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Message from Bossey consultation, 6-12 June 2006 "towards a New Ecumenical Agenda on Evangelism for the 21st century".

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"And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision: 'Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent; for I am with you, and no man shall attack you to harm you; for I have many people in this city.' And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them."

(Acts 18:9-11)

We have been greatly enriched in participating in the WCC seminar on a New Ecumenical Agenda on Evangelism in the 21st century which took place 6-12 June 2006 in the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey. It was both timely and a unique opportunity that the first major international study seminar of the WCC after Porto Alegre focussed on evangelism. We not only brought together what the world mission conference in Athens and the WCC assembly in Porto Alegre said in terms of unity in mission and evangelism, but also highlighted key themes and issues for ecumenical cooperation in evangelism for the 21st century bringing together representatives from member churches as well as non-member churches of the WCC.

In the seminar we were reminded of the fact that the ecumenical movement as a whole was rooted in a common passion for the evangelization of this world, and that the vitality of the ecumenical movement very much rested with...

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