ECUMENICAL ORGANIZATIONS
- INVOLVED WITH WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
Below is an alphabetical listing
of church and ecumenical organizations web
sites or e-mail dialogues including official sites
of WCC member churches and associate member churches (indicated
by an *).
[ Editor's Note: what is missing
here is the other side - when one attends meetings they are Interfaith:
including Islam, Buddhist, Hindu and so forth.The World Council
of Churches is also affiliated with Interfaith Agencies]
- African Methodist Episcopal
Church*
- Agora Marianista
- Alliance of Baptists
- Altkatholische Kirche Österreichs*
- American Baptist Churches
in the USA*
- American Bible Society
- Anglican Catholic Church
- Anglican Church in Aotearoa,
New Zealand and Polynesia*
- Anglican Church of Australia*
- Anglican Church of Canada*
- Anglicans Online
- Antiochian Orthodox Christian
Archdiocese of North America
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Evanglischen
Jugend
- Armenian Apostolic Church
(Cilicia)*
- Armenian Apostolic Church
(Etchmiadzin)*
- Armenian Evangelical Union
- Armenian Patriarchate (Istanbul)
- Asia Alliance of YMCAs
- Asia Lutheran
- Assemblies of God
- Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church
- Baptist Churches of Australia
(BaptistCom)
- Baptist Union of Denmark*
- Baptist Union of Croatia
- Baptist Union of Great Britain*
- Baptist Union of New Zealand*
- Bruderhof Communities
- Bulgarian Orthodox Church
- Byzantine Catholic Church in
America
- Camp biblique oecuménique
de Vaumarcu
- Canadian Conference of Catholic
Bishops
- Canadian Conference of Mennonite
Brethren Churches
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief
- Canadian Religious Conference
[Roman Catholic]
- Canadian Yearly Meeting of
the Religious Society of Friends*
- Cathar Church
- Catholic Church in England and
Wales
- Catholic Online
- Catholic Information Center
- Chiesa Cattolica in Svizzera
(La)
- Chiesa Evangelica Valdese*
- Christliche Kirchen Schweiz
Online
- Christkatholische Kirche
der Schweiz*
- Christian Catholic Rite of Community
Churches and the Canadian Chapter of the International Council
of Community Churches
- Christian Church (Disciples
of Christ) in the USA*
- Christian Coptic Orthodox Church
of Egypt
- Christian Methodist Episcopal
Church*
- CME online
- Christian Reformed Church in
North America
- Christian Cyberspace -- Christian
Internet Sites
- ChristiaNet.com
- Church and Christianity in Denmark
- Church in Wales*
- Church Net UK
- Church of England*
- Church of God, International
- Church of Greece*
- Church of Ireland*
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints
- Church of North India*
- Church of Norway*
- Church of Scotland*
- Church of Sweden*
- Church of Sweden Women
- Church of the Brethren*
- Church of the Brethren Network
- The Church of the Lord (Aladura)
Worldwide*
- Church of the Nazarene
- Church of the Province of
the Indian Ocean*
- Church of the Province of
Southern Africa*
- Classic Inspirations -- music
resources
- Clergy Resources
- Communion of Evangelical Episcopal
Churches (CEEC)
- Conférence des Evêques
de France
- Congregazione dei Padri Mariani
dell'Immacolata Concezione della Beata Vergine Maria
- Consultation on Church Union
(COCU)
- Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
- Corrymeela Community
- Council of European Bishops
Conferences (CCEE)
- Council for World Mission
- Deutscher Bibelgesellschaft
- Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag
(16-20 June, Stuttgart)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Pastoralpsychologie"
- Ecumenical Patriarchate of
Constantinople*
- Ecumenical Network for Youth
Action (ENYA)
- Ecumenical Order of Charity
- Ecumenical Youth Council in
Europe
- Eglise catholique en Suisse
- Eglise du Christ au Congo*
- Eglise de Belgique - Serveur
Catholique
- Eglise orthodoxe en France
- Eglise protestante unie de
Belgique*
- Episcopal Church [USA]*
- Episcopal Church [USA]
- Episcopal Church in the Philippines*
- Estonian Evangelical Lutheran
Church*
- Evangelical Church of the
Augsburg Confession in Poland*
- Evangelical Church of the
Augsburg Confession in the Slovak Republic*
- Evangelical Church of Lutheran
Confession in Brazil*
- Evangelical Covenant Church
- Evangelical Fellowhip of Canada
- Evangelical Free Church of America
- Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America*
- Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Canada*
- Lift Up Your Hearts -- worship & spirituality
site of the ELCIC
- Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Denmark*
- Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Hungary
- Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Tanzania*
- Evangelical Lutheran Church
in the Kingdom of the Netherlands [Samen op Weg]*
