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Article: Church unity: claiming a common future: new possibilities in the quest for visible unity: a contribution from the evangelical churches of Latin America.
- Article from:
- The Ecumenical Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
- Author:
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You belong to the same church as me,
If you stand at the foot of the cross.
If your heart beats in time with to my heart,
Give me your hand. You are my brother, my sister.
For decades the words of that chorus have been sung by millions of evangelicals throughout Latin America. It has been a sort of theme song in meetings and activities at which brothers and sisters of different denominations met. Its ecumenical theology is simple: if you are at the foot of the cross, you belong to the same church as I do; if your heart beats in time with my heart, you are my brother, my sister.
That simple statement reduces centuries of ecumenical discussion ...