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Category Archives: Ecumenism

Kobia to Step Down as World Council of Churches Head

Details at Christianpost.com

Hundreds to Mark 50 Years of Christian Unity, Discuss Future of Ecumenism

Story in the Christian Post
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“What we can know, however, based on Zichterman’s own words, is that a young man given prominence in at least 3 fundamental institutions is broadcasting his grievances and clamoring for a hearing, all while offering little but emotion-driven reasoning and impossible-to-prove accusations.”

Chris Anderson weighs in on the Zichterman saga.
Technorati Tags: Joe Zichterman, Northland Baptist Bible College, Fundamentalism

Unity Sought Between Roman Catholic and Cypriot Orthodox Churches

The Christian Post: “Pope Hopeful on Catholic-Orthodox Unity”
Technorati Tags: Roman Catholicism, Cypriot Orthodox, Ecumenism, Pope Benedict XVI

“Historians will always ask how Graham evolved from a narrow fundamentalist into the evangelical who preached to the world. That’s a complex question. However, here’s a pretty good answer: ‘He married Ruth Bell.’”

Terry Mattingly at GetReligion:
One of the major stories in American life in the second half of the 20th century was the emergence of evangelical Protestantism from the dark corners of the American South, from the isolationism of Bible Belt fundamentalism.
It is hard to tell that story without putting Billy Graham right there in the middle. [...]