- Evangelical Lutheran Church
in the Republic of Namibia*
- Evangelical Lutheran Church
of Finland*
- Evangelical Methodist Church
in the Philippines*
- Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland
(EKD)*
- Evangelische Kirche in Österreich*
- Evangelische Kirche Online
- Federation of Protestant
Churches in Italy (FCEI)*
- Foyers interconfessionnels francophones
- Franciscan Web Page
- Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga*
- Gereformeerd Appèl
- German Association of Old Catholic
Youth (BAJ)
- Greek Evangelical Church
- Greek Orthodox Archdiocese
of America*
- Greek Orthodox Patriarchate
of Alexandria and All Africa*
- Icelandic Church Net
- Iglesia Evangélica
Española*
- Iglesia Evangélica
Metodista Argentina*
- Iglesia Evangélica
Metodista en el Uruguay*
- Iglesia Evangélica
Luterana Unida*
- Iglesia Metodista de Chile*
- Iglesia Presbiteriana-Reformada
en Cuba*
- Igreja Evangélica
Presbiteriana de Portugal*
- Institute for Ecumenical and
Cultural Research
- Inter-Church Committee for Refugees
- International Association of
Old Catholic Youth (IOCY)
- International Church of the
Foursquare Gospel
- International Bible Society
- International Community of the
Charismatic Episcopal Church
- International Council of Community
Churches
- Iona Community
- Irish Churches' Peace Education
Programme
- Jamaica Baptist Church*
- Jeunes Reformés
- Jesuit Resources
- Joint Methodist Presbyterian
Public Questions Committee
- Katholisches Bistum der Alt-Katholiken
in Deutschland*
- Katholische Kirche in Deutschland
- Katholische Kirche Schweiz Online
- Kerknet -- Samen op Weg
-- the "together on the way" uniting churches in the
Netherlands
- Kommission der Orthodoxen Kirche
in Deutschland
- Korean Christian Church in
Japan*
- Kristna Studentröreslsen
i Sverige
- Life & Peace Institute
- Lift Up Your Hearts -- worship & spirituality
site of the ELCIC
- LITURGY-L An Ecumenical Discussion
List
- Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
- Lutheran Church of Australia
- Lutheran Deaconess Association
- Lutherans.Net
- Malankara Syrian Orthodox
Church*
- Mar Thoma Syrian Church of
Malabar*
- Mennonite Church [Germany]*
- Mennonite Church in the Netherlands*
- Mennonite Resouces on the World
Wide Web
- Methodist Church Nigeria*
- Methodist Church of Great
Britain*
- Methodist Church of Sri Lanka*
- Mission Covenant Church of
Sweden*
- Moravian Church*
- National Black Catholic Evangelization
Forum (USA)
- National Catholic Association
for Communicators (UNDA-USA)
- National Conference of Catholic
Bishops
- National Conference of Catholic
Women
- Netherlands Reformed Church
[Samen op Weg]*
- North American Academy of Ecumenists
- North American Broadcast Section
of the World Association for Christian Communication
- Oekumenische Arbeitsgemeinschaft
Kirche und Umwelt (OeKU) Eine kirchliche Stimme zu ökologischen
Fragen
- Obra Ecuménica Barrio
Borro en Montevideo, Uruguay
- Old Catholic Mariavite Church
in Poland*
- Old Roman Catholic Church in
North America
- One World Week
- Order of Preachers -- Dominicans
- Order of Saint Benedict
- Orthodox Autocephalus Church
of Albania*
- Orthodox Christian Page in
America
- Orthodox Church in America*
- Orthodox Church in Finland*
- Orthodox Church in Japan*
- Orthodox Church of the Czech
Lands and Slovakia*
- Orthodoxe Kirche im WWW
- Orthodox Presbyterian Church
- Osiem - Life and Faith (on-line
faith discussion)
- Oud-Katholieke Kerk van Nederland*
- Pages Orthodoxes La Transfiguration
- Polish National Catholic
Church in America*
- Presbyterian Church in America
- Presbyterian Church in Aotearoa
New Zealand*
- Presbyterian Church in Canada*
- Presbyterian Church of Australia
- Presbyterian Church of Brazil
- Presbyterian Church (USA)*
- Red de Evangelización
y Liturgia del Consejo Latinoamiricano de Iglesias (CLAI)
- Reformed Church in America*
- Reformed Church in Hungary*
- Reformed Church in Romania,
Oradea*
- Reformed Church in Zambia*
- Reformed Churches in the
Netherlands [Saman op Weg]*
- Reformed Churches of Australia
- Reformed Episcopal Church
- Reformed Youth on-line service
- Reformierte Kirchen der Schweiz
- Religious Society of Friends
(Quakers)*
- Remonstrant Brotherhood of
the Netherlands*
- Reorganized Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Rooms-Katholiek Kerkgenootschap
- Roman Catholic Church, Holy
See, Vatican City
- Romanian Orthodox Church*
Metrpolitanate of Moldavia and Bucovina
- Russian Orthodox Church*
- Salesian Resources
- Salvatorian, Society of the
Divine Savior
- Samen op Weg -- the "together
on the way" uniting churches in the Netherlands
- Section canadienne du Conseil
international des Églises communautaires
- Serbian Orthodox Church*
Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA and Canada Office of External
