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10.1 Amsterdam 1948 : “Man’s disorder
and God’s design” ................................... 7
10.2 Evanston 1952 : “Christ - The hope
of the world” ........................................... 7
10.3 New Delhi 1961 : “Jesus Christ the
light of the world” ................................... 7
10.4 Uppsala 1968 : “Behold I make all
things new”.............................................. 8
10.5 Nairobi 1975 : “Jesus Christ frees
and unites”............................................... 8
10.6 Vancouver 1983 .............................. 8
10.7 Canberra 1991 ................................. 8
MISSION CONFERENCES
Reading Guide
John Roxborogh
1. INTRODUCTION .................................2
1.1 Bibliographies ...................................2
1.2 Biographies of Key Figures ...............2
1.3 Recommended reading ......................3
1.4 General ..............................................3
2. PRINCIPLES OF UNITY ....................4
2.1 Theological and Biblical basis ..........4
2.2 The Apostolic Church .......................4
11. EFFORTS FOR REUNION :
SUCCESS AND FAILURE ...................... 8
11.1 Church of North India ..................... 8
11.2 Church of South India ..................... 8
11.3 Anglican and Methodist in Britain .. 8
11.4 Anglicans, Methodists, Presbyterians
and others in New Zealand ...................... 8
11.5 North America ................................. 9
3. HISTORIC DIVISIONS .......................4
3.1 Schism in the Early Church ...............4
3.2 Catholic and Nestorian ......................4
3.3 Catholic and Orthodox ......................4
3.4 Catholic and Protestant ......................4
3.5 Protestant and Protestant ...................4
12. VATICAN II AND BEYOND ............ 9
4. REUNIONS IN THE 19TH CENTURY 4
13. ASIA AND THE ECUMENCIAL
MOVEMENT ............................................ 9
13.1 General ............................................ 9
13.2 Malaysia and Singapore .................. 9
13.3 Christian Conference of Asia. ......... 9
13.4 Bangkok 1949 : “The Christian
prospect in Eastern Asia” ...................... 10
13.5 First Assembly of East Asia
Christian Conference Prapat 1957 : “The
common evangelistic task” .................... 10
13.6 Second Assembly of EACC Kuala
Lumpur 1959 “Witnesses together”...... 10
13.7 Third Assembly Bangkok 1964
“The Christian community within the
human” .................................................. 10
13.8 Fourth Assembly Bangkok 1968 “In
Christ all things hold together”............. 10
13.9 Fifth Assembly, CCA, Singapore
1973 “Christian action in the Asian
struggle” ................................................ 10
13.10 Sixth Assembly, CCA, Penang
1977 “Jesus Christ in Asian suffering
and hope.” ............................................. 10
13.11 Seventh Assembly, CCA,
Bangalore, 1981 “Living in Christ with
people” .................................................. 10
13.12 Eighth Assembly, CCA, Seoul,
1985. ..................................................... 10
5. TOWARDS A WORLD COUNCIL OF
CHURCHES 1910-1948 ............................5
5.1 Edinburgh 1910 and after ..................5
5.2 The Faith and Order Movement ........5
5.3 Life and Work ...................................5
6. INTERNATIONAL MISSIONARY
COUNCIL 1921-1961................................5
6.1 Lake Mohonk 1921 ...........................6
6.2 Jerusalem 1928 ..................................6
6.3 Tambaram 1938 ................................6
6.4 Whitby 1947 ......................................6
6.5 Willingen 1952 ..................................6
6.6 Ghana 1958 .......................................6
6.7 Amalgamation with the WCC: New
Delhi 1961 ...............................................6
7. COUNCIL FOR WORLD MISSION &
EVANGELISM 1961-1989 .......................6
7.1 Mexico 1963 : “Witness in six
continents”...............................................6
7.2 Bangkok 1973 : “Salvation Today” ...6
7.3 Melbourne 1980 : “Your Kingdom
Come” .....................................................6
7.4 San Antonio 1989 ..............................7
8. DENOMINATIONAL
CONFERENCES .......................................7
14. FAITH AND ORDER FROM 1948 . 10
14.1 Lund, 1952. ................................... 11
14.2 Montreal, 1963. ............................. 11
14.3 Lima, 1971 .................................... 11
9. YOUTH CONFERENCES ...................7
10. THE WORLD COUNCIL OF
CHURCHES 1948-1991 ............................7
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15.1 Anglican conversations .................11
15.2 Lutheran conversations ..................11
15.3 Methodist conversations ................11
15.4 Catholic and Protestant ..................11
the movements for Faith and Order and for
Life and Work. The IMC is of major interest,
but we may find it surprising to discover the
depth of Christian commitment lying behind
each of these movements and it is important
that the lessons painfully learnt be passed on
whether or not our particular vision of
Christian obedience is the same.
We will also look at the Evangelical
conferences associated with the Lausanne
Movement and the importance (not just for
Catholics) of the Vatican II Council.
The references provided are intended to
be a bibliography for more detailed study as
required. It includes brief comments on key
points through church history in relation to
ecumenism. In general titles have not been
checked in the Bible College Library. Helpful
surveys are:
16. EVANGELICAL ECUMENISM .....11
16.1 `Evangelical Ecumenism’ ..............11
16.2 Para-church groups and ecumenism12
17. EVANGELICAL CONFERENCES 12
17.1 Wheaton 1966 ...............................12
17.2 Berlin 1966 ....................................12
17.3 Green Lake 1971 ...........................12
17.4 Lausanne 1974...............................12
17.5 Pattaya 1980 ..................................12
17.6 Edinburgh 1980 .............................12
17.7 Lausanne II, Manila 1989 ..............12
18. THE FUTURE OF ECUMENISM ..13
1.
