1900s

1800s Timeline 1900s  2000-2013

"By the the middle of the 20th century a new understanding was emerging whereby only church bodies were to be represented in the Councils; a trend deeply      influenced by the formation of the WCC with its basis as a ‘fellowship of       churches’ and purpose of calling the churches to the goal of visible unity.       Councils were to be not simply instruments for cooperative service and       evangelism but fellowships through which the churches sought to grow in       deeper unity with one another."

1905

Protestant Federation of France (1905). The first national council in which the churches were constituent members.

1908

Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America (by 1910 it included 31 denominations, a majority of US Protestants.

1910

Edinburgh missionary conference 1910, some mark it as the beginning of modern ecumensim. It led to the IMC (International Missionary Council.  In 1910 there were 2 national councils, in 1928 there were 23.

1912

Bristish Missionary Society (1912)

National Missionary Council of India, Burma and Ceylon (1912)

1948 1952
 * Amsterdam, Netherlands, August – 4 September 1948  WCC First General Assembly 1948

Willingen Conference of the IMC (International Missionary Council)  A shift away from Church to the redeeming mission of God, shaped by the mission of a Triune God. missio 'Dei, had two interpretations which became apparant at Uppsala, i.e. the "unique witness of the church" vs "the providential action of God by His Spirit in the world" (with or without the church) 1954 1955
 * Evanston, Illinois, United States, 15–31 August 1954 WCC 2nd General Assembly 1954

1959

Conference of European Churches (CEC) 1959,  It has offices in Geneva, Brussels and Strasbourg

1961 1968 1975 1983 1991 1998
 * New Delhi, India, 19 November – 5 December 1961 WCC 3rd General Assembly
 * Uppsala, Sweden, 4–20 July 1968 WCC 4th General Assembly
 * Nairobi, Kenya, 23 November – 10 December 1975 WCC 5th General Assembly
 * Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 24 July – 10 August 1983 WCC 6th General Assembly
 * Canberra, ACT, Australia, 7–21 February 1991 WCC 7th General Assembly
 * Harare, Zimbawe, 3–14 December 1998 WCC 8th General Assembly

WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES GENERAL ASSEMBLIES

Various prayers issued by the WCC