Around 40 prominent Christian leaders from various denominations gathered in Bengaluru for the National Ecumenical Bishops’ Fellowship Meeting, convened by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI). The meeting emphasized strengthening the ecumenical movement, addressing national issues, and promoting unity within the Christian community.
The National Ecumenical Bishops’ Fellowship Meeting, convened by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India , gathered around 40 prominent leaders from various Christian denominations at St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences in Bengaluru.An artist paints a statue of Jesus Christ near a church in Hyderabad on February 16, 2024.
According to the official statement, “The main purpose of our gathering in this Fellowship Meeting was to promote the fellowship and fraternity in the Lord Jesus Christ among the Bishops / Heads of Churches on the national level. It aimed to strengthen the ongoing ecumenical movement in India so that the Lord’s farewell wish and prayer ‘May they all be one’ can be realized soon.”
Efforts will be made to strengthen existing ecumenical federations of churches at both national and state levels and initiate the formation of a national federation of churches. They reiterated their long-standing demand that the equal status and constitutional rights of the Dalit Christians be implemented without further delay.
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