That They May Be One, As We Are One", John 17:1lb:
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2011
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
I developed an interest in writing about the Unity of Christians communio
Ecclesiology when I attended an Ecumenical Symposium that took place at St. Paul's
National major Seminary in Fort Portal western Uganda. The participants at the
symposium were the Uganda Catholic Theology professors and priests, Orthodox
Theologians, an Anglican bishop and priests, Seventh day Adventist pastors, some
pastors from some Evangelical Churches from around Fort Portal, and some lay
representatives from these Churches. The host was the Catholic Theology Seminary as
they were celebrating the year of St. Paul. At the end of the symposium, there was an
Ecumenical prayer service that was presided over by the Anglican bishop as he was
being assisted by some Roman Catholic priests, an Orthodox priest and some Catholic
deacons. My interest in Christian unity was further enhanced by my experience of
hundreds of Christian ecclesial communities, and Sects within Nairobi city where I got
an opportunity to interact through interviews with some members during my Theology
research coursework on "African Independent Churches in February 2010. All these are
working tirelessly day and night preaching, at times overshadowing different Radio and
Television stations everyday.
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John 17:1lb, Christian Unity, Communion of Churches, Christian Pluralism, Church in Kenya