The ecumenical movement is an organized attempt to bring about the cooperation and unity of all believers in Jesus Christ.
Launched in 1910 at the International Missionary Conference in Edinburgh the ecumenical movement sought at first to unite all Protestant missionary agencies behind an attempt to solve social, economic and political problems in the world. The movement developed in other ways, producing the World Council of Churches in 1948. In recent years the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox churches have participated in ecumenical dialogue with the WCC in an attempt to create visible unity within Christendom. More recently, the WCC has worked to promote the unity of all world religions through insisting upon religious tolerance and the common ethical values of all religions.
Since this ecumenical dialogue aggressively denies the absolute authority of the Bible and the uniqueness of the gospel message, CCC has chosen not to participate in the local inter-faith discussion groups. We want to evangelize and make disciples in obedience to the Great Commission (Matthew 28 .19-20) but realize that ecumenical dialogue is not the context in which this may be done effectively and with freedom and integrity.
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