| The Rev. Bob
Sawyer, President of Moravian Southern Province and newly elected
president of the Unity Synod will be traveling to
Geneva Switzerland
this week to participate in
week long activities. The
150-member WCC central committee serves as the Council's chief
governing body between its assemblies. Meeting every 12 to 18
months, it is responsible for carrying out policies adopted by the
assembly, reviewing and supervising WCC programs and adopting the
Council's budget.
The overall theme of this 15-22 February
2005 meeting of the committee in Geneva is
healing and reconciliation. At what will be its last
meeting before the 9th assembly in February 2006 in
Porto Alegre, Brazil, the committee will be listening to the
reports of the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, and
moderator HH Aram I, and discussing a range of key ecumenical
issues, reviewing preparations for the assembly, evaluating WCC
programs, and issuing statements on public issues.
A unique approach will be experimented
with, consensus as a method of decision-making
will be implemented. Read more about this under the Ecumenical
Issues link below. No decision can be settled on unless all are in
agreement. The great challenge here will be to pick topics and
issues that all can agree on. The safety this affords is that it
effectively shuts the door on changes of existing policy that
majority representation finds to be inappropriate. Like closing
the barn door after the Horse is gone!
We wish brother Sawyer a safe trip.
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