WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES TO DISCUSS HOMOSEXUALITY
Group Admits Failure of Main Goal The World Council of Churches celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and is planning to address homosexuality at its eighth assembly to be held in Harare, Zimbabwe, from 3 to 14 December 1998. The Reagan Information Exchange (RIE) reported today that the 332-church body formed to achieve unity is beset by hardships and has admitted failing in its primary goal. The General Secretary of the WCC Konrad Raiser blamed the “standstill” of the WCC efforts for unity on “institutional and doctrinal captivity”. At a press briefing in London, WCC press officer John Newbury […]
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