The World Council of Churches picks a conciliatory new leader
To the growing dismay of conservative churchgoers in the U.S. and Europe, the World Council of Churches seems to have been moving increasingly away from its avowed purpose of fostering Christian unity. In recent years the ecumenical organization, which represents 301 Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox churches with more than 400 million members, has appeared to many to have placed more emphasis on such complex social problems as racism and political oppression than on traditional spiritual concerns. Last week in Geneva the council took a step toward a more tranquil course with the...
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