“In fact, in the WCRC and the WCC, our priorities are so nearly aligned, our programmes intertwined, and our commitment to the whole oikoumene so firm that we often witness together to the most pressing of issues, from climate to gender to economic justice, peace-making and theological engagements,” he said. “We are ever grateful!” Pillay noted that, as Christians celebrate the 1700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed, the imperative for Christian unity and ecumenical collaboration is needed more than ever. “Yet it is the distinctive self-identity of the WCRC that shines so brightly here today, illuminating Christian faith through continuity with the formative insights of the Reformed tradition and its Reformation allies,” he said. “From the days of John Calvin and John Knox to the Barmen Declaration to the Belhar Confession to the Accra Confession, the bold affirmation by the Reformed churches of God’s sovereignty over all creation—and over lesser powers—has seeded deep trust in God and fidelity to Jesus, emboldened resistance to idols and false gods, inspired and fortified a worldwide communion of churches, and called all of us into loving labour for the sake of God’s reign.” Pillay also commended the WCRC’s explicitly transformative agenda. “Here in Chang Mai, you are gifted to meet and work and pray with fellow representatives from Africa and Asia, Europe and Latin America,” he said. “You are privileged to transcend parochial barriers and embrace God’s wonderful human diversity in Christian fellowship.”
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