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Partnering in a Global Context
Last Friday evening, Rev. Setri Nyomi, general secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC), gave a joint plenary address to the Assembly of World-Wide Partners and to the CRC...
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Reinhold Niebuhr, the Ecumenical Movement, and a Global Government
Perhaps not from its inception, but certainly in the post-WWII era, the global Christian ecumenical movement, as represented by groups like the World Council of Churches, the Lutheran World Federation,...
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WARC: Globalization is ‘Pernicious Form of Human Enslavement”
Related to Sam Gregg’s Acton Commentary today, “Free Trade: Latin America’s Last Hope?” I pass along this ENI news item: “Growing rich-poor gap is new ‘slavery’, say Protestant leaders.”Globalization...
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
This week, January 18-25, is the worldwide Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (HT). The week is “encouragement of the World Council of Churches’ Faith and Order Commission and the Vatican’s Pontifical...
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Two Words of Praise and One of Caution
I’ve been on record more than once regarding my own doubts and criticisms of the precise political pronouncements made by various church groups, especially offices and branches seemingly representing...
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It’s Bad When He Says It
When Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes a public claim it’s typically controversial. So the AP filed a story with this headline in the Jersualem Post, “Ahmadinejad blames West for AIDS.”...
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Acton Commentary: Unity or Unanimity at Reformed Council?
This week’s Acton Commentary from Jordan Ballor:Unity or Unanimity at Reformed Council?By Jordan BallorGlobal Christianity comes to Grand Rapids, Mich., this weekend in the form of the Uniting General...
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Accra: Confession or Conversation?
It is sometimes remarked in response to my treatment of the Accra Confession of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) and now World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) in my book Ecumenical...
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Acton Lecture Series 2010: Sirico & Ballor
Wrapping up our recap of last year’s Acton Lecture Series, today we present two additional lectures for your enjoyment.The first was delivered in April of 2010 by Acton President Rev. Robert A. Sirico,...
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The Accra Confession after Ten Years
The Accra Confession, a document arising out of the Reformed ecumenical movement, was promulgated ten years ago. At the time, Rev. Jerry Zandstra and I wrote with some rather harsh criticisms of the...
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