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Article: Looking to Porto Alegre.(World Council of Churches meeting theme)
- Article from:
- The Ecumenical Review
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
- Author:
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The guiding light for the WCC's meeting in Porto Alegre is the assembly theme "God, in your grace, transform the world." I've been invited to ponder whatever I like and how I like about the theme and the assembly. I don't pretend to be able to do more than share some of my personal reflections, and questions, which will carry no more weight than your own. Whether or not they ring bells with you, I hope that even in disagreement they may help in some way to stimulate your own thinking.
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