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WCC staff member appointed Unity, Faith and Order Director for the Anglican Communion

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Kendall Harmon

The Revd Canon Dr John Gibaut has been appointed to succeed the Revd Canon Dr Alyson Barnett-Cowan in March as Director for Unity, Faith and Order of the Anglican Communion.

Canon Gibaut is currently the Director of the World Council of Churches’ Commission on Faith and Order based in Geneva Switzerland. Faith and Order is the theological commission that resolves issues of Christian disunity, and promotes a vision of the Church as a communion of unity in diversty.

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One comment on “WCC staff member appointed Unity, Faith and Order Director for the Anglican Communion”

  1. David Wilson says:
    October 10, 2014 at 9:08 pm

    The good Canon has been responsible to “resolve issues of Christian disunity” at the WCC. He ought to be able to fit right in with the Anglican Communion