faith & order plenary commission
28 july - 6 august 2004
kuala lumpur, malaysia
High-resolution versions of photos related to the Faith and Order plenary commission meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 28 July - 6 August 2004, may be used free of charge to accompany articles based on WCC press features and releases on this meeting. 


Asian Christian artist Tan Chee Hon and his work "Crown".

(c) WCC/Juan Michel
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A participant at the Faith & Order meeting admires the art exhibition.

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A participant at the Faith & Order meeting admires the art exhibition.

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Tourists visit the Petronas Towers, a KL landmark

(c) WCC/Manuel Lopez
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Delegates visit the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur.

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Delegates visit the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur.

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Kuala Lumpur girls.

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Delegates visit the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur.

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Metropolitan Amba Bishoy.

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Children at First Baptist Church, Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur.

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First Baptist Church, Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur.

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Dr Patricia Martinez (r.), a senior research fellow at the Asia Europe Institute of the University of Malaya, and Nora Murat (l.), a legal officer for Sisters in Islam, a women's activist group, made powerful pleas at the meeting for genuine inter-religious dialogue.

(c) WCC/Manuel López
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William Tabbernee: "Would you be ready to baptise a robot...?"

(c) WCC/Manuel López
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Prof. Dr Anne Marie Reijnen: "Christians have built and will build improbable communities."

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Prof. Kyung Sook LEE (Methodist Church), Korea.

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Miriam Shastri, an 18-year-old steward at the meeting.

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Malaysian prime minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Bin Haji Ahmad Badawi, addressing the Faith & Order Commission.

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"If Christ has accepted and welcomed us without a list of conditions, how can we not accept one another?" - Rev. Miriam Baar Bush asked the meeting.

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Group of nine "younger theologians" at the meeting. Namen der jungen Theolog/innen (von links): John Ngige Njoroge (Kenia), Hrangthan Chhungi (Indien), Josef Bosch (Argentinien), Daniel Conte (Brasilien), Jennifer Buya (Philippinen), Roswitha Seabo (Botswana), Anastasia Vasileiadou (Griechenland), Rebecca Cacho (Philippinen), Chris Huebner (Kanada)

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Rev. Dr Dagmar Heller, ecumenical officer of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD)

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One of many discussion groups at the meeting.

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L to R: Mr Sergey Hovorun; Russian Orthodox Church
Rev. Hans Engdahl, Church of Sweden; Very Rev. Nareg Alemezian; Armenian Apostolic Catholicosate of Cilicia; Metropolitan Bishoy of Damietta (Nicola), Coptic Orthodox Church.

(c) WCC/Peter Williams
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Prof. Valburga Schmiedt Streck: "A broad view of human sexuality is needed".

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Meeting materials.

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Monsignor John A. Radano, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, addressing a plenary session at the Faith & Order Commission

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Monsignor John A. Radano, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
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Discussion in plenary at the Faith & Order Plenary Commission meeting.
(c) WCC/Peter Williams

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Metropolitan Dr Gennadios of Sassima, from the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

(c) WCC/Peter Williams

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View of the plenary hall in Kuala Lumpur.
(c) WCC/Peter Williams

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View of the plenary hall in Kuala Lumpur.
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Intervention in plenary at the Faith & Order Plenary Commission meeting.
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Visit to a Malaysian church (1)
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Visit to a Malaysian church (2)
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Visit to a Malaysian church (3)
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Visit to a Malaysian church (4)
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Visit to a Malaysian church (5)
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Faith & Order Commission moderator, Rev. Dr David K. Yemba.
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Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) general secretary and Presbyterian pastor from Korea Rev. Dr Ahn Jae Woong.
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Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, WCC general secretary.
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Faith & Order vice-moderator Archbishop John Onaiyekanea (Roman Catholic Church, Abuja, Nigeria) talking with two young theologians: Hrangthan Chhungi (Lutheran Church, India) and Dr Christopher Huebner (Mennonite, Canada)
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Rev. Dr Hermen Shastri, the general secretary of the Council of Churches of Malaysia (CCM).
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Rev. Dr Hermen Shastri, the general secretary of the Council of Churches of Malaysia (CCM).
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Sister Ha Fong Maria Ko (Roman Catholic Church) and Metropolitan Nikitas of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia (Ecumenical Patriarchate).
(c) WCC/Olivier Schopfer
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Rev. Dr Thomas Best, WCC/Faith & Order acting director, addresses the meeting.

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Faith & Order commissionners admiring Kuala Lumpur skyline.
(c) WCC/Olivier Schopfer
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Petrona Towers, a Kuala Lumpur landmark.

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Cross fashioned from part of a bombshell.

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"Receive one another..." - Batik mural on the theme of the F&O meeting in Kuala Lumpur by Christian artist Hanna Varghese, from Malaysia. The image appears on the worship book cover. © WCC / Hanna Varghese.
More information about Hanna Varghese is available here
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Latin American theologians in Kuala Lumpur. Back row, from l. to r.: Iosif Bosch, Jorge Scampini, Pablo Andiñach. Middle row: Rudolf Von Sinnen, Adolfo Ham, Humberto Jiménez. Front row: Claudia Tron, Valburga Schmiedt-Streck, Daniel Conte.

(c) WCC/Manuel Lopez
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Opening worship in St Mary's Anglican cathedral, Kuala Lumpur (28 July 2004). From l.: Hermen Shastri, Samuel Kobia, David Yemba, Ahn Jae Woong.

(c) WCC/Manuel Lopez
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Opening worship in St Mary's Anglican cathedral, Kuala Lumpur (28 July 2004).

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A Malaysian traditional dance group performing at the plenary commission.

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