Almost a century ago, William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, affirmed that the ecumenical movement was the great new fact of our era.
Keep ReadingResources available courtesy of Rev. Teresa Stricklen from the PC(USA) Office of Theology and Worship. Saturday December 18 begins the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which was started by the World Council of Churches (WCC) in order to fulfill
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Fertile ground for interfaith growth By Jessica Abell View and Print as PDF. Interfaith & Ecumenical Endeavors I went to seminary on Holy Hill in Berkeley, California. Holy Hill is the local name for the interfaith consortium of seminaries and theological centers of learning that make up the
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The Why and Will We Questions First By Chris Iosso, Unbound General Editor View and Print as PDF. Who cares about the General Assembly and who cares about the denomination as an institution? Those questions are posed, often by those dissatisfied with the outcomes of particular votes, against
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A New Ecumenical, Cooperative Model for Disaster Response Last June, 2011, the Souris River overflowed its banks, destroying or extensively damaging more than 4,100 homes in Minot, North Dakota. A recent survey of displaced residents found fewer than 18 percent of the flooded homes occupied. The remainder of the people
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By Christian T. Iosso The Rev. Dr. Chris Iosso remembers justice and ecumenism advocate Eugene Carson Blake, former President of the NCC, General Secretary to the World Council of Churches, Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church, co-author of the 1953 “Letter to Presbyterians” denouncing McCarthyism, and a man once
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A response to an impending resignation By Chris Iosso, an editorial, which will appear on Ecclesio.com during the week of January 16th when Unbound will serve as guest director of the site. The National Council of Churches of Christ (NCC for short) announced on November 9 that Michael Kinnamon,
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