{"id":8187,"date":"2024-02-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/consortium-honours-former-mwc-general-secretary\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T02:37:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T02:37:28","slug":"consortium-honours-former-mwc-general-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/consortium-honours-former-mwc-general-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Consortium honours former MWC general secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Can we see Christ in one another?<\/em> With years of experience practicing unity in ecumenical spaces, Larry Miller has been awarded the Washington Theological Consortium\u2019s Ecumenism Award for 2024. He gives the Figel Lecture on Ecumenism in Washington on 21 February 2024, entitled \u201cCan We See Christ In One Another And One Another in Christ? The Role of Experience on the Way of Visible Unity.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The award \u201chonours Christians who have made a significant contribution to ecumenism through work in ecumenical organizations, dialogue, scholarship in ecumenical theology, or by contributions to ecumenical ministries in worship, education or social justice ministries.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Through his time as MWC General Secretary (1990-2011) and beyond, Larry Miller served as a member or secretary of&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>International Theological Conversations with the Baptist World Alliance (1989-1992),&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Internal Dialogue with the Catholic church (1998-2003),&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>the international study commission with the Lutheran World Federation (2005-2008) and&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>trilateral dialogues with the Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church (2012-2017).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He also chaired the Secretaries of Christian World Communions (2003-2004) and served as secretary of the Global Chrisian Forum (2012-2018).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On this subject of seeing Christ in one another, Larry Miller gave a teaching to the General Council which is available on the MWC website to read or watch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Anticipating the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical council of Nicea in 2025, the Forum opts for a more experiential rather than purely doctrinal exploration of unity.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Watch Larry Miller\u2019s teaching on <a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/mwc-communion\">MWC &amp; Communion<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/mwc-communion\">Leadership &amp; Communion&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Figel Lectures: <a href=\"https:\/\/washtheocon.org\/wtc_events\/figel-address-2024\/#registration\">https:\/\/washtheocon.org\/wtc_events\/figel-address-2024\/#registration&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can we see Christ in one another? 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