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General Assembly Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations

General Assembly Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations

COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES

The General Assembly Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations (GACEIR) meets twice annually, in the fall and the spring. It carries out its responsibilities ordinarily through its subcommittees: Christian Unity and Relations, Ecumenical Ministries and Formation and Inter-faith. The GACEIR is funded through the per capita budget of the Office of the General Assembly.

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ECUMENICAL STANCE OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and its antecedent churches have been at the forefront of local, regional, national, and global ecumenism for more than a century. Presbyterians have been ready to reflect on, pray for, and organize ecumenical initiatives in the life of the worldwide body of Christ and respond to the initiatives of others. From discussions of organic union to the formation of councils of churches, from common efforts in evangelism and mission to upholding concerns for justice and social service, Presbyterians have been deeply involved in the ecumenical work and witness of the church. The Presbyterian church has put considerable material, spiritual, and personnel resources into the ecumenical movement, working to “listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches” and respond in creative ways to our ecumenical calling.

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VISION STATEMENT

Together with Christians in every time and place, Presbyterians confess belief in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church. The Nicene Creed’s marks of the church are not accomplishments of human performance or objects of human striving, as if the church depends on our efforts. The unity of the church is a gift of its Lord. The source and the shape of the gift are proclaimed in Scripture: “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all” (Ephesians 4:4-6).

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Approved by the 212th General Assembly (2000) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)