We greet you and warmly invite you to join with us as we celebrate 70 years since the creation of the World Council of Churches…
We give thanks to the Triune God that, 70 years ago after a time of bitter war, churches remembered the prayer of Jesus ‘that they may all be one’ (John 17:21) and committed themselves to call one another to unity. Having reached our ‘three score years and ten’ (Psalm 90:10) we celebrate that so much has been given and received among us, while recognising that there is more yet to come. In our anniversary year, we airm that we will continue to move together on a journey that has its beginning in the call of God to a pilgrim people and its end in the unity of the whole creation.
We praise God that the churches in our fellowship, and other churches like the Roman Catholic Church, have grown so much closer to one another than they were 70 years ago. We have seen more clearly what unites us. We have stories to share of reconciliation and renewal, of searching theological dialogue and the overcoming of diferences… What seemed to be an ‘impossible possibility’ in 1948 has proved to be a lasting and visible sign of the unity God brings.