Some 300 church leaders from various parts worldwide will be gathering in Manila from 22 to 27 March for a pre-assembly of the World Council of Churches' (WCC) Commission on World Mission and Evangelism.

Hosted by the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP), the gathering is expected to update the WCC's mission and evangelism statement, which was written in 1982. "The Philippines can help take a look at mission and evangelism from the side of the oppressed and not only from the traditional understanding of conversion," National Council of Churches in the Philippines general secretary Fr. Rex Reyes told ENInews.

"We can help take a fresh look at what it means to be a church in a context such as we have." The WCC's mission and evangelism statement, Reyes noted, was written at a time when globalization, for example, was not a big issue.

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1. Ad Orientem wrote: Thirty some years ago a friend of mine (now deceased) told me that the WCC was a front group for the International Communist Conspiracy.  I almost fell out of my chair laughing. Tim, I don’t know if you are allowed to get notes in Heaven.  But in case they pass this along… I’m not laughing anymore. March 15, 7:16 pm | [comment link]

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