 Churches seeking peace and reconciliation The churches and society Ecumenical fellowship Aspects of globalization The financial challenge Obituaries |
YEARBOOK 2002 The World Council of Churches Yearbook 2002 sounds a recurring theme of institutional reorientation amid the exigencies of international crises. The record of the fellowship's life and programmes during 2001 recalls many positive achievements, yet these have been offset by violent disruptions to the peace of the planet. And so the years ahead, as suggested in the document "A Common Understanding and Vision of the World Council of Churches", seem to await the WCC as further occasions for "repentance and conversion, renewal and reorientation". |