INTRODUCTION
Bassham, Rodger C. Mission theology: 19481975. Years of worldwide creative
tension. Ecumenical, Evangelical and
Roman Catholic, William Carey
Library, 1979.
Bosch, David. Witness to the World.
Bosch, David. Transforming Mission.
Scherer, James A. Gospel, Church and
Kingdom. Comparative studies in world
mission theology, Augsburg, 1987.
Verkuyl, J. Contemporary Missiology, An
introduction.
This provides an introduction to issues
involved when Christians of different traditions
try to work together. It includes topics about
which there has been a great deal of feeling.
Some may appear to be irrelevant, or wrong, or
supremely relevant. We may feel the lessons
are obvious, or you may discover they are not.
I hope you will come to them with curiosity
and a willingness to be surprised and not just a
critical eye.
The debates often centre on unity and
mission. The two are closely related, going
back to Jesus’ prayer in John 17, Paul with the
Corinthian Church, problems in Antioch and
North Africa, attempts to prevent and then to
heal splits between Catholic and Orthodox
churches and later among Protestants who
separate into smaller and smaller groups with
regularity. While an emphasis of this
bibliography is on the ecumenical aspect, that
of the course as a whole is more on the
question of mission.
The very existence of missionary
societies and para-church organisations raises
questions about what is necessary for
Christians to do together to make real the
oneness which was the prayer and gift of Christ
to His church. Ecumenical activity is not
restricted to those who formally carry the label.
Apart from some notable exceptions,
ecumenism has arguably been a more
characteristically “evangelical” than “liberal”
concern.
The historical background of the 20th
century ecumenical movement, includes the
three major strands involved in the formation
of the World Council of Churches: the
International Missionary Council (IMC), and
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1.1
Bibliographies
Harvey, Dorothy M. “...there is no end,”
Check list of EACC-CCA publications
and other related Asian ecumenical
documents 1948-1981, CCA 1982.
Van der Bent, Ans J. A guide to essential
ecumenical reading, WCC 1984.
Van der Bent, Ans J. Major studies and themes
in the Ecumenical Movement, WCC,
1981.
1.2
Biographies of Key Figures
Bliss, Kathleen. ‘The legacy of J H Oldham,’
International Bulletin of Missionary
Research, 8(1) Jan 1984, 18-24.
Furtado, C L. The contribution of D T Niles to
the Church universal and local, CLS
1978.
Hoedemaker, L A. ‘The legacy of Hendrick
Kraemer,’ Occasional Bulletin of
Missionary Research, 4(2) Apr 1980,
60-64.
Hooft, W A Visser’t. Memoirs, WCC, 1973.
Hopkins, C Howard. John R Mott, 1865-1955,
Eerdmans, 1979.
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Jackson, E M. ‘The legacy of William Paton,’
International Bulletin of Missionary
Research, 7(1) Jan 1983, 11-15.
Lacy, Creighton. ‘The legacy of D T Niles,’
International Bulletin of Missionary
Research, 8(4) Oct 1984, 174-178.
Newbigin, Lesslie. “The legacy of W A
Visser’t Hooft,” International Bulletin
of Missionary Research, 16(2) April
1992, 78-81.
Newbigin, Lesslie. Unfinished agenda, WCC.
Slack, Kenneth. George Bell, SCM, 1971
Sundkler, Bengt. Nathan Söderblom, his life
and work, Lund, 1968.
1.3
Greenslade, S L. Schism in the early church,
SCM, 1953/1964.
Hogg, W R. Ecumencial foundations. A
history of the International Missionary
Council and its 19th century
background, Harper 1952.
Jedin, H. History of the Church, 10, 458-473.
Kinnamon, M. Truth and community. Diversity
and its limits in the Ecumenical
Movement, Eerdmans/WCC, 1988.
Mott, John R. Addresses and papers, six
volumes, YMCA, 1947.
Mott, John R. The decisive hour of Christian
missions, New York, 1911.
Mott, John R. The pastor and modern
missions, a plea for leadership in world
evangelisation, Ohio, 1905.
Mott, John R. The present day summons to the
world mission of Christianity,
Cokesbury, 1931.
Patelos, Constantin G. The Orthodox Church
in the Ecumencial Movement, WCC,
1978.
Pelikan J ed. Twentieth century theology in the
making, vol 3 Collins, 1970, 370398.[K Volker “Catholic reunion
movements,” O Ritschl “Reunion
movements within Protestantism from
the 16th to the 18th century,” and Nathan
Soderblom “Reunion movements at the
present day.”]
Rouse Ruth and S C Neill, A history of the
Ecumenical Movement 1517-1948,
SPCK, 1954. (review in R H Bainton,
Christian unity and religion in New
England, 24-42.)
Sharpe, E. Nathan Soderblom.
Slosser, G J. Christian Unity, its history and
challenge in all communions, in all
lands, Kegan Paul, 1929.
Sykes, N. Old priest, new presbyter. [Bob
Glen has an autographed copy. Sykes
was his teacher.]
Tatlow, T. The story of the Student Christian
Movement, SCM, 1933.
Todor Sabev ed., The Sophia consultation.
Orthodox involvement in the WCC,
WCC 1982.
Wainwright, Geoffrey. The Ecumenical
Movement. Crisis and opportunity for
the Church, Eerdmans 1983.
Weber, Hans-Ruedi. Asia and the Ecumenical
Movement 1895-1961, SCM 1966.
Recommended reading
Bettenson, H ed. Documents of the Christian
Church, 327-335.
Hutchison, W R. Errand to the world.
American Protestant Thought and
Foreign Missions, University of
Chicago Press, 1987.
Lion Handbook, History of the Church, 634636.
Littell, F H. Atlas history of Christianity, 148152.
