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From Status Confessionis to Global Communion: Belhar’s Unfinished Call to the Whole Oikoumene

October 22, 2026 · 1 min read

From Status Confessionis to Global Communion: Belhar’s Unfinished Call to the Whole Oikoumene

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Thu, 10/22/2026 - 13:20

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay offered a keynote address during a World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) conference on “ Standing Where God Stands: 40th Anniversary of the Belhar Confession,” underway from 19–23 October, in Pretoria, South Africa.

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