World Council of Churches begins its platinum anniversary with celebration in China

[Anglican Communion News Service] The World Council of Churches has begun a year of celebrations to mark its 70th anniversary with a celebration in China. The general secretary of the council, the Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit, preached in one of the oldest Protestant churches in China Sunday – Chongwenmen Church in Beijing – on the theme “Jesus Christ, the Joy of the World.”  And he took with him a message of greeting from what the council describes as “the living fellowship with 348 member churches worldwide.”

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