Lossky, Nicholas, et al, eds. Dictionary of the
Ecumenical Movement,
WCC/Eerdmans, 1991.
Visser’t Hooft, W A. The genesis and
formation of the World Council of
Churches, WCC, 1982.
1.4
Conferences and Mission
General
Ecumenical Review
International Review of Mission
Journal of Ecumenical Studies
New Catholic Encyclopedia
One World [not yet available DML]
Transformation
Baker D, ed. Schism heresy and religious
protest, Studies in Church History 9
CUP 1972.
Beaver R P. Ecumenical beginnings in
Protestant world mission, Nelson,
1962.
Bell, G K A. Christian unity: the Anglican
position, Hodder, 1948.
Bell, G K A. Documents on Christian unity,
1924, 1930, 1948, 1958.
Davies, R. “The spirituality of ecumenism,” in
P Brooks ed. Christian Spirituality.
Essays in honour of Gordon Rupp,
SCM 1975, 307-328.
Fey, Harold E., ed. The ecumenical advance,
WCC, 1986.
2.
PRINCIPLES OF UNITY
2.1
Theological and Biblical basis
Barth K. Church Dogmatics IV/1 668-685.
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Brown, C. Dictionary of NT Theology, 1, 291307.
Kung, H. The Church, Search Press, 1973,
263-295.
Schweizer, E. Church order in the New
Testament, SCM, 1961.
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relations between Anglican and Presbyterian;
Anglican and Methodist and even Anglican
and Pentecostal/ Charismatic/ Housechurch
groups reflect longstanding divisions in British
society.
4.
2.2
The Apostolic Church
This is no longer seen to have been as
uniform or as united as it was once perceived.
Given a current emphasis on variety and
difference in the first century church what
might our aims and expectations be in the
present?
3.
HISTORIC DIVISIONS
3.1
Schism in the Early Church
Although Protestants continued to
divide from 1800 onwards there were many
efforts and some successes in the direction of
reunion. Much of this was inspired by the
challenge of missions. The birth of the London
Missionary Society in 1795 was hailed as “the
funeral of bigotry.” The Bible Society of 1804
was a great venture of co-operation between
Christians and its constitution was carefully
drafted to include everybody - Protestants
anyway - (bibles were issued “without note or
comment”).
Some split Presbyterians found their
way back together even if there were a number
left behind at each reunion. Splitting and
rejoining was something of a Methodist
pastime. Even groups dedicated to the
principle that every congregation has the right
to determine its own doctrine and polity - such
as Baptists and Congregationalists - formed
associations of congregations. In 1846 the
Evangelical Alliance was formed despite a
weak doctrine of the Church and some fragile
allegances.
Although Protestants were unwilling to
surrender beliefs and practices which divided
them from each other and from Rome (never
mind the Orthodox or those further East) there
was persistent acknowledgement that this was
not how things were meant to be. The scandal
of exporting denominational differences to the
new churches coming to birth around the world
provided a constant impetus to further action.
In North Africa Cyprian then later the
Donatist schism and Augustine’s response set
the pattern for attitudes towards groups of
Christians who sought to be autonomous. Has
this situation had too great an influence? Were
Cyprian and Augustine right? (see Greenslade)
3.2
Catholic and Nestorian
This is the forgotten split in the early
church but one that should not be forgotten in
Asia.
3.3
Catholic and Orthodox
Sometimes the great ‘ecumenical’
councils of the Church are looked back on as
having special status because they spoke for an
undivided Church. Some of that “undivision”
was superficial and tensions between East and
West led to schism.
3.4
REUNIONS IN THE 19TH
CENTURY
Catholic and Protestant
From the point of view of modern
ecumenical concerns what really happened at
the Reformation? Was it a mistake? How much
was due to the defeat by hard-liners of those
who tried to hold it together?
Martin, Roger H. Evangelicals united:
Ecumenical stirrings in pre-Victorian
Britain 1795-1830, Scarecrow, 1983.
3.5
5.
Protestant and Protestant
Catholics predicted that Protestants
would continue to divide because they had no
agreed basis for reconciling different
interpretations of Scripture. This “fissiparous”
tendency in Protestantism continues - despite
efforts towards reconciliation between older
groups. Some divisions go back to the Radical
Reformation in the 16th century. For those
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COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
1910-1948
Visser ‘t Hooft, W A. The genesis and
formation of the World Council of
Churches, WCC 1982.
5.1
Edinburgh 1910 and after
Reports of the Conference
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Bliss, K. “The legacy of J H Oldham,”
International Bulletin of Missionary
Research, 8(1), Jan 1984, 18-24.
The Continuation Committee conferences in
Asia 1912-1913, NY, 1913.
Dougall, J W C. “J H Oldham,” International
Review of Mission, , 59(233), 1970, 822.
Ecumenical Review, 21(3), July 1969, 261265.
Gairdner, W H T. Edinburgh 1910. An
account and interpretation.
Graham, C. “The legacy of S Azariah,”
International Bulletin of Missionary
Research, 1985, 16-19.
Hogg, W R. Ecumenical foundations.
Hogg, W R. “Edinburgh 1910 - perspective
1980,” Occasional Bulletin of
Missionary Research, 4(4), Oct 1980,
146-153.
Hopkins, C H. John R Mott 1865-1955.
International Review of Mission, 59(233), Jan
1970.
Pierard, Richard V. ‘John R Mott and the rift
in the Ecumenical Movement during
World War I,’ Journal of Ecumenical
Studies, 23(4), 1986, 601-620.
Sharpe, E. “The legacy of A G Hogg,”
International Bulletin of Missionary
Research, 6(2), 1982, 65-69.
Reudi-Weber, Hans. Asia and the Ecumenical
Movement, 130-143.
