Greece: ecumenical conference on global mission

A conference about global mission and evangelisation is being held in Athens from 10^th-15^th May 2005, organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC). (This report was written before the conference; we have not yet received a report from the conference itself.) The title is "Come, Holy Spirit, Heal and Reconcile" with the subtitle "Called in Christ to be reconciling and Healing Communities." The WCC's Juan Michel sees the conference as a fantastic opportunity for Christians of all continents to unite in the direction of mission and discuss the future of the Christian witness. The conference will be moderated by UK Baptist pastor Ruth Bottoms. The ecumenical conference is more open than ever before; almost a quarter of the attendees will be Christians with an Evangelical, Pentecostal or Roman Catholic background, complementing the mainly liberal WCC member churches. One of the participants is German evangelical missions expert Dr. Andreas Franz.

Source: Juan Michel, WCC