Tuesday 18 January 2011

One in the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread and prayer



This year's Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
centers on Jerusalem and essentials of the faith
 
 The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, to be celebrated January 18-25 in most Christian churches in the northern hemisphere, will be grounded in the experience of the churches in Jerusalem.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
The theme - "One in the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread and prayer" (Acts 2:42) - was chosen by a group of Christian leaders in Jerusalem. The leaders intend the theme as a call for inspiration and renewal, a return to the essentials of the faith, and a call to remember the time when the church was still one. 

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit wrote in a letter to churches introducing the prayers for 2011, "The unity of the church we seek is not a mere abstraction. For Christians in Jerusalem, who live in continuity with the apostolic community of Jerusalem, the mother church of us all, such unity entails prayer, reflection and a cry arising within a context of despair and suffering. Together with them we trust that God is ever vigilant as we pray for peace and justice for all inhabitants of the Holy Land."



                                                Biblos Com  http://biblos.com/acts/2-42.htm

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