The designation of five Catholic theologians to attend the World Council of Churches assembly in New Delhi as `` official '' observers reverses the Church's earlier stand.

Progress will take place far less through what is done in any `` summit conference '' of the National Council or the World Council, or even in offices of the denominational boards, than through what happens in the communities where Christian people live together as neighbors.

With great difficulty he made his way from his native Hungary to Geneva to renew his contacts as a member of the Provisional Committee for the World Council of Churches.

Helping foreign countries to build a sound political structure is more important than aiding them economically, E. M. Martin, assistant secretary of state for economic affairs told members of the World Affairs Council Monday night.

Leslie Newbiggin reflects the dominant position within the World Council of Churches when he says, `` We must claim absoluteness and finality for Christ and His finished work, but that very claim forbids us to claim absoluteness and finality for our understanding of it ''.

Azerbaijan is a member of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, NATO's Partnership for Peace, Euro-Atlantic Partnership ; World Health Organization, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ; the Council of Europe, CFE Treaty, the Community of Democracies ; the International Monetary Fund ; and the World Bank.

Armenia is a member of more than 40 different international organizations including the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, NATO's Partnership for Peace, the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Trade Organization and La Francophonie.

* 1948 – World Council of Churches is formed.

* 1945 – The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.

In its 1982 statement on Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry, the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches stated that " the primary manifestation of apostolic succession is to be found in the apostolic tradition of the Church as a whole ….

These styles were developed in England, and are now regulated by the World Dance Council ( WDC ).

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, at which time Belarus gained its independence, Belarus became a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ( OSCE ), NATO's Partnership for Peace, the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.

Chaplin continued being a subject to political controversy throughout the 1950s, especially as he was awarded the International Peace Prize by the Communist World Peace Council and lunched with Chou En-Lai in 1954, and when he briefly met Nikita Khrushchev in 1956.

One way was greater cooperation between groups, such as the Edinburgh Missionary Conference of Protestants in 1910, the Justice, Peace and Creation Commission of the World Council of Churches founded in 1948 by Protestant and Orthodox churches, and similar national councils like the National Council of Churches in Australia which includes Roman Catholics.

Cyprus is a member of the United Nations along with most of its agencies as well as the Commonwealth of Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Council of Europe.

With the onset of World War I, Hale organized the National Research Council to coordinate and support scientific work on military problems.

* World Business Council for Sustainable Development: Cement Sustainability Initiative

* The Committee for ITU Policy ( Com-ITU ) is responsible for organising the co-ordination of CEPT actions for the preparation for and during the course of the ITU activities meetings of the Council, Plenipotentiary Conferences, World Telecommunication Development Conferences, World Telecommunication Standardisation Assemblies

The World Cricket League ( administered by the International Cricket Council ) is the qualification system provided to allow the Associate and Affiliate members of the ICC more opportunities to qualify. The name " ICC Trophy " has been changed to " ICC World Cup Qualifier ".

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Category: Members of the World Council of Churches

The Christian Church was a charter participant in the formation of both the World Council of Churches and the Federal Council of Churches ( now the National Council of Churches ), and it continues to be engaged in ecumenical conversations.

It shares in the dialog and in the theological endeavors of the World Council of Churches.

It is also affiliated with other ecumenical organizations such as Churches Uniting in Christ, Christian Churches Together, the National Council of Churches and the World Council of Churches.

At a summit in Aleppo, Syria, in 1997, the World Council of Churches ( WCC ) proposed a reform in the calculation of Easter which would have replaced the present divergent practices of calculating Easter with modern scientific knowledge taking into account actual astronomical instances of the spring equinox and full moon based on the meridian of Jerusalem, while also following the Council of Nicea position of Easter being on the Sunday following the full moon.

The recommended World Council of Churches changes would have sidestepped the calendar issues and eliminated the difference in date between the Eastern and Western churches.

The Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry document of the World Council of Churches, attempting to present the common understanding of the Eucharist on the part of the generality of Christians, describes it as " essentially the sacrament of the gift which God makes to us in Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit ", " Thanksgiving to the Father ", " Anamnesis or Memorial of Christ ", " the sacrament of the unique sacrifice of Christ, who ever lives to make intercession for us ", " the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, the sacrament of his real presence ", " Invocation of the Spirit ", " Communion of the Faithful ", and " Meal of the Kingdom ".

* World Orthodox Churches, at Orthodox Church in America website

The post-war period also saw growth of the ecumenical movement and the founding of the World Council of Churches, which was generally regarded with suspicion by the evangelical community.

Lutherans and the World Council of Churches were disappointed.

" When the LGBT-friendly Metropolitan Community Church was almost accepted into the World Council of Churches, Falwell called them " brute beasts " and stated, " this vile and satanic system will one day be utterly annihilated and there'll be a celebration in heaven.

In October 1999, an executive committee of the World Methodist Council resolved to explore the possibility of its Member Churches becoming associated with the doctrinal agreement which had been reached by the Catholic Church and Lutheran World Federation ( LWF ).

The World Crokinole Championship ( WCC ) tournament has been held annually since 1999 on the first Saturday of June in Tavistock, Ontario.

After the initial successes of the Ecumenical Movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the Edinburgh Missionary Conference of 1910 ( chaired by future WCC Honorary President John R. Mott ), church leaders agreed in 1937 to establish a World Council of Churches, based on a merger of the Faith and Order Movement and Life and Work Movement organisations.

* the constitutions of World Council of Churches ( WCC ),

In August 1954, Evanston hosted the second assembly of the World Council of Churches, still the only WCC assembly to have been held in the United States.

* Konrad Raiser, Protestant theologian, former General Secretary of the World Council of Churches ( WCC )

In 1967, his sister, Elisabeth married Dr. Konrad Raiser, the former General Secretary of the World Council of Churches ( WCC ).

From 1978 to 1983, Ilia II was Co-President of the World Council of Churches ( WCC ), an ecumenical organization the Georgian Orthodox Church had joined with other Soviet churches in 1962.

: the World Council of Churches ( WCC ) or any of its affiliates, such as the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U. S. A. ( NCC ), the World Evangelical Fellowship ( WEF ) or any of its affiliates, such as the National Association of Evangelicals ( NAE ), the modern Charismatic Movement, or the Ecumenical Movement ...

* Samuel Kobia, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches ( WCC ).

The WCC conducts its mission in cooperation with a network of 54 partner institutes worldwide to provide the government, business and academic community with the following activities: IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook, WCY Online, special country / regional competitiveness reports and workshops on competitiveness.

In response to Sharpeville, the World Council of Churches ( WCC ) sent a delegation to Johannesburg to meet with clerics.

Sulak established a relationship with the World Council of Churches ( WCC ) and believed that there was much work to be done within society by Buddhists and Catholics together.

* The Men's World Curling Championship ( Scotch Cup / Silver Broom ) WCF WCC

* The Women's World Curling Championship WCC

Mediation between the World Council of Churches ( WCC ) and the All Africa Conference of Churches ( AACC ), both of which spent years building up trust with the two combatants, eventually led to the Addis Ababa Agreement of March 1972 ending the conflict.

* World Council of Churches ( WCC )

He served as a member of central committee of the World Council of Churches ( WCC ) and the Faith and Order commission, and attended the Nairobi assembly.

Konrad Raiser ( born 25 January 1938 ) is a former General Secretary of the World Council of Churches ( WCC ).

Flynn also fought mixed martial arts in the WCC ( World Combat Championship ) losing to Fred Floyd in an alternate bout.

There are a number of associated national councils of churches and it is affiliated with the World Council of Churches ( WCC ).

He served as a member of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches and as a delegate from the Orthodox Church in America to the Assemblies of WCC in Uppsala, Sweden and Nairobi, Kenya.

Tavistock has hosted the World Crokinole Championship ( WCC ) tournament has been held annually on the first Saturday of June since 1999.