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“Christians move towards code on seeking converts”by Robert Evans
Reuters
GENEVA (Reuters) – 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.
Militant groups are often accused of underhand tactics in winning over new adherents.
The Geneva-based WCC, working with the Vatican on the issue, said a meeting in Toulouse later this week should bring the year-long process of agreeing a conversion rule-book nearer to completion by its target date of 2009.
“Evangelical and Pentecostal representatives will be taking part in the dialogue for the first time, and we see this as a good sign for the eventual success of this project,” said WCC spokesman Juan Michel….
The first meeting was attended — alongside the Christians — by representatives of the Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish and Yoruba faiths.Click here to read this entire article.
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