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240 Leaders from 70 Countries Attend ‘Breakthrough’ Meetings
Sources: World Evangelical Alliance, World Council of Churches

After four days of meetings, some 240 leaders from a broad range of churches, confessions and interchurch organizations from more than 70 countries agreed to carry forward what they call the “global Christian forum process,” an open platform that to “foster mutual respect, explore and address common challenges.”

Participants broke into a spontaneous doxology when the final draft of a “Message from the Global Christian Forum to Brothers and Sisters in Christ Throughout the World” was approved at the last session of the meeting which took place Nov. 6-9 in Limuru (near Nairobi, Kenya).

The message, one of the few tangible results of the forum, was described as a “historic breakthrough” as participants were able to gather “globally as never before.” Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox and Pentecostal churches as well as the broader evangelical movement and other Christian churches, communities and interchurch organizations were represented at the meeting.

“We are extremely pleased by the development and outcome of this meeting,” said Rev. Walter Altmann, moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee. “What one decade ago was born within the WCC as an idea that seemed fragile and almost impossible to achieve has led to a milestone in the ecumenical journey.”
 
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