The Global Christian Forum hosted a virtual Reunion and Book Launch, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, on April 27, 2021. It was a fourfold celebration: We gave space for reflection on what had taken place those three years ago in Bogotá,…
GCF Newsletter: March 2021
A PDF version of our newsletter is available to download and print.
Report from the International Committee
Global Christian Forum International Committee Meeting Narrative Report 22-23 February 2021 Virtual meeting After beginning in prayer, each day started with presentations that intersected with the work and witness of GCF. On the first day, Drs Todd Johnson and Gina…
COVID-19, the Church, and the Challenge to Ecumenism
Jean-Daniel Plüss, a Global Christian Forum Facilitation Group participant and the president of the Fondation du Forum Chrétien Mondial, has published an article on the intersection of Covid-19 and ecumenism. From the abstract: “The COVID-19 pandemic raises questions how churches…
Mutual Understanding and Reciprocal Trust
In a recent article in the L’Osservatore Romano, the Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Bishop Brian Farrell, writes about the challenges to ecumenism presented by the Coronavirus pandemic. “The Ecumenical world, too, has suffered from the…