Evangelicals, Ecumenicals Mark 'New Beginning for Common Mission'
Leaders of the ecumenical and evangelical movements stood side by side at the opening of the historic Edinburgh 2010 conference Thursday and reaffirmed their commitment to witnessing to Christ as one.
Addressing some 300 leaders from across the Christian denominations and traditions, the international director of the World Evangelical Alliance, Dr. Geoff Tunnicliffe, said it would be “foolish” to think that all the issues that have traditionally divided the different streams of the church would be resolved during the four-day conference.
He appealed to delegates, however, to listen to one another with “love and respect” and to “build bridges rather than create chasms” during the conference....
Dr. Steven J. Lawson | 6/23/2017
