World Council of Churches

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Christian organization ecumenical organization non-governmental organization

The World Council of Churches is a global ecumenical organization that brings together numerous Christian denominations to promote unity, cooperation, and common witness.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
World Council of Churches (through the Episcopal Church) 13
Assembly of the World Council of Churches 1
World Council of Churches (historically, with periods of suspension) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian organization ⓘ
ecumenical organization ⓘ
non-governmental organization ⓘ
abbreviation WCC ⓘ
assemblyMeetsEvery approximately eight years ⓘ
basedOnText John 17:21 ⓘ
cooperatesThrough Joint Working Group between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches ⓘ
cooperatesWith Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
founded 1948 ⓘ
foundedAt Amsterdam ⓘ
surface form: Amsterdam, Netherlands
hasExecutiveBody Central Committee of the World Council of Churches ⓘ
surface form: Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches
hasGoverningBody World Council of Churches self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Assembly of the World Council of Churches

Central Committee of the World Council of Churches ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle general secretary ⓘ
moderator of the central committee ⓘ
hasMemberType churches ⓘ
denominations ⓘ
national church councils ⓘ
regional church councils ⓘ
hasProgramme Commission of the Churches on International Affairs ⓘ
Commission on World Mission and Evangelism ⓘ
Faith and Order Commission ⓘ
hasPublication International Review of Mission ⓘ
The Ecumenical Review ⓘ
headquartersLocation Geneva ⓘ
surface form: Geneva, Switzerland
legalStatus World Council of Churches self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: international ecumenical fellowship of churches
membershipExcludes Roman Catholic Church as full member ⓘ
membershipIncludes Anglican churches ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox churches

Oriental Orthodox churches ⓘ
many Protestant churches ⓘ
motto That they may all be one ⓘ
name World Council of Churches self-link ⓘ
organizesEvent World Council of Churches self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: World Council of Churches Assembly
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
purpose foster ecumenical cooperation ⓘ
promote Christian unity ⓘ
promote common Christian witness ⓘ
regionServed worldwide ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Christianity ⓘ
website https://www.oikoumene.org ⓘ
worksOnIssue development and diakonia ⓘ
faith and order ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
interreligious dialogue ⓘ
justice and peace ⓘ
mission and evangelism ⓘ

Referenced by (84)

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

Diocese of Alaska → affiliation → World Council of Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Council of Churches (through the Episcopal Church USA)
Diocese of Arizona → affiliation → World Council of Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Council of Churches (through the Episcopal Church)
Diocese of Colombia → affiliation → World Council of Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Council of Churches (through the Episcopal Church)
Diocese of Eastern Michigan → affiliation → World Council of Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Council of Churches (through the Episcopal Church)
Diocese of Georgia → affiliation → World Council of Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Council of Churches (through the Episcopal Church)
Diocese of Lexington → affiliation → World Council of Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Council of Churches (through the Episcopal Church)
Diocese of Louisiana → affiliation → World Council of Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Council of Churches (through the Episcopal Church)
Diocese of Milwaukee → affiliation → World Council of Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Council of Churches (through the Episcopal Church)
Diocese of North Carolina → affiliation → World Council of Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Council of Churches (through the Episcopal Church)
Diocese of Southwest Florida → affiliation → World Council of Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Council of Churches (through the Episcopal Church)
Diocese of Western Michigan → affiliation → World Council of Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Council of Churches (through the Episcopal Church)
Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas → affiliation → World Council of Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Council of Churches (through Episcopal Church USA)
Episcopal Diocese of Maine → affiliation → World Council of Churches ⓘ
Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota → affiliation → World Council of Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Council of Churches (through the Episcopal Church)
Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas → affiliation → World Council of Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Council of Churches (through the Episcopal Church)
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover → affiliation → World Council of Churches ⓘ
International Review of Mission → affiliation → World Council of Churches ⓘ
Province IX → affiliation → World Council of Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Council of Churches (through the Episcopal Church)
Province VI → affiliation → World Council of Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Council of Churches (through Episcopal Church)
World Methodist Council → affiliation → World Council of Churches ⓘ
Patriarchate of Constantinople → communicatesWith → World Council of Churches ⓘ
Conference of European Churches → cooperatesWith → World Council of Churches ⓘ
Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity → cooperatesWith → World Council of Churches ⓘ
IBC → cooperatesWith → World Council of Churches ⓘ
subject surface form: International Old Catholic Bishops’ Conference
Mennonite World Conference → cooperatesWith → World Council of Churches ⓘ
World Evangelical Alliance → cooperatesWith → World Council of Churches ⓘ
World Methodist Council → cooperatesWith → World Council of Churches ⓘ
United Church of Canada → ecumenicalMembership → World Council of Churches ⓘ
United Church of Christ → ecumenicalMembership → World Council of Churches ⓘ
Paulo Freire → employer → World Council of Churches ⓘ
World Council of Churches → hasGoverningBody → World Council of Churches self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assembly of the World Council of Churches
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity → isCoordinatedBy → World Council of Churches ⓘ
Episcopal Church → isMemberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ
Evangelical Church of Württemberg → isMemberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark → isMemberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland → isMemberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ
Russian Orthodox Church → isMemberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Council of Churches (historically, with periods of suspension)
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity → isRecognizedBy → World Council of Churches ⓘ
World Council of Churches → legalStatus → World Council of Churches self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: international ecumenical fellowship of churches
this entity surface form: World Council of Churches headquarters
African Methodist Episcopal Church → memberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