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.”
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.
and
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.”