{"id":1742,"date":"2022-01-18T09:40:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T07:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2022-01-18T09:40:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T07:40:42","slug":"wcc-mourns-loss-of-dr-john-taylor-an-interreligious-bridge-builder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/01\/18\/wcc-mourns-loss-of-dr-john-taylor-an-interreligious-bridge-builder\/","title":{"rendered":"WCC mourns loss of Dr John Taylor, an interreligious bridge builder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the death of Dr John Taylor, who with an initial job title of WCC programme secretary for Christian Muslim relations, later became head of the WCC interreligious office from 1980-83.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also served as a consultant for the WCC for more than a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He then went on to be secretary general of Religions for Peace and, in the 1990s, was involved in peacekeeping initiatives in the Balkans with his work for the Conference of European Churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also attended and helped support the 9th WCC Assembly in Porto Alegre in 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oikoumene.org\/news\/wcc-mourns-loss-of-dr-john-taylor-an-interreligious-bridge-builder\">here<\/a> to read more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dr John Taylor with Stanley Samartha at a meeting with a muslim delegation from Saudi Arabia, Ecumenical Centre, Geneva, 31 October 1974, Photo: Wendy Goldsworthy \/ WCC Archive<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the death of Dr John Taylor, who with an initial job title of WCC programme secretary for Christian Muslim relations, later became head of the WCC interreligious office from 1980-83. 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