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5.2.1 Lausanne 1927
Bate, H N. Faith and order. Proceedings of the
World Conference Lausanne, August 321, 1927, SCM, 1928.
5.2.2 Edinburgh 1937
Martin, Hugh. Edinburgh 1937. The story of
the second world conference on Faith
and Order, SCM, 1937.
The Edinburgh Conference on Faith and
Order. Report of the Committee
appointed by the Archbishops of
Canterbury and York to consider the
findings of the Edinburgh Conference
on Faith and Order, 1939.
5.3
Rouse and Neill, 509-596.
Sundkler, B. Nathan Soderblom, his life and
work, Lund, 1968.
5.3.1 Stockholm 1925
5.3.2 Oxford 1937
Church community and State, 7 volume series,
George Allen & Unwin, 1937.
5.3.3 Utrecht 1938
6.
5.2
The Faith and Order
Movement
INTERNATIONAL
MISSIONARY COUNCIL
1921-1961
Grubb, K. “IMC/WCC relations: a personal
view,” International Review of Mission,
46(183), 1957.
Hogg, W R. Ecumenical foundations. A
history of the IMC and its 19th century
background, 1952.
Margull, H J. “The integration of the IMC and
WCC,” Lutheran World, 8(3), 1957.
Newbiggin, L. “From the editor,” International
Review of Mission, 54(215), 1965.
Nissen, K. “Mission and unity,” International
Review of Mission, 63(252), 1974.
Payne, E A, and Moses D G. Why integration,
Edinburgh House Press, London, 1957.
Shivute, Tomas. The theology of mission and
evangelism in the International
Missionary Council from Edinburgh to
New Delhi, Helsinki, 1980.
Sundkler, “Daring in order to know: the IMC
from Edinburgh to New Delhi,”
International Review of Mission,
51(201), 1962.
Ehrenstrom N and G Gassman, Confessions in
dialogue. Bilateral conversations 19621971, Faith and Order paper 63, WCC,
1972.
Lausanne 77. Fifty years of Faith and Order.
Faith and Order paper 87, 1977.
New directions in Faith and Order, Bristol
1967, Faith and Order paper 50, WCC
1968.
Tatlow T. “The World Conference on Faith
and Order,” Rouse and Neill, 405-441.
Tomkins, O S. The Church in the purpose of
God. An introduction to the work of the
Commission on Faith and Order ... in
preparation for the Third World
Conference on Faith and Order to be
held at Lund, Sweden, in 1952, SCM,
1950.
The Conversations at Malines 1921-1925,
OUP, 1927.
Uniting in hope. Accra 1974. Faith and Order
paper 72, WCC, 1975.
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6.1
Lake Mohonk 1921
6.2
Jerusalem 1928
Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement,
“International Missionary Council.”
Newbiggin, L. One Body, One Gospel, One
World. The Christian mission today,
IMC, 1958.
Newbiggin, L. Unfinished Agenda, WCC.
Ranson, C. A missionary pilgrimage,
Eerdmans, 122-124.
Scherer, J. Gospel Church and Kingdom, 99108.
Visser’t Hooft, W A. The New Delhi Report,
The Third Assembly of the world
Council of Churches 1961, SCM, 1962.
Warren, Max. “The fusion of IMC and WCC
at New Delhi: retrospective thoughts
after a decade and a half,” Occasional
Bulletin of Missionary Research, July
1979, pp.104-108.
Conference reports
Gort, J D. ‘Jerusalem 1928: Mission, Kingdom
and Church,’ International Review of
Mission, 67, 1978, 273-298.
6.3
Tambaram 1938
Conference Reports DML
Hutchison, W R. Errand to the world.
American Protestant Thought and
Foreign Missions, University of
Chicago Press, 1987, 158-175. [The
Laymen’s report and its effect in
America.]
Joediswara, Mikha ‘Hendrick Kraemer and
Inter-religious relations in Indonesia,’
Asia Journal of Theology 9(1) April
1995 86-100.
International Review of Mission, 78(307), July
1988, Tambaram Revisited. [Note
sermon by Lesslie Newbigin]
Ustorf, Werner. Mission to mission? Rethinking the agenda. Selly Oak
Colleges Occasional Paper 9,
Birmingham, 1991.
6.4
Ghana 1958
Mexico 1963 : “Witness in six
continents”
7.2
Bangkok 1973 : “Salvation
Today”
7.4
Melbourne 1980 : “Your
Kingdom Come”
San Antonio 1989
International Review of Mission; 78(309)
January 1989, 78(310), April 1989,
78(311/312), July/October 1989.
Neely, Alan and J. A. Scherer. “San Antonio
and Manila 1989.” Missiology 18: April
1990: 139-148.
San Antonio. International Bulletin of
Missionary Research, 13(3) Jul 1989,
130-135.
Amalgamation with the WCC:
New Delhi 1961
Benn, C. “The theology of mission and the
integration of the IMC and the WCC,”
International Review of Mission, 303,
July 1987, pp.380-402.
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Bosch D J. “Behind Melbourne and Pattaya: a
typology of two movements,” IAMS
Newsletter 16/17 1981 (?) 21-33.
Rosin, H. ‘Reactions to Melbourne and
Pattaya,’ Exchange 10(29), Sep 1981,
1-15.
Your Kingdom come. Section reports from the
WCC COWME Melbourne Conference,
May 1980, Australian Council of
Churches, Sydney 1980.
Willingen 1952
Orchard, R K. The Ghana assembly of the
International Missionary Council,
Edinburgh House Press, 1958.
Winter, R D. “Ghana; preparation for
marriage,” International Review of
Mission, , 267, July 1978, pp.338-353.
