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Mise En Page 1 God, in your Grace ... “But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you have been saved – and raised us up with him and seat- ed us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God – not the result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.” (Eph. 2:4-10) “Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches”. (Rev. 2:7) God, in your Grace ... Official Report of the Ninth Assembly of the World Council of Churches Edited by Luis N. Rivera-Pagán WCC Publications, Geneva A report of the WCC’s Ninth Assembly is also available in German from Verlag Otto Lembeck (www.Lembeck.de). The assembly reports and addresses contained here are also available in French, German, Spanish and Portuguese on the assembly website at: www.wcc-assembly.info Cover design and layout: Marie Arnaud Snakkers Photographs: WCC/Paulino Menezes, Igor Sperotto, Aleksander Wasyluk, Peter Williams ISBN 978-2-8254-1512-2 © 2007 WCC Publications, World Council of Churches, 150 route de Ferney, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland Printed in France Contents Preface – Samuel Kobia An Invitation to Prayer: Message of the 9th Assembly ..........p. 1 Porto Alegre 2006: A polycentric world Christianity Luis N. Rivera-Pagán Introduction ............................................p. 5 Role and purpose of the assembly ............................p. 7 The assembly theme ......................................p.11 A literary cascade ........................................p.13 The inaugural session .....................................p.15 A praying assembly .......................................p.18 A theological assembly ....................................p.23 Thematic plenary sessions .................................p.29 The reports .............................................p.38 Resolutions and declarations ................................p.41 A consensus assembly .....................................p.42 Elections ...............................................p.43 A whirlwind of voices .....................................p.44 Closing prayers ..........................................p.46 Tentative assessment ......................................p.47 The theme of the Assembly Opening sermon – Anastasios of Albania . .p. 55 Closing sermon – Robina Marie Winbush . .p. 65 Theme plenary presentations - God, in your grace, transform the world – Leandro Bosch . .p. 72 - God, in your grace, transform the earth – Carmen Lansdowne . .p. 81 - God, in your grace, transform our societies – Paula Devejian . .p. 86 - God, in your grace, transform our churches – Namsoon Kang .......p.90 - God, in your grace, transform our lives – Sarah Newland-Martin . .p. 97 - God, in your grace, transform our witness – Gracia Violeta Ross Quiroga . .p.102 God, in your grace … Reports to the Assembly Report of the Moderator – Aram I . .p.112 Report of the General Secretary – Samuel Kobia . .p.136 Major issues addressed at the Assembly Church unity - Claiming a common future: An Orthodox voice – Jacob Kurien . .p.159 - Claiming a common future: A Protestant voice – Isabel Apawo Phiri .p.163 - Claiming a common future: Reflecting together – Jorge A. Scampini .p.167 - Claiming a common future: An Evangelical contribution – Norberto Saracco . .p.171 - Desire for a common future – Lei Garcia and John Ngige Njoroge . .p.175 Christian identity and religious plurality - Christian identity and religious plurality – Rowan Williams ........p.179 - My place, my identity – Anna May Chain . .p.187 - Thoughts of a Protestant missionary – Assaad Elias Kattan . .p.190 Economic justice - Signs of the times – Wolfgang Huber . .p.194 - Empire and religion – Nancy Cardoso Pereira . .p.197 - The Economy of Communion project – Veronica Araújo . .p.205 - The island of hope – Teruango Beneteri . .p.208 - Post-Soviet countries – Vsevolod Chaplin . .p.210 - Wealth and poverty: challenge to churches – Yashpal Tandon . .p.213 - AGAPE – A call to love and action ...........................p.218 Overcoming violence - Saving God’s children from the scourge of war – Olara Otunnu . .p.224 - Mid-term of the Decade to Overcome Violence 2001-2010: Churches seeking reconciliation and peace .....................p.235 Latin America - Where is God at work in Latin America? ......................p.239 - Testimonies and statements from the region ....................p.245 Official R eport of the Ninth Assembly Statements and reports adopted by the Assembly Called to be the One Church ...............................p.255 Report of the Programme Guidelines Committee ................p.262 Report