{"id":1268,"date":"2021-11-17T09:10:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T07:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=1268"},"modified":"2021-11-17T10:01:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T08:01:13","slug":"the-wcc-on-ministry-of-witness-and-action-critically-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2021\/11\/17\/the-wcc-on-ministry-of-witness-and-action-critically-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"WCC on \u201cministry of witness and action critically needed\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cThe new United Nations, founded in 1945, bore the hallmarks of the aspirations of the fellowship of churches that it should become an instrument of the world&#8217;s peoples, not only of the world\u2019s powers\u201d reads the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;CCIA was created to serve as an organ in formulating the Christian mind on world issues and bringing that mind effectively to bear upon such issues, particularly in relationship with the United Nations and the new post-war system of international governance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo:&nbsp;<\/em>Chris Black\/WCC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oikoumene.org\/news\/wcc-commission-of-the-churches-on-international-affairs-ministry-of-witness-and-action-critically-needed\">here<\/a> to read more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs\u2019 \u201cministry of witness and action critically needed\u201d<br>Read the statement on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCC_IA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WCC_IA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WCC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WCC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l3KhtAtkMz\">https:\/\/t.co\/l3KhtAtkMz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WG0s76rkHA\">pic.twitter.com\/WG0s76rkHA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; World Council of Churches (WCC) (@Oikoumene) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Oikoumene\/status\/1460711856574713874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe new United Nations, founded in 1945, bore the hallmarks of the aspirations of the fellowship of churches that it should become an instrument of the world&#8217;s peoples, not only of the world\u2019s powers\u201d reads the statement. &#8220;CCIA was created to serve as an organ in formulating the Christian mind on world issues and bringing 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