What do the recommendations on worship mean, and to whom do they apply?
The recommended framework on worship applies to WCC gatherings such as assemblies, Central Committee meetings, and other large-profile meetings held under WCC auspices. It is not intended to be “universally applicable within the ecumenical movement” but instead aims primarily at ecclesiological clarity in WCC gatherings, and at enabling a setting where the gathered members can pray together in good conscience. WCC worship services have always been divided between those which blend various traditions, and those which are “confessional” in character – i.e., offered by one church tradition. The proposed framework seeks simply to name what is going on – confessional on the one hand, or interconfessional on the other. It also seeks to make clear that interconfessional worship is not the worship of an interconfessional church. The framework also refers to the need to develop sensitivity and understanding for the way in which particular forms of worship, hymns, symbols and language could lead
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