Global Christian leaders announce hope for Christian unity

Published: 2007-11-14

LIMURU, Kenya (CNS) -- Top Christian leaders -- including evangelical and Pentecostal representatives -- recommitted themselves to working for Christian unity after an international meeting that had been planned for nine years. The Global Christian Forum brought a broad spectrum of Christians from diverse churches to Limuru, 30 miles northwest of Nairobi, in early November. The 245 participants represented the traditional Protestant, Orthodox and Anglican churches and included a large Catholic delegation led by Bishop Brian Farrell, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. Top evangelical and Pentecostal leaders from every continent and representatives of Bible societies, the YMCA and YWCA also participated. Evangelical and Pentecostal churches generally had declined to take part in previous ecumenical gatherings, but they produced almost half the participants at the forum, which included discussions on what God is doing in Christian churches and new trends in Christianity.

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