"Let us aspire to live the unity for which Christ prayed, that the world may believe and experience God's gifts of healing, justice and abundant life," the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order has said in a "Call to all Christians: Message of the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order, " agreed on the last day of the 24-28 October gathering.
"Where now for Visible Unity? In this on-going journey, this is our call: to renew our commitment to faith, mission, and unity in Christ Jesus; to listen together to the Holy Spirit; to walk together as pilgrims: as children of the Father learning together to live out our faith, hope, and love, and in the practice of justice, reconciliation, and unity," reads the message.
Organized by the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches (WCC), the conference gathered about 400 participants at the Logos Papal Center of the Coptic Orthodox Church at Wadi El Natrun around the theme "Where Now for Visible Unity?"
The message was preceded by an Ecumenical Affirmation, "Deepening Unity, Journeying in Love, Restoring Hope."
Read the full text of the affirmation and message:
Deepening Unity, Journeying in Love, Restoring Hope: Ecumenical Affirmation
Call to all Christians: Message of the Sixth World Conference on Faith and Order
Originally from the World Council of Churches
CCD reprinted with permission
