Publisher's Synopsis
This volume contains the official dialogue results and common statements issued between 1998 and 2005 by an astonishingly wide range of Christian churches and Christian World Communions. Reflected here are the solid advances made by well established dialogue partners, as well as explorations in dialogue by churches new to the dialogue process at world level. Also included is the ecclesiology text adopted by WCC member churches at their assembly in Porto Alegre, Brazil. A thoughtful introduction relates the bi-lateral dialogues to other aspects of the search for Christian unity, notably multi-lateral discussions conducted through the WCC's Faith and Order Commission. More than a record of contacts and agreed texts, "Growth in Agreement III" is a testimony to the churches' growing accountability -- and indeed commitment -- to one another. It is an indispensable resource for all those concerned with the search for Christian unity today.
