Responding to the Challenge of Migration: Churches within the Fellowship of the World Council of Churches (WCC)

A comprehensive view of responses by World Council of Churches member churches to the challenge of migration would involve much more than space permits. Three responses, one initiated by a WCC staff team, one by a confessional family, and one from a geographic region, however, are indicative of WCC...

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Main Author: Stromberg, Jean S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2003
In: Missiology
Year: 2003, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 45-50
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Summary:A comprehensive view of responses by World Council of Churches member churches to the challenge of migration would involve much more than space permits. Three responses, one initiated by a WCC staff team, one by a confessional family, and one from a geographic region, however, are indicative of WCC member churches more generally. This sampling reveals a deepening theological reflection on diversity as enrichment, an experience of the church as a model of multicultural community, and a concern for a common missionary approach.
ISSN:2051-3623
Contains:Enthalten in: Missiology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/009182960303100107