World Council of Churches

E7507

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.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

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
World Council of Churches (through Episcopal Church USA)	1
World Council of Churches (through Episcopal Church)	1
World Council of Churches (through the Episcopal Church USA)	1
World Council of Churches Assembly	1
World Council of Churches headquarters	1
international ecumenical fellowship of churches	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.

Anglican Church of Canada → memberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) → memberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Church of Sweden → memberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Evangelical Church in Central Germany → memberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Evangelical Church in Germany → memberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Evangelical Church in the Rhineland → memberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia → memberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau → memberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Evangelical Church of Westphalia → memberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America → memberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover → memberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Greek Orthodox Church → memberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Lutheran World Federation → memberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Protestant Church in the Netherlands → memberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Romanian Orthodox Church → memberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Unitas Fratrum → memberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

United Methodist Church → memberOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

World Council of Churches → name → World Council of Churches self-link ⓘ

World Council of Churches → organizesEvent → World Council of Churches self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Council of Churches Assembly

Central Committee of the World Council of Churches → parentOrganization → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Commission of the Churches on International Affairs → parentOrganization → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Faith and Order Commission → parentOrganization → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Central Committee of the World Council of Churches → partOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Commission on World Mission and Evangelism → partOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Faith and Order Commission → partOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Lutheran Church in America → partOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Presbyterian Church (USA) → partOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

Reformed Church in America → partOf → World Council of Churches ⓘ

International Review of Mission → publishedBy → World Council of Churches ⓘ

The Ecumenical Review → publishedBy → World Council of Churches ⓘ

International Review of Mission → publisher → World Council of Churches ⓘ

The Ecumenical Review → publisher → World Council of Churches ⓘ

WCC → standsFor → World Council of Churches ⓘ

World Communion of Reformed Churches → worksWith → World Council of Churches ⓘ