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Faith and Order is All of Us
The Constitution of the National Council of Churches puts it succinctly: "The Faith and Order Commission affirms the oneness of the Church of Jesus Christ and keeps before the churches the Gospel call to visible unity in one faith and one Eucharist communion, expressed in worship and in common life in Christ, in order that the world may believe." Faith and Order Commission Members Commission Chair:
Sarosh Koshy, Program Specialist |
The night before his death, Jesus prayed that
we who believe in him might all be one (John
17:21). We want to be faithful in responding to
this wish of Jesus. But we know that our
churches are not simply different from one another
but divided in many ways. The churches
have given the Faith and Order Commission the
work of speaking together about the Gospel and
our church communities in ways that will lead
to healing our divisions while honoring our
diversity. But the work of the Commission is
only part of the churches' response to Jesus'
unity call to us. Faith and Order is the task of
everyone in every church as we find ways to be
faithfully Christian together.