6.7
COUNCIL FOR WORLD
MISSION & EVANGELISM
1961-1989
7.3
Goodhall, N Missions under the Cross,
Edinburgh House Press, 1953.
The missionary obligation of the church.
Willingen, Germany July 5-17, 1952,
IMC, 1952.
6.6
7.
Bangkok Assembly 1973, WCC.
From Mexico City to Bangkok, report of
COWME 1963-1972.
Whitby 1947
International Missionary Council, Whitby,
Canada, July 5 to 24, 1947, Who’s
Who. [mimeo, WJR]
Latourette and W R Hogg, Tomorrow is here.
6.5
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10.1 Amsterdam 1948 : “Man’s
disorder and God’s design”
DENOMINATIONAL
CONFERENCES
Man’s disorder God’s design, Amsterdam
Assembly series, Harper, New York,
1948.
Official Handbook. First Assembely of the
World Council of Churches,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August
22-September 4, 1948, Amsterdam,
1948.
The ten formative years 1938-1948. First
Assembly of the World Council of
Churches Amsterdam, 1948, WCC,
1948.
Visser’t Hooft, W A, ed. The first assembly of
the World Council of Churches held at
Amsterdam August 22nd to September
4th, 1948. The official report, SCM,
1949.
Lambeth Conference 1930. Encyclical letter
from the bishops with resolutions and
reports, SPCK.
9.
YOUTH CONFERENCES
Further studies on the Christian community in
the modern world for the World
Conference of Christian Youth
Amsterdam, Holland, July 24-August 2,
1939.
Gethman, W W, and D G M Patrick, The
Christian community in the modern
world. A preparatory study for the
World Conference of Christian Youth
Amsterdam, Holland, July 24-August 2,
1939, 1938.
Report of the Conference of the World’s
Student Christian Federation held at
Tokyo, Japan April 3-7, 1907.
Report of the Conference of the World’s
Student Christian Federation held at
Oxford, England July 15th to 19th 1909,
WSCF, 1909.
Report of the Third International Conference
of the Student Volunteer Missionary
Union, Edinburgh Jan.2-6, 1904,
Student Volunteer Missionary Union,
London, 1904.
Students and the missionary problem.
Addresses delivered at the International
Student Missionary Confernce, London,
January 2-6, 1900, SVMU, London,
1900.
Tatlow, Tissington. The story of the Student
Christian Movement of Great Britain
and Ireland, SCM, 1933.
Winter, Ralph. Student Missionary Power:
Report of the First International
Convention of the Student Volunteer
Movement for Foreign Missions - 1891,
William Carey Library, 1979.
10.2 Evanston 1952 : “Christ - The
hope of the world”
Evanston Speaks. Reports from the Second
Assembly of the World Council of
Churches, August 15-31, 1954,
WCC/SCM, 1954.
The Christian hope and the task of the Church,
2nd Assembly of the WCC Harper 1954.
The Evanston report. Second Assembly of the
WCC, Harper, 1955.
Nichols, J H. Evanston an interpretation,
Harper, 1954.
10.3 New Delhi 1961 : “Jesus Christ
the light of the world”
Brash, Alan A. Delhi 1961. A popular report
on the third Assembly of the World
Council of Churches, Presbyterian
Bookroom, 1961.
Evanston to New Delhi 1954-1961. Report of
the Central Committee to the third
Assembly of the WCC, WCC 1961.
Jesus Christ the light of the world. WCC 3rd
Assembly New Delhi 1961 [study
booklet].
The New Delhi report. The 3rd Assembly of the
WCC 1961 SCM 1962.
Slack, K. Despatch from New Delhi, SCM,
1962.
WCC, New Delhi speaks, SCM, 1962.
10. THE WORLD COUNCIL OF
CHURCHES 1948-1991
Duff E. The social thought of the World
Council of Churches, Longmans 1956.
Ecumenical Review 40(3-4), July-October
1988. Commemorating Amsterdam
1948.
Kik J M. Ecumenism and the Evangelical,
Presbyterian and Reformed 1958.
Tan Kim-Sai, The great digression, MBS,
1981.
Van der Bent, Ans J. What in the world is the
World Council of Churches, 1981.
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10.4 Uppsala 1968 : “Behold I make
all things new”
Brooks, P ed., Christian spirituality, 326ff.
Goodhall, N, ed. The Uppsala report 1968,
The official report of the fourth
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assembly of the World Council of
Churches Uppsala July 4-20, 1968,
WCC, 1968.
Goodhall, N, ed. Uppsala 68 speaks, section
reports of the Fourth Assembly of the
World Council of Churches Uppsala
1968, WCC, 1968.
Johnson, D. Uppsala to Nairobi 1968-1975,
WCC, 1975.
Newbiggin, L. Unifinished agenda, WCC.
Slack, K. Uppsala report, SCM, 1968.
Towards visible unity. Commission on Faith
and Order Lima 1982 vols. 1 & 2.
11.1 Church of North India
Plan of Church Union in North India and
Pakistan, 3rd edition 1957.
11.2 Church of South India
Mark Gibbard, Unity is not enough,
Mowbrays, 1965.
Newbigin, Lesslie. The reunion of the Church,
SCM, 1948/1960.
Sundkler, B. Church of South India. The
movement towards union 1900-1947,
Lutterworth 1965.
10.5 Nairobi 1975 : “Jesus Christ
frees and unites”
Hwa Yung, In search of a mission. A study of
the doctrine of salvation of the WCC ...
with special reference to Bangkok
1972-3 and Nairobi 1975. (thesis - not
in DML)
Paton, D M. Breaking barriers, Nairobi 1975,
WCC, 1976.
Rogers, J R Mackenzie & L Weeks, Case
studies in Christ and salvation,
Westminster 1977 161-176.
