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NotForProfit
August 8th, 2007, 12:15 AM
Christians Move Towards Code on Seeking Converts (http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18956/christians-move-towards-code-on-seeking-converts)

Christian churches are moving closer to a common code of conduct on how they go about winning converts among themselves and from other religions, the World Council of Churches (WCC) said on Monday.

Conversion, sometimes dubbed “sheep-stealing” as it targets another’s flock, is a cause of friction and conflict between religions and among different branches of individual faiths.

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The first meeting was attended — alongside the Christians — by representatives of the Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish and Yoruba faiths. They issued a joint statement saying freedom of religion was “a non-negotiable right of every human being.”

Buzzardhut
August 8th, 2007, 12:21 AM
Christians Move Towards Code on Seeking Converts (http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18956/christians-move-towards-code-on-seeking-converts)

Those would be crossovers or fishbowl conversions where members church hop form one church to another and added to the new church roll.

The lost are still not getting evangelized and church growth is internal rather than external.

It happens in all church denominations and fellowships.

The unregenerated are church hoppers as well but added to the updated roll anyway