May 8 – Ecumenicism
In June of 1910, 1200 people from around the world (mostly North America and Europe, though) gathered in Edinburgh, Scotland to discuss and plan for the future of missions throughout the world. Major denominations and mission societies were all represented, except for the Catholics.
The chair of the proceedings was John Mott of the Student Volunteer Movement. Prior to this conference, eight different commissions had spent two years researching various topics related to world missions and how they were impacted by the church.
The theme of the conference was “The Evangelization of the World in This Generation.” The last commission report was chaired by John Mott and its title was “Co-Operation and the Promotion of Unity.” This call to unity among Protestant missions was a new attitude among the various societies and churches. Mott continued the research and though things were interrupted by World War I, they came back together following the war, established the International Missionary Council in 1921 and in 1948, the World Council of Churches was formed.
Since 2010 is the hundredth anniversary of this conference, a new World Missionary Conference is scheduled for this year in Edinburgh in June. Again, there will be nine commissions giving reports after having done research. There are also events happening around the world throughout the year. You can check it all out online at Edinburgh 2010.
In June of 1910, 1200 people from around the world (mostly North America and Europe, though) gathered in Edinburgh, Scotland to discuss and plan for the future of missions throughout the world. Major denominations and mission societies were all represented, except for the Catholics.
The chair of the proceedings was John Mott of the Student Volunteer Movement. Prior to this conference, eight different commissions had spent two years researching various topics related to world missions and how they were impacted by the church.
The theme of the conference was “The Evangelization of the World in This Generation.” The last commission report was chaired by John Mott and its title was “Co-Operation and the Promotion of Unity.” This call to unity among Protestant missions was a new attitude among the various societies and churches. Mott continued the research and though things were interrupted by World War I, they came back together following the war, established the International Missionary Council in 1921 and in 1948, the World Council of Churches was formed.
Since 2010 is the hundredth anniversary of this conference, a new World Missionary Conference is scheduled for this year in Edinburgh in June. Again, there will be nine commissions giving reports after having done research. There are also events happening around the world throughout the year. You can check it all out online at Edinburgh 2010.
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