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Working together across difference: Ten practices for ecumenical leaders

The Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions, Ecumenical Institute of the World Council of Churches, Bossey, Switzerland, November 2023. By Rod Benson Genuine fellowship between leaders of different religious traditions is crucial, generative, and beautiful to observe. At the same time, such relationships can be hard to sustain without concerted effort by all parties …

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The ecumenical call to Christian unity

Ecumenism is the movement among Christians to seek greater unity, cooperation, and reconciliation across the many traditions of the Christian faith. Derived from the Greek word oikoumene, meaning “the whole inhabited world,” the term originally referred to the universal church spread throughout the world. Today, ecumenism encompasses every effort to deepen relationships between churches, heal historic …

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