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[[File:WorldCouncilOfChurchesFirstMeeting.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The first assembly of the World Council of Churches, Amsterdam, 1948]] | |||
The '''World Council of Churches''' is a fellowship of churches of the Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, and old Catholic traditions. It was formed on August 23, 1948, in Amsterdam, Holland, for study, witness, service, and advancement of unity. It has member churches in over ninety countries. Council headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland, although it maintains a branch office in New York City. | The '''World Council of Churches''' is a fellowship of churches of the Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, and old Catholic traditions. It was formed on August 23, 1948, in Amsterdam, Holland, for study, witness, service, and advancement of unity. It has member churches in over ninety countries. Council headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland, although it maintains a branch office in New York City. | ||
In the United States, the World Council of Churches is aided in carrying out their policies by the United States Conference for the World Council of Churches, Inc. | In the United States, the World Council of Churches is aided in carrying out their policies by the United States Conference for the World Council of Churches, Inc. | ||
The National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America is a cooperative federation of thirty Protestant and Orthodox Churches formed in 1950 by the merger of twelve interdenominational agencies. | The '''National Council of Churches of Christ''' in the United States of America is a cooperative federation of thirty Protestant and Orthodox Churches formed in 1950 by the merger of twelve interdenominational agencies. | ||
== Political activities == | == Political activities == | ||
The National Council of Churches and the World Council of Churches have been attacked many times for nurturing Marxist causes, disseminating Marxist propaganda, and even providing financial assistance to Marxist terrorists—but rarely by the major networks or press. ''Newsweek'' magazine’s former senior editor and chief foreign correspondent, Arnaud de Borchgrave, says stories he submitted to ''Newsweek'' on the leftist activities of the World Council of Churches were invariably spiked, or not used, by the New York office. | |||
The council’s involvement in politics has been defended by its leaders on the basis that church unity is benefited by resolving economic, racial, and educational problems. Between the years of 1970 and 1982, its Program to Combat Racism (PCR) contributed over $5 million to organizations fighting racial prejudice; almost half of these funds went to guerrilla groups attempting the violent overthrow of white pro-Western governments in southern Africa—including the Soviet-backed MPLA of Angola, the Marxist FRELIMO in Mozambique, and the Russian-supplied/Cuban-trained SWAPO in Namibia. | |||
In an expose on the National and World Councils of Churches (“The Gospel According to Whom?” aired January 23, 1983), CBS’s “60 Minutes” investigated the N.C.C.’s alleged involvement in Castro and Communist-led activities in Central America and examined the financial support given by Protestant churches to “causes that seem closer to the Soviet-Cuban view of the world” than to that of American churchgoers who unknowingly provide the funds. | In an expose on the National and World Councils of Churches (“The Gospel According to Whom?” aired January 23, 1983), CBS’s “60 Minutes” investigated the N.C.C.’s alleged involvement in Castro and Communist-led activities in Central America and examined the financial support given by Protestant churches to “causes that seem closer to the Soviet-Cuban view of the world” than to that of American churchgoers who unknowingly provide the funds. | ||
== The dangers of a one-world religion == | |||
[[El Morya]] has spoken about the World Council of Churches: | [[El Morya]] has spoken about the World Council of Churches: | ||
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{{POWref|26|46, November 13, 1983}} | {{POWref|26|46, November 13, 1983}} | ||
Elizabeth Clare Prophet, May 29, 1983. | |||
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