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Article: A letter from Athens to the Christian churches, networks and communities: come holy spirit, heal and reconcile: called in Christ to be reconciling and healing communities.(Conference on Mission and Evangelism)
- Article from:
- International Review of Mission
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
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Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
Greetings from Athens, Greece. We write to you during the holy time between Easter and Pentecost, when the risen Christ prepared his followers for the gift of the Holy Spirit and called them to carry the good news to "the ends of the earth" (Acts 1:8), promising to be with them until "the end of the age" (Matt 28:20). Here, on the shores of the Aegean Sea, 600 of us have gathered, from 105 countries, hosted by the Church of Greece and other churches in Greece and called together by the World Council of Churches for the lath international Conference on World Mission and Evangelism, meeting from 9-16 May 2005. And as the sun ...