Slack, Kenneth. Nairobi narrative. The story of
the Fifth Assembly of the World
Council of Churches, 23 November-10
December, 1975, SCM, 1976.
11.3 Anglican and Methodist in
Britain
Turner, J M. Conflict and reconciliation.
Studies in Methodism and ecumenism
in England 1740-1982, Epworth 1985.
11.4 Anglicans, Methodists,
Presbyterians and others in
New Zealand
Brown, C “Ecumenism in New Zealand :
success or failure?” in B Colless & P
Donovan eds. Religion in New Zealand
society, 1980, 81-97.
Morrison, Clare. Windows on unity.
Cooperative Ventures and the search
for church union, Negotiating Churches
Unity Council, Wellington, 1992.
10.6 Vancouver 1983
Gill, D. Gathered for life. Official report of the
VI Assembly of the WCC Vancouver
Canada 24 July-10 August 1983.
Nairobi to Vancouver 1975-1983. Report of
the Central Committee to the sixth
Assembly of the WCC WCC 1983.
11.5 North America
10.7 Canberra 1991
Ecumenical Review, 43(2), April 1991
Nicholls, Bruce and Bong Rin Ro, eds.,
Beyond Canberra, Regnum, 1993.
Padilla, C Rene. ‘”Come Holy Spirit - renew
the whole creation,”’ Transformation,
8(4), Oct 1991, 1-6.
12. VATICAN II AND BEYOND
Abbott, W M. The documents of Vatican II,
336-370.
Butler, C. Theology of Vatican II, DLT, 1981,
104-126.
Directory for the application of principles and
norms of ecumenism, Pontificium
Consilium as Christiandorum unitatem
fovendam, Vatican City, 1993.
Jedin H. et.al., eds., History of the Church, 10,
96-150, 466-473.
Kung, H. The Council, reform and reunion,
Sheed & Ward, 1961.
McVeigh, M J. “Vatican II and Uppsala: A
comparison of two missionary
documents,” Missiology 2(3) July 1974,
pp327-347.
11. EFFORTS FOR REUNION :
SUCCESS AND FAILURE
Best, T F. ed., Living today towards visible
unity. Fifth international consultation
of united and uniting churches, WCC,
1988.
Dodd, C H. “A letter concerning unavowed
motives in ecumenical discussions,”
Ecumencial Review 2(1) 1949 52-56.
Jeffery, R M C. Cases studies in unity, SCM,
1972.
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Meyer, H. “The Decree on Ecumenism: a
Protestant viewpoint,” Ecumenical
Review 37(3) July 1985 320-325.
Missiology, 13(4), Oct 1985, 487-499, Vatican
II & mission.
Schreiter, R J. ‘The anonymous Christian and
Christology’ Occasional Bulletin of
Missionary Research, 2(1), Jan 1978,
pp2-11.
Vischer, L. “The ecumenical movement and
the Roman Catholic Church,” in H E
Fey, Ecumenical Advance, 311-351.
Visser’t Hooft, “The significant of the Asian
churches in the ecumenical movement,”
Ecumenical Review, 11(4), Jul 1959.
Visser’t Hooft, “Asian churches,” Ecumenical
Review, 2(3), Spring 1950.
Visser’t Hooft, “D T Niles,” International
Review of Mission, 60(27), Jan 1971.
Weber, H R. Asia and the Ecumenical
Movement 1895-1961, SCM London,
1966.
13.2 Malaysia and Singapore
Roxborogh, John. A common voice. A history
of the Ecumenical Movement in
Malaysia, Council of Churches in
Malaysia, 1991.
Roxborogh, John. ‘The story of ecumenism,’ in
Robert Hunt, Lee Kam Hing and John
Roxborogh, eds, Christianity in
Malaysia. A denominational history,
Pelanduk, Petaling Jaya, 1992, 277322.
13. ASIA AND THE
ECUMENCIAL MOVEMENT
13.1 General
Asia Journal of Theology / Southeast Asia
Journal of Theology
Christ - the Hope of Asia. Ecumenical study
conference for East Asia, Lucknow,
India, December 27-30, 1952.
CLS/WCC, Madras.
Fey, E H. A history of the Ecumenical
Movement, 2, 1986.
Fleming, John. Structures for a missionary
congregation. The shape of the
Christian Community in Asia today,
EACC, Singapore, 1964.
Furtado, C L. The contribution of D T Niles to
the church universal and local, CLC,
Madras, 1978.
Gluer, W. “The legacy of T C Chao,”
International Bulletin of Missionary
Research, 6(4), Oct 1982.
Graham, C. “The legacy of Azariah,” in
International Bulletin of Missionary
Research, 9(1), Jan 1985.
Kyaw Than, “D T Niles: some personal
reflections,” International Review of
Mission, 60(237), Jan 1971.
Kyaw Than, Joint Labourers in Hope, CCA,
Bangkok, 1973.
Hogg, W R. Ecumenical Foundations, New
York, 1952.
Lacy, Creighton. “Legacy of D T Niles,”
International Bulletin of Missionary
Research, 8(4), Oct 1984.
Lacy, Creighton. “Legacy of P D
Devanandran,” International Bulletin of
Missionary Research, 5(1), Jan 1981.
Thomas, M M. “Ecumenism in Asia: an
assessment,” in van der Bent, J, ed.,
Voices in unity, WCC, Geneva, 1981.
Thomas, M M. The Asian churches and the
study of rapid social change,
Ecumenical Review, 37(1).
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13.3 Christian Conference of Asia.
Harvey, Dorothy M. “...there is no end,”
Check list of EACC-CCA publications
and other related Asian ecumenical
documents 1948-1981, CCA 1982.
