/01
World Council of Churches Trying to Unite Future Easter Observances
Organization still pushing 1997 Aleppo statement, noting that East and West will share observance again in 2004.
By Edmund Doogue in Geneva
posted 4/10/01
Russian Prelate Urges World's Churches to Adopt Orthodox Dates for Easter
But even on this calendrical rarity, churches will not celebrate Christ's resurrection together.
By Andrei Zolotov in Moscow
posted 4/4/01
Church of England Objects to Vatican Ban on Sharing Communion
Sharing of the Eucharist between Anglicans and Roman Catholics should not be reserved for the "end point of unity between separated churches," say leaders.
By Cedric Pulford in London
posted 3/26/01
Koreans Plan Historic Easter Prayer for Christian Unity
Taking advantage of calendar anomaly, Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox will celebrate together.
By Min Sungsik in Seoul
posted 3/12/01
Vatican's New Ecumenical Officer May Smooth Relations with Protestants
Walter Kasper has criticized Dominus Iesus for treating Protestant denominations as "not churches in the proper sense.".
By Luigi Sandri in Rome
posted 3/12/01
Catholics Not to Receive Anglican Eucharist
Dublin archbishop says Catholic policy doesn't allow intercommunion.
By Cedric Pulford
posted 2/23/01
Polish Lutheran Leader Wants Ecumenism
New leader aims to bridge the religious divide between Poland's Catholics and Protestants.
By Jonathan Luxmoore in Warsaw
posted 2/19/01
The New Ecumenists
At the Vine, emerging Christian leaders are reinterpreting the meaning of church unity.
By Lauren F. Winner
posted 2/5/01
Methodists Bail Out Strapped NCC
Ecumenical organization to receive $400,000.
By Religion News Service
posted 12/20/00
Mandela, De Klerk, and Tutu Join to Fight AIDS
South Africa's men of peace call for end of silence and stigmatization.
By Alex Duval Smith in Johannesburg
posted 12/14/00
New Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance Targets Peace Issues
Church organizations hope their new alliance will be a prophetic voice.
By Stephen Brown in Geneva
posted 12/12/00
Car Accident Takes Lives of Two Indian Bishops and Their Driver
President of the National Council of Churches in India, moderator of the Church of North India killed instantly.
By Anto Akkara in New Delhi
posted 12/8/00
Fellowship Without Borders
In Northern Ireland, a Catholic monk and a Presbyterian pastor learn to work together for peace.
By Ronald A. Wells
posted 12/1/00
'Focused, Determined, Deliberate' Destruction
Ecumenical leader calls on Nigeria to deal with religious violence between Muslims and Christians.
By Obed Minchakpu and Stephen Brown
posted 10/30/00
Word and Spirit Together
For the first time, Pentecostal leaders are invited to a key Latino Protestant Congress.
By Kenneth MacHarg in Quito, Ecuador
posted 10/2/00
Southern Baptist Leaders Lament Funding Cuts
Texas board's action to reduce funding called 'bad for common missions causes'.
By David Porter & Art Toalston
posted 10/2/00
Seeds for a '100-Year' Peace Process
Ecumenical summit leaves religious leaders cautiously hopeful for gradual change.
By Chris Herlinger in New York
posted 9/6/00
Role of New UN Religious Advisory Council Still Vague
New York's World Peace Summit 'lacked detail' and 'authentic leadership' from some major faiths, says ecumenical leader.
By Chris Herlinger in New York
posted 9/5/00
Covenant to End Poverty
Ecumenical leader insists that churches must act together to aid poor.
By Chris Herlinger in New York
posted 8/3/00
Time to Kiss and Make Up?
The financially strapped NCC reaches out to evangelicals and Roman Catholics.
By Jody Veenker
posted 7/18/00
US will Remain 'Seriously Religious', Predicts New York Times Reporter
No separation of church and culture, says Gustav Niebuhr.
By Chris Herlinger in New York
posted 6/29/00
Lutheran-Anglican Agreement Ineffective Because It's Unknown, Says New Bishop
British, European priests are often unaware of 1996 pact for full communion.
By Cedric Pulford in London
posted 6/22/00
Church Leaders Take a Desert Trek to Bridge Australia's Divisions
Questions over apology strain reconciliation efforts between aboriginal and white populations.
By Moira O'Brien-Malone in Melbourne
posted 6/15/00
English Christians Celebrate Orthodoxy and the Millennium
Two Church of England bishops appear at traditionalist rallies.
By Cedric Pulford in London
posted 6/15/00
Canada Meeting Gives New Hope for Unity Between Anglicans and Catholics
Churches come closer together, but not close enough to share Eucharist.
By Ferdy Baglo in Vancouver, Canada
posted 5/26/00
This World Is Not My Home
What some mainline Protestants are rediscovering about living as exiles in a foreign culture.
By Richard J. Mouw
posted 5/5/00
Zimbabwe President's Party Refuses to Join Church-Sponsored Talks to End Violence
At least 10 dead in country's escalating political violence.
By Ecumenical News International
posted 5/2/00
Kosovo Takes a Lesson from Bosnia in Interfaith Relations
Muslim, Orthodox, and Catholics join for democracy and human rights.
By Jonathan Luxmoore in Warsaw
posted 5/1/00
After Elián, Cuba's Churches Will Play Leading Role in Time of Transition
Left-leaning ecumenical groups already working together.
By Chris Herlinger, Ecumenical News International, in New York
posted 4/27/00
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