Protestant ecumenism criticized

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ADVENTIST PASTOR OPPOSES HIS CHURCH'S PARTICIPATION IN INTERCONFESSIONAL EVENTS
Portal-credo.ru, 12 March 2003

Membership of the leaders of the Russian Adventists in the Coordinating Council of Heads of Protestant Churches (KSGPTs) and their participation in a prayer breakfast at the end of February and in the All-Russian Prayer of Repentance on 9 March "are not supported by the congregations of Seventh-Day Adventists throughout the territory of CIT. Local churches of the Eurasian division did not approve their plans by their own votes and did not authorize them to do these things." The presbyter of the Central Society of Seventh-Day Adventists of the city of Zaporozhie, Anton Zaruba, made this declaration in an open letter that was distributed on 10 March, "Blagovest-info" reports.

Enumerating in full detail the interconfessional events in which leaders of Russian Adventists participated in 2002-2003, Anton Zaruba states that the very fact of such participation violates the teaching of SDA churches. "According to its doctrinal and biblical teaching," he stresses, "the SDA church sees itself as the only true church of God on this earth. Proceeding from this, we cannot enter into any kind of ties with the apostate churches, although we recognize that there also are true followers of Christ within them."

The Zaporozhie presbyter stresses "that the actions of the leaders of the Seventh-Day Adventists who participate in KSGPTs and in events organized by it do so on the personal initiative and do not reflect the true position of SDA churches." (tr. byPDS, posted 12 March 2003)

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I thought this would be interesting to post, as a Protestant sect is "getting" the whole eccumenism thing while some Orthodox Churches are not.

[Justin Kissel]

My former Wesleyan Holiness Church were also against organizations such as the WCC. Unfortunately, they didn't see that the WCC was destructive in itself, but based their position mostly on their absurd take on history and their anti-Catholic/Orthodox theology.

[Logos]

Isn't it sad when the 'heretics' pull out of an organization like the WCC, yet the one church that proclaims to be the truth still is a part of this organization that is only good for distorting the truth.

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There are three "World Orthodoxy" churches that are no longer involved with the WCC:
Jerusalem Patriarchate
Georgian Orthodox Church
Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The "moderate ecclesiology" "Churches in resistance" also are not in the WCC. They are:
Old Calendar Church of Romania
Old Calendarist Church of Bulgaria
Russian Orthodox Church Abroad
True Orthodox Church of Greece

Of course the "extreme ecclesiology" "Churches in resistance" have nothing to do with any church in the WCC, These churches include:
Church of Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece (HOTCA)
Genuine Orthodox Church of Greece
Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church

[demetrios karaolanis]

as part of the old calendar church of greece I tend to see things from the point of those in the radical ecclesiology section. I am distressed at the movements to tear apart the truth and age old tradition and bring it to the point of just another heretical group. I would like to hear others thoughts here on this as well if you would like to share.