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BUILDING BRIDGES, OVERCOMING PREJUDICES TO CREATE AND NURTURE RELATIONSHIPS!
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Welcome to the Global Christian Forum !

We hope that the information you find here will help you to discover what we believe is a promising and unique process. It began in the late 1990s. For several years we worked quietly, without much publicity, away from the limelight. Now we want to make known what has happened, what is going on and what we are aiming at.

The Global Christian Forum is about bringing into conversation with one another Christians and churches from very different traditions who have little or never talked to each other. It is about building bridges where there are none, overcoming prejudices, creating and nurturing new relationships.

We have become convinced that our churches and organizations could benefit greatly from a Forum where they could speak with one another face to face, pray for one another directly, learn from one another, and together gain insights into common problems that could help all to respond to them more effectively.

Our vision has been confirmed by the first fully representative and worldwide Global Christian Forum meeting that took place on 6 – 9 November 2007 in Kenya and reaffirmed and given guidance by the second such gathering in Manado, Indonesia in 2011. Read more about these historic events, the history, the purpose and the future of the Global Christian Forum on this website.

The Global Christian Forum Committee

GCF Committee meets in Rome
Manado 2011 Group Photo
When in Rome: GCF committee members gather for worship, here at the vespers service to mark the completion of the Week for Christian Unity.

Manado 2011 Group Photo
GCF - Manado 2011 Conference Group Photo.

GCF Committee meets in Rome

High on the agenda at the recent meeting of the Global Christian Forum committee, held in Rome, were consultations with Vatican officials about the ongoing relationship with the Catholic Church, plus consideration of future initiatives for the GCF as outlined by the second global gathering of the GCF in Manado, Indonesia last year. It was the first meeting since the Indonesian gathering.

Discussions took place with the Vatican’s Pontifical Commission for Promoting Christian Unity. A highlight of the gathering was the closing vespers service for the Week of Christian Unity, at St Pauls outside the walls basilica, led by Pope Benedict XIV.

The committee spent much time on planning for the directions set by the Manado Message and Guidelines.  ... [Click here to read more on the Rome meeting]

Rome picture gallery: Click here to view images from the Rome committee meeting and St Peter’s basilica.

Photos ©Kim Cain/GCF. Can be used with acknowledgement. High Resolutions available from: kimcain101@gmail.com

READ ALL ABOUT IT: Click here to read documents and articles about 2nd GLOBAL CHRISTIAN FORUM, MANADO, OCTOBER 2011.

 
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