WCC 70th anniversary
24 August 2018
Hundreds of people gathered from across the world for an ecumenical prayer service at the Nieuwe Kerk, a 15th-century church in Amsterdam, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) at the very spot in which the organisation was founded.
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Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC
Rev. Margarithe Veen, Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm and Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit in ecumenical prayer service at the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam.