The Christian Post: Less than one month remains before nearly 500 representatives from all continents and all major churches and denominations and over 100 local representatives, guests and stewards gather for the first Conference on World Mission and Evangelism to be held in the 21st century.
The beginning of the highly anticipated international conference, convened by the World Council of Churches (WCC), will be marked by the reception of a large 4-meter-high wooden cross sent from Jerusalem to the beach of the Agios Andreas recreational center on the outskirts of Athens on May 10.
Coming from WCC member churches and the Roman Catholic Church as well as Pentecostal and Evangelical churches and bodies, the participants include young people, women and men working at the frontiers of Christian witness, church and mission leaders, theologians and missiologists.
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