Continuation Committee

The Contiuation Committee is "facilitated" by the WCC but is not a committee of the WCC. Formerly referred to as the 'reconfiguration process' "The Reconfiguration Process" consultations were held in Antelias in 2003 and in Chavannes-de- Bogis in 2004. The emphasis of reconfiguration was changed to 'ecumenism in the 21st century. Reports from the meetings were presented to the 2006 Porto Alegre assembly and the with new name, the CCE21 met for the first time in Bossey. The WCC endorses the mandate of he CCE21 but did not formulate it.

Chavannes-de-Bogis 2004- Value statement of the reconfiguration committee was formulated. ===="Participants in 2003-2004 consultations included representatives of WCC member churches together with representatives of the Roman Catholic Church and other churches beyond WCC membership, of conciliar instruments, i.e. regional ecumenical organizations and national councils of churches, of Christian world communions, international ecumenical organizations, a variety of youth organizations etc.====

====The committee included 5 representatives of member churches (selected by the WCC executive committee); 1 representative of the Roman Catholic Church; 1 representative of Pentecostal churches; 2 representatives from ecumenical youth organizations; 1 each from REOs, CWCs, NCCs, agencies/specialized ministries, international ecumenical organizations and ecumenical renewal communities."==== Receiving the two reports, the Policy Reference Committee of the ninth assembly of the World Council of Churches in 2006 in Porto Alegre made it clear that:

CONTINUATION COMMITTEE ON ECUMENISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY (CCE21) Final Repot 2012 World Council of Churches, Geneva

http://www.oikoumene.org/fileadmin/files/wcc-main/2012pdfs/EC21report_EN.pdf

the 2006 Porto Alegre Assembly and met for the first time in 2007 in Bossey. The formation of the committee was in many ways unique. It is a committee which is facilitated by the WCC but not a committee of the WCC. The rationale for membership and the mandate were endorsed, but not formulated by the WCC Central Committee. They were the result of two major conferences of the so called "reconfiguration process" that were held in. Between these two meetings the emphasis changed and moved from "reconfiguration" to "ecumenism in the 21st century". Reports on the two consultations were presented to the 2006 Porto Alegre assembly. . Therefore, the continuation committee – though small in numbers – included representatives of the same broader constituency.1

Of particular importance for the work of the committee has been the value statement of the 2004 Chavannes-de-Bogis conference. The statement articulates clearly the values that have emerged in ecumenical relationships: