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New Commission Seeks Greater Coherence for World Communions

STRASBOURG, France — A newly appointed joint commission with representatives of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions met for the first time in Geneva, Switzerland on May 10, 2007.

Larry Miller, Mennonite World Conference general secretary, was an Anabaptist voice at this meeting. MWC is a member of the Christian World Communions group.

The initial mandate of the commission includes exploring the coordination of programs, the significance and implications of overlapping membership and the feasibility of a structure that would provide space for Christian World Communions to meet for deliberation during WCC assemblies.

Leaders for the meeting were the commission's moderator, Bishop Nareg Alemezian, from the Armenian Apostolic Church (See of Cilicia), and the present moderator of the Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions, Rev. Dr Robert K. Welsh, from the Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council.

The commission affirmed the need to continue creative dialogue between the Christian World Communions and the World Council of Churches. It also highlighted the need to further define the nature, style, participation and theological grounding of an expanded WCC assembly and offered guiding criteria for it.

The Commission's next meeting will take place May 14 and 15, 2008 in Geneva. The primary agenda will include mapping existing program cooperation between the WCC and Christian World Communions and identifying potential synergies for future collaboration.

The creation of this Joint Consultative Commission between the WCC and Christian World Communions was recommended by the WCC's 9th Assembly, held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in February 2006.