The 4th Global Gathering of the Global Christian Forum – an international Christian ecumenical platform – met in Accra, Ghana, from 16-19 April 2024, under the theme “That the World May Know,” bringing together over 250 leaders from all major Christian confessional families. The Rev. Matthew A. Laferty, director of the Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome, was an invited participant.
The Global Christian Forum is a unique gathering of global Christian churches and organisations bringing together all the major streams of world Christianity. The GCF is an open space where all Christians can meet to nurture unity by fostering mutual respect and understanding as well as by addressing together common challenges. It creates ‘space’ where participants all meet on an equal basis, to foster mutual respect, and to explore and address together common concerns. The Global Christian Forum is built on four pillar partnerships with the World Council of Churches, the Roman Catholic Church, the World Evangelical Alliance, and the Pentecostal World Fellowship.
Read reports about the 4th Global Gathering on the news website of the World Council of Churches.
Read the statement of the 4th Global Gathering.
Photos by Albin Hillert/WCC and Comfort Woode/GCF.
Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome 