Christians Common Message Today

Since its founding and first General Assembly in May 1974, the Middle East Council of Churches has kept true to its conviction that the Church’s ministry in the region is relevant and crucial. Celebrating and using its diversity of traditions and gifts, the Church is entrusted with the ministry of reconciliation—cornerstone of the Kingdom, fountainhead of hope and the binding force which draws Christians toward each other in the Spirit’s fellowship. It breaks down walls of enmity between themselves, and between them and other people of sincere faith. In the end, in a divided and violent world, it forges links of peace and wholeness whose strength is Jesus the Christ, the Prince of Peace.