World Council of Churches - News Release
Contact: +41 22 791 6153 +41 79 507 6363 media@wcc-coe.org For immediate release - 16/05/2006 10:35:28 AM
NEW WCC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS FOR FIRST TIME
The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee meets at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute outside Geneva from 16-19 May 2006 at its first session since its election at the Council's 9th Assembly in Brazil earlier this year.
The committee's work is to concentrate on the reorganization of programmati c priorities in the Council, which are expected to focus on a limited number of core activities, in line with the Assembly's recommendations.
The executive committee is also scheduled to issue statements on major international issues, in particular the situation in the Middle East.
The 25-member committee, which includes members appointed by churches in every region, is moderated by Rev. Dr Walter Altmann from Brazil.
Full list of executive committee members (elected in February 2006): http://www.wcc-assembly.info/en/news-media/news/english-news/article/1818/n ew-wcc-central-committee.html
Additional information: Juan Michel,+41 22 791 6153 +41 79 507 6363 media@wcc-coe.org
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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 348 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 Samuel Kobia, from the Methodist Church in Kenya. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.