Affairs
- Scottish Congregational Church*
- Sínodo Luterano Salvadoreño*
- Syndesmos
- Syrisch-Orthodoxen Kirche von
Antiochien
- Syrian Orthodox Resources
- Taize Community
- Unitarian Universalist Association
- United Bible Societies
- United Church of Canada*
- United Church of Christ*
- United Congregational Church
of Southern Africa*
- United Methodist Church*
- United Methodist Church -- General
Board of Church and Society
- United Methodist Church
- United Reformed Church [United
Kingdom]*
- Uniting Church in Australia*
- Uniting Presbyterian Church
in Southern Africa
- Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan
Community Churches
- Vatican City, Roman Catholic
Church, Holy See
- Waldensian Church*
- World Alliance of YMCAs
- World Association for Christian
Communication
- World Council of Churches
- World Fellowship of Orthodox
Youth (Syndesmos)
- World Student Christian Federation
(WSCF)
- WSCF Asia-Pacific
- World Young Women's Christian
Association (World YWCA)
- YMCA, Alsace
- YMCA, Asia Alliance of
Christian World Communions
International organizations
of churches of the same tradition or confession have been formed
since the middle of the 19th century. Since 1957 there have been
annual informal gatherings of the secretaries of such organizations;
and it is from among the bodies represented at these meetings
that this list is taken, although not all them would define themselves
as "Christian World Communions". The links below are
either to official web sites or to e-mail dialogue boxes. Not
all the organizations listed have web sites or e-mail addresses.
- Anglican Communion
- Baptist World Alliance
- Church of the Brethren*
- Disciples Ecumenical Consultative
Council
- Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
- Friends World Committee for
Consultation
- General Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists
- International Old Catholic Bishop's
Conference
- Lutheran World Federation
- Mennonite Central Committee
- Mennonite World Conference
- Moscow Patriarchate [Russian
Orthodox Church]
- Pentecostal World Conference
- Pontifical Council for Promoting
Christian Unity
- Reformed Ecumenical Council
- Salvation Army
- World Alliance of Reformed Churches
- World Convention of Churches
of Christ
- World Evangelical Fellowship
- World Methodist
Council
Regional Councils of Churches
Regional ecumenical organizations
have been formed in all parts of the world except North America.
Below is an alphabetical listing of regional councils of churches
with links to their web sites or e-mail dialogues.
- All Africa Conference of Churches
(Conférence des Eglises de toute l'Afrique)
- Caribbean Conference of Churches
- Christian Conference of Asia
- Conference of European Churches
(Conférence des Eglises européennes)
(Konferenz Europäischer Kirchen)
- Consejo Latinoamericano de Iglesias
(Latin American Council of Churches)
- Middle East Council of Churches
- Pacific Conference of Churches
(Conférence des Eglises du Pacifique)
National Councils of Churches
National-level ecumenical
bodies have been formed in many countries around the world. They
vary greatly in size and membership, and some include Christian
organizations as well as churches. Below is an alphabetical listing
of national councils of churches with links to their web sites
or e-mail dialogues.
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Christlicher
Kirchen in Deutschland e.V., Ökumenische Centrale
(Council of Christian Churches in Germany)
- Canadian Council of Churches
(Conseil canadien des Eglises)
- Christian Council of Sweden
- Churches Together in Britain
and Ireland
- Communion of Churches in Indonesia
(PGI)
- Conference of Churches in Aotearoa
New Zealand
- Council of Free Churches [Sweden]
- Consejo de Iglesias de Cuba
(Council of Churches in Cuba)
- Federación de Iglesias
Evangélicas del Uruguay
(Federation of Evangelical Churches of Urugauy)
- Federation of Protestant Churches
in Italy
- Hong Kong Christian Council
- Irish Council of Churches
- National Council of Churches
in Australia
- National Council of Churches
in Brazil
- National Council of Churches
in Korea
- National Council of Churches
in the Philippines
- National Council of Churches
in the USA
- Ökumenischer Rat der Kirchen
in Österreich (ÖRKÖ)
- South African Council of Churches
Ecumenical links are maintained upon request by organization and maintained by the
World Council of Churches as a service to the ecumenical community.
These links are to sites outside of the WCC site. The contents
of the sites listed here do not necessarily reflect the position
or interests of the Council. Rather, we hope they are useful
tools in making global connections and accessing information.
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