World & Nation
As a leader of the tiny Moravian Church, the Rev. Gordon L.
Nov. 20, 1993
Entertainment & Arts
Churches’ Teamwork for Concert, Conference Breaks Ground
Jan. 6, 2001
A fledgling denomination striving to enter into communion with ancient Eastern Orthodoxy and reestablish links with fellow “born-again” Christians has incurred its first rebuff--from the National Assn. of Evangelicals, which set aside the denomination’s bid for membership.
April 20, 1985
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has announced that it will withdraw from the World Council of Churches, the Geneva-based international ecumenical body, citing the organization’s style and direction.
Aug. 1, 1998
The ecumenical movement is out of touch with people in the churches and has “almost ceased to be taken seriously” as a spiritual force, according to the president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches.
July 10, 1999
Ecumenism: Key proposals would clear the way for worshipers to receive Holy Communion in denominations other than their own.
March 16, 1996
Pope John Paul II’s apostolic letter reaffirming church doctrine that women cannot become priests continues to reverberate around the globe, with some observers worried that relations between Catholics and non-Catholics will suffer as a result.
June 4, 1994
California
Religion: Fellowship’s admission to ecumenical group raises possibility that Orthodox congregations will withdraw.
Feb. 21, 1997
Bishop Vinton Anderson of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first black American to be elected a president of the World Council of Churches, says he hopes to use his influence to encourage an ecumenical agenda within the black churches.
March 9, 1991
Religion: Southland council upgrades Metropolitan church to membership status. Orthodox officials find move ‘troubling.’