Hollis, M. Mission unity truth. A study of
confessional families and the churches
in Asia, Lutterworth 1967.
Kyaw Than, Joint labourers in hope, ... EACC
1968-1973, 1973.
Manikam, Raja B. ed., Christianity and the
Asian revolution, 1984.
Neill, S C. “The Asian scene,” Ecumenical
Review 1(1) 1948 65-73.
Park, Sung Jung. “A short sketch of the first 25
years of the CCA,” South East Asia
Journal of Theology 23(2) 1982 183197; B Stephens, ibid., pp.199-213.
Philip, T V, ‘Christian Conference of Asia: A
historical overview,’ Asia Journal of
Theology 9(1) April 1995 2-29.
Verkuyl, J. Contemporary missiology, an
introduction, 239-243.
Weber, Hans-Ruedi. Asia and the Ecumenical
Movement, 277-292.
13.4 Bangkok 1949 : “The Christian
prospect in Eastern Asia”
Devanandan P D. “The Bangkok conference of
Asian leaders: an
impression,”
International Review of Mission 1950
146-152.
Ecumenical Review, 2(3), 1950.
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14. FAITH AND ORDER FROM
1948
13.5 First Assembly of East Asia
Christian Conference Prapat
1957 : “The common
evangelistic task”
Faith and Order discussions since the
formation of the WCC have not been directly
concerned with Church Union or mission so
much as a handmaid to the churches in the
slow process of building areas of agreement
and removing areas of disagreement particularly those based on misunderstanding
rather than principle. A good example can be
found in the Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry
`Lima’ document and its responses.
`BEM’ involved a carefully worked out
process which has a definite philosophy about
appropriate ways for Christians to handle deep
differences. This involves taking different
viewpoints seriously, looking at the historical
roots of theological differences (so we are not
just arguing between sets of dogmatic beliefs
cut loose from the circumstances in history
which brought them into existence), and trying
to build convergence. There is a persistent
effort to establish and enlarge common ground
in both faith and practice.
13.6 Second Assembly of EACC
Kuala Lumpur 1959
“Witnesses together”
Goodall, N et.al. A decisive hour for the
Christian mission, SCM, 1960.
Newbigin, W A Visser’t Hooft, D T Niles, A
decisive hour for the Christian mission,
SCM, 1960.
13.7 Third Assembly Bangkok 1964
“The Christian community
within the human”
13.8 Fourth Assembly Bangkok 1968
“In Christ all things hold
together”
Bangkok `68. Statements and findings, 1968.
13.9 Fifth Assembly, CCA, Singapore
1973
“Christian action in the Asian
struggle”
Handspicker M B. “Faith and Order 19481968,” H E Fey Ecumenical Advance,
143-169.
Sharing in one hope. Commission on Faith
and Order, Bangalore, 1978, Faith and
Order paper 92 WCC.
Conference reports, workbooks, worship
handbook and handouts.
14.1 Lund, 1952.
Tomkins, O S. The third world conference on
Faith and Order held at Lund, August
15 to 28, 1952, SCM, 1953.
13.10 Sixth Assembly, CCA, Penang
1977
“Jesus Christ in Asian suffering
and hope.”
14.2 Montreal, 1963.
Rodger P C and L Vischer, The fourth world
conference on Faith and Order. The
report from Montreal 1963, SCM,
1964.
O’Grady, Ron. Singapore to Penang. The CCA
from 1973 to 1977, 1977.
13.11 Seventh Assembly, CCA,
Bangalore, 1981
“Living in Christ with people”
14.3 Lima, 1971
Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry, WCC.
Thurian, Max. Churches respond to BEM, vols
1-6, WCC.
Christian Conference of Asia. Seventh
assembly, Bangalore May 18-28 1981.
Ron O’Grady, From Penang to Bangalore.
The CCA 1977-1981.
15. INTER-CHURCH DIALOGUE
Beckwith R T. “The ecumenical quest for
agreement in faith,” Themelios 10(1),
Sep 1984, 28-30.
Meyer Harding and Lucas Vischer, Growth in
agreement. Reports and
agreed
statements of ecumenical conversations
13.12 Eighth Assembly, CCA, Seoul,
1985.
From Bangalore to Seoul, A report 19811985.
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on a world level, WCC/Paulist Press
1984.
Thurian M and G Wainwright, Baptism and
Eucharist. Ecumenical convergence in
celebration, WCC, 1983.
has been a matter of debate how much it
should be churches and how much individuals)
together to work together in areas of
aggreement with the effect of improving
understanding and co-operation. For some
groupings the ecumenical function is
secondary as in mission societies and parachurch organisations (see below), for others it
is the primary co-operative function - not very
different from key elements of the vision of the
WCC.
The first of these groups was the
Evangelical Alliance founded in Britain in
1846, and an ancestor of Edinburgh 1910. In
America the National Association of
Evangelicals was founded in 1942. More
recently there has been the World Evangelical
Fellowship (WEF), 1952, and in different
countries National Evangelical Fellowships
like the NECF in Malaysia and the EFNZ in
New Zealand.
On a world scale the Lausanne
Committee on World Evangelism, though
technically responsible to no one but itself,
draws on the same constituency as the WEF.
Transformation magazine is a more radical
international group of modern day
Evangelicals. In theological education, the
Asia Theological Association is another
significant grouping. What these also indicate
is that there are a large number of Protestants
outside the `official’ ecumenical movement.
There are signs that the WCC is becoming
more concerned to take such independent and
evangelical groups seriously.
15.1 Anglican conversations
Anglican Consultative Council reports
Lambeth Conference reports
Anglican-Lutheran International
conversations 1970-1972 SPCK 1973.
Packer, J I. All in each place. Towards reunion
in England, 1965.
