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>WEA AND WCC LEADERS MEET

>For immediate release: 10 March 2010

Rev. Dr Geoff Tunnicliffe, international director of the World Evangelical  
Alliance, and WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of  Churches 
(WCC), and Rev. Dr Geoff Tunnicliffe, international director of  the World 
Evangelical Alliance (WEA) met on 3 March, at the Ecumenical  Center in Geneva, 
Switzerland, to discuss common concerns around Christian  unity.

The two met for the first time in 2007 at the Global Christian Forum in  
Limuru, Kenya. The meeting in Geneva was their first encounter since Tveit  
began his tenure as WCC general secretary in January.

Tunnicliffe and Tveit discussed areas of common interest and collaboration  
such as mission and evangelism and the ongoing work on a code of conduct  on 
conversion, which also involves the Roman Catholic Church.

"We affirmed that all Christians have a common call to be one, and that we  
want to be sensitive to one another's concerns," Tveit said of the  meeting.

Tunnicliffe said: "This important meeting was helpful in building bridges  of 
understanding in regards to evangelism, religious liberty and caring  for the 
vulnerable. We look forward to ongoing conversations with the  WCC."

The two leaders also affirmed the continued support of the WCC and WEA for  the 
Global Christian Forum as a platform providing opportunities for  encounters 
and dialogue between Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican, Protestant,  Evangelical, 
Pentecostal and the African Instituted Churches.

Towards a code of conduct on conversion ( http://www.oikoumene.org/index.ph 
p?id=2267&rid=f_15592&mid=1992&aC=c416b25e&jumpurl =1 )

Commission on World Mission and Evangelism ( http://www.oikoumene.org/index 
.php?id=2267&rid=f_15592&mid=1992&aC=c416b25e&jumpu rl=2 )

Website of the Global Christian Forum ( http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php? 
id=2267&rid=f_15592&mid=1992&aC=c416b25e&jumpurl= 3 )

Website of the World Evangelical Alliance ( http://www.oikoumene.org/index. 
php?id=2267&rid=f_15592&mid=1992&aC=c416b25e&jumpur l=4 )

The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness  and 
service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of  churches 
founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 349 Protestant,  Orthodox, 
Anglican and other churches representing more than 560 million  Christians in 
over 110 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman  Catholic Church. 
The WCC general secretary is Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit,  from the [Lutheran] 
Church of Norway. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.