Events and presidents Assemblies Amsterdam , Netherlands , 22 August – 4 September 1948 Evanston, Illinois, United States , 15– 31 August 1954 New Delhi , India, 19 November – 5 December 1961 Uppsala, Sweden, 4–20 July 1968 Nairobi , Kenya , 23 November – 10 December 1975 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 24 July – 10 August 1983 Canberra , ACT, Australia , 7–21 February 1991 [14] Harare , Zimbabwe , 3–14 December 1998 Porto Alegre , Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 14–23 February 2006 Busan, South Korea , 30 October - 8 November 2013 Presidents The Presidents of the World Council of Churches are: [15] Archbishop Anastasios of Albania , Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania John Taroanui Doom, Maohi Protestant Church (French Polynesia ) Rev. Dr Simon Dossou, Methodist Church in Benin Rev. Dr Soritua Nababan, Protestant Christian Batak Church (Indonesia) Rev. Dr Ofelia Ortega, Presbyterian- Reformed Church in Cuba Rev. Dr Bernice Powell Jackson, United Church of Christ ( United States ) Dame Mary Tanner, Church of England A former president of the WCC was Rev. Martin Niemöller, the famous Protestant anti- Nazi theologian. General Secretaries Years Name Churches Nationality 1948–1966 W. A. Visser t Hooft Reformed Churches in the Netherlands / Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches , Geneva Netherlands 1966–1972 Eugene Carson Blake United Presbyterian Church (USA) U.S. 1972–1984 Philip A. Potter Methodist Church Dominica 1985–1992 Emilio Castro Evangelical Methodist Church of Uruguay Uruguay 1993–2003 Konrad Raiser Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) Germany 2004–2009 Samuel Kobia Methodist Church in Kenya Kenya 2010–Present Olav Fykse Tveit Church of Norway Norway Commissions and Teams There are two complementary approaches to ecumenism: dialogue and action. The Faith and Order Movement and Life and Work Movement represent these approaches. [16] These approaches are reflected in the work of the WCC in its commissions, these being: Echos- Commission on Youth (ages 18–30) Commission of the Churches on Diakonia and Development Commission on Education and Ecumenical Formation Commission of the Churches on International Affairs Commission on Justice, Peace and Creation Commission on World Mission and Evangelism Faith and Order Plenary Commission and the Faith and Order Standing Commission Joint Consultative Group with Pentecostals Joint Working Group WCC – Roman Catholic Church (Vatican) Reference Group on the Decade to Overcome Violence Reference Group on Inter-Religious Relations Special Commission on Orthodox Participation in the WCC Diakonia and Development & International Relations Commissions The WCC acts through both its member churches and other religious and social organizations to coordinate ecumenical, evangelical, and social action. Current WCC programmes include a Decade to Overcome Violence, an international campaign to combat AIDS/ HIV in Africa and the Justice, Peace and Creation initiative. Faith and Order Commission WCCs Faith and Order Commission has been successful in working toward consensus on Baptism , Eucharist , and Ministry , on the date of Easter , on the nature and purpose of the church ( ecclesiology), and on ecumenical hermeneutics.
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