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		<title>Margaret O&#8217;Gara to address  Washington (DC) Theological Consortium on Christian unity, February 2</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Margaret O&#8217;Gara, Canadian ecumenical leader and Bridgefolk Board member, is scheduled  be the featured speaker at the annual Washington Theological Consortium Figel Lectures on Christian Unity in Washington DC Feb 2 2012.  Additional information can be obtained by visiting the  Washington Theological Consortium website:  http://www.washtheocon.org/consortium_events.html February 2, 2012: Prayer Service for Christian Unity  4 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Larry Miller reflects on 22 years at the helm of Mennonite World Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mennonite World Conference news release by Phyllis Pellman Good “As long as the wind is in its sails. . .” Larry Miller remembers one moment clearly when, as a 38-year-old, he was weighing whether or not to accept the nomination to lead Mennonite World Conference. The year was 1988, 23 years ago, and he was sitting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Invoking the gift of unity among Christians</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY, 18 JAN 2012 (VIS) &#8211; The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which begins today, was the theme of Benedict XVI&#8217;s general audience celebrated this morning in the Paul VI Hall. The Holy Father explained how this initiative has been held annually for more than a century and brings together Christians from Churches [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Week of prayer for Christian unity begins tomorrow</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY, 17 JAN 2012 (VIS) &#8211; The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is due to begin tomorrow, 18 January, under the theme &#8220;We will all be changed by the victory of our Lord Jesus Christ&#8221;. The Week is promoted by the World Council of Churches (WCC), a worldwide fellowship of 349 Churches seeking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Darrin Snyder Belousek publishes major study on the atonement and peacemaking</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bridgefolk participant and board member Darrin Snyder Belousek has just published a major new book on atonement.  The book develops a biblical theology of the cross in connection with justice and peacemaking.  Published by Eerdmans, the book is entitled Atonement, Justice, and Peace: The Message of Cross and the Mission of the Church.   Belousek notes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Christian Forum holds second international gathering</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[News Release Mennonite World Conference  by Ron Rempel, MWC news editor &#160; Manado, Indonesia (MWC) &#8211;Anabaptists were among the 287 participants in a diverse Christian gathering held here October 4-7, 2011. The meeting was the second international gathering of the Global Christian Forum (GCF). The first was held in Kenya in 2007. Participants came from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mennonite leaders reflect positively on Assisi day of prayer</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[News Release Mennonite World Conference by Ron Rempel, MWC news editor Assisi, Italy (MWC) —Danisa Ndlovu, Mennonite World Conference (MWC) president, and Larry Miller, MWC general secretary, joined with leaders of many other religious communities and several humanist organizations October 27, 2011 for a day of reflection, dialogue and personal prayer in Assisi, Italy, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New book interprets church apologies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent years, churches have repented for historical wrongs. In his new book, Ecclesial Repentance: The Churches Confront Their Sinful Pasts, Jeremy M. Bergen tells the story of these apologies and analyzes the theological issues they raise about the nature and mission of the church. &#8220;In a context in which churches, as well as national governments, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mennonites begin ecumenical dialogue with Seventh-Day Adventists</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Silver Spring, Maryland, USA&#8211; Representatives of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and the Mennonite World Conference held the first of several theological conversations June 28 to July 1, 2011 at the world headquarters of the 17 million-member Seventh-day Adventist Church in Silver Spring, Maryland. For four days representatives of both world communions exchanged ideas [...]]]></description>
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