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(NCC News) Media advisory - Ecumenical event in July promises national
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New York City, June 20, 2007--Nearly 400 Christians will travel next month
to Oberlin College in Ohio to take stock of the Christian ecumenical
movement in North America.
Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Orthodox, Protestant, Evangelical, Anglican,
and many others will gather for "On Being Christian Together," the 50th
anniversary of the first meeting of the Faith and Order Commission of the
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. That first event was
also held at Oberlin College.
Theologians and religious leaders will assess the previous 50 years of the
ecumenical movement in the United States as they think strategically about
the future of ecumenism in the 21st century along. Participating in the
discussion will be nearly 100 young theology students who will attend this
historic event.
The event takes place July 19-23, 2007. A full program may be found at
http://www.ncccusa.org/faithandorder/oberlin200 7/program.html and a list of
participating organizations and denominations appears below.
News media wishing to cover this event must apply for credentials.
The NCC is the ecumenical voice of 35 Orthodox, Protestant, Anglican,
historic African American and traditional peace churches. These NCC member
communions have 44 million faithful members in 105,000 congregations in all
50 states.
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Faith and Order media packet available online
http://www.ncccusa.org/faithandorder/oberli n2007/index.html
NCC News contact: Dan Webster, 212.870.2252, [email protected]
Latest NCC News at www.councilofchurches.org
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Churches and other sending bodies:
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Alliance of Baptists, American
Baptist Churches in the USA, American Bible Society, Armenian Orthodox
Church, Christian and Missionary Alliance, Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ), Christian Churches and Churches of Christ, Christian Methodist
Episcopal Church; and
Christian Reformed Church, Church of God - Anderson, Church of God in
Christ, Church of the Brethren, Churches of Christ, Community of Christ,
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Coptic Orthodox Church in America, Council
of Churches within the Unitarian Universalist Association, Ecumenical
Networks Standing Committee of the NCCCUSA, Emergent Village, Episcopal
Church, Evangelical Friends International, Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America; and
Friends General Conference, Friends United Meeting, Fund for Theological
Education, Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute, Greek Orthodox
Church, Hispanic Theological Initiative, International Church of the
Foursquare Gospel, International Council of Community Churches,
International Evangelical Church, International Pentecostal Holiness Church
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, Mennonite Church USA, Moravian
Church-Northern Province, Orthodox Church in America, Patriarch Parishes of
the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA; and
Presbyterian Church (USA), Progressive National Baptist Convention, Reformed
Church in America, Religious Communities within the Roman Catholic Church,
Seventh-day Adventist Church, Society for Pentecostal Studies, United Church
of Christ, United Methodist Church, United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops, Wesleyan Theological Society
snapshot
New York City, June 20, 2007--Nearly 400 Christians will travel next month
to Oberlin College in Ohio to take stock of the Christian ecumenical
movement in North America.
Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Orthodox, Protestant, Evangelical, Anglican,
and many others will gather for "On Being Christian Together," the 50th
anniversary of the first meeting of the Faith and Order Commission of the
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. That first event was
also held at Oberlin College.
Theologians and religious leaders will assess the previous 50 years of the
ecumenical movement in the United States as they think strategically about
the future of ecumenism in the 21st century along. Participating in the
discussion will be nearly 100 young theology students who will attend this
historic event.
The event takes place July 19-23, 2007. A full program may be found at
http://www.ncccusa.org/faithandorder/oberlin200 7/program.html and a list of
participating organizations and denominations appears below.
News media wishing to cover this event must apply for credentials.
The NCC is the ecumenical voice of 35 Orthodox, Protestant, Anglican,
historic African American and traditional peace churches. These NCC member
communions have 44 million faithful members in 105,000 congregations in all
50 states.
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Faith and Order media packet available online
http://www.ncccusa.org/faithandorder/oberli n2007/index.html
NCC News contact: Dan Webster, 212.870.2252, [email protected]
Latest NCC News at www.councilofchurches.org
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Churches and other sending bodies:
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Alliance of Baptists, American
Baptist Churches in the USA, American Bible Society, Armenian Orthodox
Church, Christian and Missionary Alliance, Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ), Christian Churches and Churches of Christ, Christian Methodist
Episcopal Church; and
Christian Reformed Church, Church of God - Anderson, Church of God in
Christ, Church of the Brethren, Churches of Christ, Community of Christ,
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Coptic Orthodox Church in America, Council
of Churches within the Unitarian Universalist Association, Ecumenical
Networks Standing Committee of the NCCCUSA, Emergent Village, Episcopal
Church, Evangelical Friends International, Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America; and
Friends General Conference, Friends United Meeting, Fund for Theological
Education, Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute, Greek Orthodox
Church, Hispanic Theological Initiative, International Church of the
Foursquare Gospel, International Council of Community Churches,
International Evangelical Church, International Pentecostal Holiness Church
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, Mennonite Church USA, Moravian
Church-Northern Province, Orthodox Church in America, Patriarch Parishes of
the Russian Orthodox Church in the USA; and
Presbyterian Church (USA), Progressive National Baptist Convention, Reformed
Church in America, Religious Communities within the Roman Catholic Church,
Seventh-day Adventist Church, Society for Pentecostal Studies, United Church
of Christ, United Methodist Church, United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops, Wesleyan Theological Society