of the Policy Reference Committee .....................p.271 Report of the Finance Committee ............................p.285 Report from the Public Issues Committee . .p.292 - Latin America . .p.297 - Responsibility to protect . .p.303 - Terrorism, human rights and counter-terrorism . .p.311 - Reforming the United Nations . .p.313 - Water for life . .p.320 - Elimination of nuclear arms . .p.322 - Mutual respect, responsibility and dialogue . .p.324 Messages and addresses received by the Assembly Messages from the hosting churches - National Council of Christian Churches in Brazil (CONIC) . .p.328 - Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI) . .p.330 Messages from church leaders - Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch . .p.332 - Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury . .p.335 - Abune Paulos, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ....p.337 - Pope Benedict XVI . .p.339 - Geoffrey Tunnicliffe, World Evangelical Alliance . .p.341 - Lourdes Saad Olivera, World YWCA and World Alliance of YMCAs. .p.343 Message from the UN and the ILO - Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations . .p.345 - Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labour Organization . .p.346 Addressing the Assembly - Desmond Tutu, Former Archbishop of Cape Town and Nobel Laureate . .p.349 - Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of the Republic of Brazil . .p.354 - Letter from the US Conference of Churches . .p.360 God, in your grace … - Statement on youth contribution . .p.362 - Indigenous voices and the life of the church . .p.364 - Ecumenical Disabilities Advocacy Network . .p.367 Messages from guests of other faiths - Prince El Hassan bin Talal . .p.369 - Ahmad Hasyim Muzadi . .p.375 - Anantanand Rambachan . .p.379 - Deborah Weissman . .p.382 - Katsunori Yamanoi . .p.384 - Brazilian Inter-religious Group . .p.387 Appendices I Assembly timetable ...................................p.390 II Assembly delegates and participants ......................p.391 III Assembly committee leadership and membership ............p.429 IV Presidents, Officers and Central Committee members elected in Porto Alegre ................................p.434 V Member churches and associate councils ..................p.438 VI WCC Constitution and Rules as amended by the Assembly . .p.448 VII Acknowledgements ...................................p.474 Official R eport of the Ninth Assembly Preface Samuel Kobia As was true of the eight WCC assemblies before it, the 9th Assembly of the World Council of Churches, in Porto Alegre, Brazil from 14-23 February 2006, had its own special character. The venue played a part: this was the first assembly to be held in Latin America, and the Latin American context was formative throughout the life of the assembly. The Latin American churches, the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI) and the National Christian Council of Churches in Brazil (CONIC) were closely invol- ved in the planning, preparation and running of the assembly. The administration of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul served as gracious hosts and partners. Both the local churches and individual Christians in their thousands, from Brazil and elsewhere in Latin America, took part in the assembly and joined i enthusiastically in open discussion sessions. Then there was the theme of the assembly, running through all the sermons, presen- tations and discussions, from the first day to the last: “God, in your grace, transform the world”. Assembly participants obviously found the theme challenging. We know that, in the face of the many problems threatening humanity worldwide, things have to change. Yet many people are at a loss when it comes to practical steps for change. This sense of helplessness lay behind the idea of expressing the theme of the assembly in the form of a prayer. A similar prayer format was then also chosen for the Message from the assembly. The rich spiritual life of this assembly, and all that happened at this ecu- menical gathering, were permeated by the concern to set the urgent problems of our times within the perspective of God’s transforming grace, which is our hope. The assembly was more than a business meeting, and participants were not limi- ted to the official church delegations. The workshops in the Mutirão, which were open to the general public, saw thousands of people taking part, and the Ecumenical Conversations on 22 topics of pressing concern in church and society guaranteed that the assembly would not lose touch with the outside world. During our time in
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