Mark Santer, ed., Their Lord and ours, SPCK,
1982.
Ware K and C Davey, Anglican-Orthodox
dialogue. The Moscow statement,
SPCK, 1977.
Steps towards unity. Documents on ecumenical
relations presented to ACC-6, 1984.
15.2 Lutheran conversations
Ulrich Duchrow, Conflict over the ecumenical
movement, WCC, 1981.
George A Lindbeck, Ecumenism and the
Lutheran Church in Malaysia and
Singapore, 1969.
15.3 Methodist conversations
15.4 Catholic and Protestant
Heenan, J C, ed., Christian unity, a Catholic
view, 1962.
Leeming, B, SJ. The Churches and the
Church. A study of ecumenism, DLT
1963.
Pelikan, J. Obedient rebels. Catholic substance
and Protestant principle in Luthers
reformation, Harper 1964.
Toon, P. What’s the difference, Marshalls,
1983.
VanElderen, M. “The WCC and the Roman
Catholic Church,” One World, Oct
1986, pp.11-15.
Dayton, Donald W. “Yet another layer of the
onion or opening the ecumenical door
to let the riff-raff in,” Ecumenical
Review, Jan 1988, pp.87-110.
Derham, A M, “An open letter to the leaders of
the Lausanne Movement and the World
Evangelical Fellowship,”
Transformation, 4(1), 1987, pp.1-2, and
responses pp.3-6.
16.2 Para-church groups and
ecumenism
16. EVANGELICAL
ECUMENISM
Both evangelical and `ecumenical’
parachurch groups have ecumenical functions
and the importance of the YMCA movement
and the SCM for the development of the WCC
cannot be underestimated.
Historically ecumenical bodies and
churches have been highly critical of parachurch organisations, threatened by their
efficiency and fund-raising, jealous of their
success, suspicious of their intentions, doubtful
16.1 Evangelical Ecumenism
It is important to note that functional
ecumenism is not restricted to those churches
and institutions formally related to the the
World Council of Churches. Many
interdenominational evangelical groupings
serve to bring Christians (ever since 1846 it
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of their theology and generally hostile towards
something outside their control. Sometimes a
great deal is made of what is “official” and
what is unofficial - but those who are formally
appointed to ecumenical bodies by elected
church officials and committees are not
necessarily particularly responsive to the
concerns of the constituency they represent,
and para-church groups which depend for their
funds on being sensitive to the interests of their
supporters can be closer to the values of
church members than the official bodies. At
the same time such faith groups have to be
careful they are not merely populist in
responding to the sensitivities of their
constituency.
These difficulties are a long way from
being uniquely evangelical. The history of
orders and new movements within the Roman
Catholic church shows the same tensions
between different centres of authority. As some
ecumenical bodies find that bureaucratically
entrenched official ecumenism is not always
responsive to their vision, they too go
independent with similar results.
At different times we are likely to find
ourselves on different sides of these debates.
There is not always a clear right and wrong,
but it is helpful to recognise how activities of
our particular group are likely to be perceived
by others and try to reduce being an
unnecessary threat or unnecessarily aloof.
Participation in parachurch groupings is likely
to be important for broadening appreciation of
Christians from other traditions which is what
the ecumenical movement ought to be largely
about. However the temptation is the same for
all, that we will restrict what we do to
gatherings of only the like minded.
17.3 Green Lake 1971
17.4 Lausanne 1974
Douglas, J. Let the earth hear His voice.
Padilla, C Rene. The new face of
evangelicalism, Hodder, 1976.
17.5 Pattaya 1980
17.6 Edinburgh 1980
17.7 Lausanne II, Manila 1989
Coote, Robert T. ‘Lausanne II and World
Evangelization,’ International Bulletin
of Missionary Research, 14(1) Jan
1990, 10-17.
Escobar, Samuel. “A movement divided. Three
approaches to world evangelization
stand in tension with one another,”
Transformation 8(4) October 1991,
pp.7-15.
Steuernagel, V R, ‘Social concern and
evangelization: the journey of the
Lausanne Movement,’ International
Bulletin of Missionary Research, 15(2)
Apr 1991, 53-56.
18. THE FUTURE OF
ECUMENISM
Best, Thomas F. Instruments of unity. National
Councils of Churches within the one
ecumenical movement, WCC, 1988.
Bong Rin Ro and Bruce J Nicholls, eds.,
Beyond Canberra, Lynx/Regnum,
Oxford, 1993.
Directions in Ecumenical Co-operation:
Evangelical Challenge. International
Review of Mission, 81(323), July 1992
The Ecumenical Future and the WCC.
Ecumenical Review, 42(1), January
1991.
‘Has the WCC kept the Faith?’ Christianity
Today, April 5, 1993, 31-40.
Raiser, Konrad. Ecumenism in transition. A
paradigm shift in the Ecumenical
Movement, WCC, 1991.
Spindler, Marc R: ‘Visa for witness: a new
focus on the theology of mission and
ecumenism’ : Mission Studies 3 No
1:51-60 1986
Tu’uholoaki, Finau Dyer, ‘Mission,
ecumenism and the local churches: from
the Pacific context,’ International
Review of Mission 80:119-125 Ja 1991
Wright, Nigel G: ‘Mission, the shape of the
church and ecumenism’ in: Mission to
Tatlow, T. The story of the Student Christian
Movement of Great Britain and Ireland,
SCM, 1933.
White, J. The Church and the para-church. An
uneasy marriage, Multnomah, 1983.
17. EVANGELICAL
CONFERENCES
17.1 Wheaton 1966
Lindsell, H, ed. The Church’s world wide
mission.
17.2 Berlin 1966
Henry, C F H, ed. One race, one Gospel, one
task.
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