At the NCCA
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2005
Sunday, 15 May 2005 00:00
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8th – 15th May |
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Prayer - visible sign and instrument of Christian unityThe ecumenical movement needs visible signs of Christian unity, and the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is one. For churches in Slovakia, the Week of Prayer is perhaps the most visible sign of what members of different churches in that country have in common, reflecting many aspects of co-operation between churches. It was those churches who provided the theme and basic worship resources for the Week of Prayer in 2005, and in their situation – marked by new possibilities for growth – they developed the theme: Christ, the one foundation of the Church (1 Corinthians 3:1-23). With its origins dating back to 1908, the Week of Prayer is a world-wide endeavour of Christians of many churches, languages, and great diversity of race and culture, who are engaged in praying and working for the unity of Christians in the service of the wider redemption, unity and peace of all peoples. The Week is an opportunity to express the degree of communion which the churches have already received, and to pray together for that full unity which is Christ’s will. It is about being faithful to the prayer of Jesus Christ, as seen in John 17, 'that they may be one'. |
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RESOURCES (click on the title to download*) For more resources visit the Faith & Order website of the World Council of Churches
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Available at: If you download resources from the NCCA website, it would be greatly appreciated if you could make a donation to the NCCA for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Many thanks! |
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