Assembly

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deliberative body governing body supreme organ

The Assembly is the highest governing body of the World Council of Churches, where its member churches gather periodically to set policies, elect leadership, and discern common directions for the ecumenical movement.

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Label Occurrences
Assembly canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf deliberative body ⓘ
governing body ⓘ
supreme organ ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction member churches of the World Council of Churches ⓘ
convenes periodically ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
defines general programmatic directions of the World Council of Churches ⓘ
overall policies of the World Council of Churches ⓘ
elects Central Committee of the World Council of Churches ⓘ
moderator of the Central Committee ⓘ
presidents of the World Council of Churches ⓘ
vice-moderators of the Central Committee ⓘ
field Christian unity ⓘ
church governance ⓘ
ecumenism ⓘ
frequency approximately every eight years ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Central Committee of the World Council of Churches ⓘ
hasOutput Assembly messages ⓘ
constitutions and rules revisions ⓘ
policy documents ⓘ
programmatic guidelines ⓘ
public statements ⓘ
reports ⓘ
hasParticipant delegates of member churches ⓘ
ecumenical partners ⓘ
member churches of the World Council of Churches ⓘ
observers ⓘ
headquartersLocation Geneva ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
other official languages of the World Council of Churches ⓘ
organizes discernment of common directions for the ecumenical movement ⓘ
election of World Council of Churches leadership ⓘ
policy-setting for the World Council of Churches ⓘ
partOf World Council of Churches ⓘ
purpose to discern common directions for the ecumenical movement ⓘ
to elect leadership of the World Council of Churches ⓘ
to foster Christian unity ⓘ
to provide a forum for common service ⓘ
to provide a forum for common witness ⓘ
to set policies for the World Council of Churches ⓘ
role highest governing body of the World Council of Churches ⓘ
topic faith and order ⓘ
inter-church relations ⓘ
justice and peace ⓘ
mission and evangelism ⓘ
public witness of the churches ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

WCC → hasGoverningBody → Assembly ⓘ
subject surface form: World Council of Churches