SDA Ecumenical Involvement
Commission on Faith and Order
The Faith and Order movement is integral to the World Council of Churches.
Its aim has always been, and still is, "to proclaim the oneness of the
church of Jesus Christ and to call the churches to the goal of visible
unity". The chief means of achieving this goal is through study programmes
dealing with theological questions that divide the churches.
Structure
The Faith and Order plenary commission has 120 members. These are men and
women from around the world - pastors, laypersons, academics, church leaders
- each nominated by his or her church. (Faith and Order enjoys the full
membership and participation of several other churches who are not members of
the World Council of Churches, among them the Roman Catholic Church.) Thirty
members of this Commission constitute the Faith and Order standing commission,
who meet at least every 18 months and guide the study programmes of Faith and
Order.
Download the list of members (pdf) {See Seventh Day
Adventist membership}
Methods
Faith and Order's chief method of approaching and studying questions related
to Christian division is through consultations organized around the world.
Members of the Faith and Order Commission, together with other invited church
members, meet in groups which can vary in size from ten to a hundred people.
Whatever the size, the groups continue the dialogue process and produce texts
and study documents which, while having no authority of their own over any
church, are of significance and use by virtue of having been composed by a
widely representative group of people from various Christian traditions. Most
of these texts are sent to the churches for study and comment. The
administration of these meetings and the publication of their results is the
responsibility of the Faith and Order secretariat at the World Council of
Churches' headquarters in Geneva.
Faith and Order meetings are characterized by the strong commitment of each
member to his or her own tradition, together with a deep enthusiasm and
dedication to the vision and task of the unity of the church. Participants not
only seek to work out the many problems that they face in trying to overcome
Christian divisions, they also uncover the many opportunities that exist to
further Christian unity. The process of dialogue is supported by common
prayer and worship.
Source: http://www.oikoumene.org/en/who-are-we/organization-structure/consultative-bodies/faith-and-order.html
Commission on Faith and Order (WCC)
Title in
English First name Surname Church affiliation Capacity
Bishop McKinley Young African Methodist Episcopal Church Plenary Commission
member
Rev. Canon Dr Douglas Pratt Anglican Church in Aotearoa,
New Zealand and Polynesia Plenary Commission member
Rev. Dr Richard Treloar Anglican Church of
Australia/Uniting Church in Australia Standing Commission member
Ms Natasha Klukach Anglican Church of Canada
Standing Commission member
Rev. Dr Lisa Wang Anglican Church of Canada Plenary Commission member
Rev. Shahe Ananyan
Armenian Apostolic Church Plenary Commission member
V. Rev. Fr Anoushavan Tanielian
Armenian Apostolic Church (Holy See of Cilicia) Plenary Commission member
Rt Rev. Nathan (Samvel) Hovhannissian (Ohanisyan)
Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church (Holy See of Etchmiadzin)
Standing Commission member
(Rev. Dr) Cecil M. Robeck Assemblies of God Plenary
Commission member
Rev. Dr Ruth Gouldbourne Baptist Plenary Commission
member
Pastor Sia Siew Chin
Beautiful Gate Foundation for the Disabled of Chinese Annual
Conference of Methodist Church in Malaysia
Plenary Commission member
Rev. Baoping Kan China Christian Council Plenary
Commission member
Rev. Dr Richard Harlin Lowery
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the US Standing Commission member
Rt Rev. Kumara Illangasinghe
Church of Ceylon Plenary Commission member
Metropolitan Dr Vasilios Karayiannis
Church of Cyprus Standing Commission member
Rev. Canon Peter Fisher Church of England Plenary Commission member
Rt Rev. John William Hind Church of England
Standing Commission member
Prof. Constantine Scouteris Church of Greece
Plenary Commission member
V. Rev. Archmandrite Chrysostomos
Savvatos Church of Greece Plenary Commission member
Ms Amal Pepple Church of
Nigeria (Anglican Communion) Plenary Commission member
Dr (Mrs) Mabel Charudatta Athavale
Church of North India Standing Commission member
Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit
Church of Norway (Lutheran) Plenary Commission member
Ms Evelyn Bhajjan Church of Pakistan Plenary
Commission member
Rev. Dr Peter Donald Church of Scotland Plenary Commission member
Dr Pauline Sathiamurthy Church of South India
Plenary Commission member
Mr Fredrik Hollertz Church of Sweden Plenary
Commission member
Rev. Dr Anne-Louise Eriksson Church of Sweden Standing Commission member
Rev. Dr David Abiodun Adesanya
Church of the Lord (Aladura) Standing Commission
member
Rev. Dr Otele Perelini
Congregational Christian Church in Samoa Plenary Commission member
Metropolitan Bishoy of Damietta Nicola Coptic
Church Standing Commission member
Dr Wedad Abbas Tawfik Coptic Orthodox Church Plenary Commission member
Rev. Dr Atenjenba Wati Longchar Council of Baptist Churches in N.E. India
Plenary Commission member
Mgr Vera Vanickova Czechoslvak
Hussite Church Plenary Commission member
Rev. Ekey'Enjali Disciples of Christ in Congo
Plenary Commission member
Dr Dimitra Koukoura
Ecumenical Patriarchate Standing Commission member
Metropolitan Dr Gennadios of Sassima
Limouris Ecumenical Patriarchate Standing
Commission member
Ms Xanthi Morfi
Ecumenical Patriarchate Plenary Commission member
Prof. Konstantinos Delikonstantis
Ecumenical Patriarchate Plenary Commission member
V. Rev. Archimandrite Elpidophoros Lambriniadis Ecumenical Patriarchate Plenary Commission
member
Rev. José Tonoussé L. Kinsou
Eglise Protestante
Methodist du Bénin Plenary Commission member
Rev. Dr Marianela de la Paz Cot Episcopal Church in
Cuba Plenary Commission member
Rev. Dr Katherine Anne Grieb Episcopal Church in
USA Plenary Commission member
Rev. Megersa Guta Gemba Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane
Yesus Plenary Commission member
Archbishop Abune Nathanael Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Plenary Commission member
Rev. Dr Christoph Schwoebel
Evangelical Church in Germany Plenary Commission member
Dr Valburga Schmiedt Streck Evangelical Church of Lutheran Confession in
Brazil Standing Commission member
Rev. Iára Muller Evangelical Church of Lutheran
Confession in Brazil Plenary Commission member
Ms Sara Faulhafer Evangelical Lutheran Church
Plenary Commission member
Prof. Dr R. Guy Erwin Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Plenary Commission
member
Ms Minna Hietamäki
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Plenary Commission member
Rev. Modesto Achata Mamani
Evangelical Methodist Church in Bolivia Plenary Commission member
Rev.
Fr Frans Bouwen Roman
Catholic Church Standing Commission member
Rev. Dr Viorel Ionita
Romanian Orthodox Church Standing Commission member
Rev. Dr Michael Tita Romanian Orthodox Church
Plenary Commission member
Most Rev. Dr Hilarion Alfeyev
Russian Orthodox Church Standing Commission member
Rev. Dr Andrey Kordochkin
Russian Orthodox Church Plenary Commission member
Rev. Prof. Gerald A. Klingbeil
Seventh-day Adventist Church Plenary Commission member
Mr Joel Halldorf Swedish Pentecostal Movement
Plenary Commission member
Rev. Kitiona Tausi Tuvalu
Christian Church Standing Commission member
Rev. Dr Cyril Hovorun Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Plenary Commission member
Rev. Dr Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd United Church of
Canada Plenary Commission member
Rev. Dr Masami Kojiro United Church of Christ in
Japan Plenary Commission member
Rev. Jason Donnelly United Church of Christ in USA Plenary Commission member
Mrs Sarah S. Kaulule United Church of Zambia
Standing Commission member
Rev Dr Sarah Lancaster United Methodist Church Standing Commission member
Rev. Molly Vetter United Methodist Church Plenary Commission member
Rev. Richard Mortimer United Reformed Church Standing Commission member
Rev. Dr Susan Durber United Reformed Church
Standing Commission member
Prof. Maake J.S. Masango Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa Plenary
Commission member
Source:
http://www.oikoumene.org/fileadmin/files/wcc-main/2008pdfs/Faith_and_Order_Commission_member_list.pdf
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Gerald A. Klingbeil, associate editor of Adventist
Review and Adventist World magazines, is the new research professor of Old
Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the Seventh-day Adventist
Theological Seminary. He brings more than 15 years of teaching and ministry
experience in diverse international contexts to the position.
Born in Berlin, Germany, Klingbeil completed a BA
in Theology at an Andrews University affiliate campus, Helderberg
College, South Africa, in 1990. The next year, he attended the University of
Stellenbosch, where he received his BA Honors in
Semitic Languages & Cultures and an MA and DLitt in Ancient Near Eastern
Studies.
Klingbeil's professional experience spans
educational institutions around the world. He has held academic positions in
departments of theology at institutions in South Africa, Peru, Argentina and
the Philippines. A member of several prestigious review boards in the past
and present, Klingbeil recently held the position
of editor of Journal of Asia Adventist Seminary as part of the Adventist
International Institute of Advanced Studies, Philippines. He has also
received many significant awards, honors and
research grants from institutions such as the Adventist Theological Society,
La Sierra University, Stellenbosch University and River Plate Adventist
University, among others.
Klingbeil is also a member of a handful of academic
societies including the Adventist Theological Society and a named fellow of
the Institute for Biblical Research. He co-chairs the Ritual in the Biblical
World consultation at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical
Literature.
An avid writer, Klingbeil has published eight
books, over 25 book chapters, several dictionary/lexicon entries, a countless
number of book reviews and academic journal articles, and numerous essays.
His most recent work, Shadow Figures: Background Characters of the Bible, an
adult Sabbath School Bible study guide, is scheduled for release in 2010.
Andrews University is honored to welcome Gerald A. Klingbeil,
his wife, Chantal, and their three daughters into the University family.
.
Source: http://www.andrews.edu/news/2009/05/gerald_klingbeil.html
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