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Since its founding in 1957, the National Council of Churchesâ Commission on Faith and Order has worked to draw churches out of isolation into discussion on points of agreement and disagreement in faith, order, and worship. In Faith and Order in the USA, William Norgren, a long-time executive director of the Faith and Order Commission, takes a look at its background, history, and major initiatives.
He shows how the Commission â originally limited in its scope to mainline Protestant, Episcopal, and Orthodox church bodies â fostered fruitful dialogue not only between its founding churches but also, over time, with Roman Catholic, Southern Baptist, Evangelical, Pentecostal, Adventist, holiness, and peace churches, contributing to greater friendship, harmony, and partnership among many Christian churches in America.
He shows how the Commission â originally limited in its scope to mainline Protestant, Episcopal, and Orthodox church bodies â fostered fruitful dialogue not only between its founding churches but also, over time, with Roman Catholic, Southern Baptist, Evangelical, Pentecostal, Adventist, holiness, and peace churches, contributing to greater friendship, harmony, and partnership among many Christian churches in America.
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William A. Norgren was Ecumenical Officer of the Episcopal Church until his retirement in 1994. He served as executive director of the National Council of Churchesâ Commission on Faith and Order from 1959 to 1971. His other books include Ecumenism of the
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Dame Mary Tanner
— President, World Council of Churches
"William Norgren is a clear and insightful guide through the story of the Faith and Order movement in the USA, with its many and wide-ranging studies, its ever more inclusive membership, and its commitment to get the results known locally. . . . We owe Norgren a debt of gratitude for keeping the memory of Faith and Order alive and for helping us to make sense of the present and find direction for the future."
William G. Rusch
— Yale Divinity School
"A narrative of an unrecorded part of the American ecumenical story and an indispensable resource for ecumenists and historians."
J. Robert Wright
— Historiographer of the Episcopal Church, General Theological Seminary, New York City
"This book narrates and celebrates one of the truly amazing phenomena in the history of American Christianity in the twentieth century. . . . Norgren tells the story of what can be achieved — and has been achieved — when major American churches determine to study and pray and work together. . . . Required reading for all who seek a realistic vision of church unity that extends beyond their own narrow boundaries."
Jeffrey Gros, F.S.C.
— Lewis University
"A superb narrative crafted and documented by the pioneering ecumenist who served as the Faith and Order Commission's first executive and who acted as midwife to Roman Catholic entry into the movement in the 1960s, to the inclusion of women's and minority voices in the 1970s, and to the opening of these conversations to the broad spectrum of Pentecostal, Holiness, and evangelical voices in the search for the unity Christ willed for his church. This brief summary, so carefully documented, will remain an indispensable introduction to the movement and a resource for historians of American religion for decades to come."
Living Church
“A clear account of the development of the ecumenical study of theology and ecclesiology by most of the churches of the United States. . . . This book is a must have for the history of ecumenism, particularly but not only in the United States.”
Modern Believing
“This short book is a welcome account of how the classical ecumenical search has fared in the United State.”
Anglican and Episcopal History
“Norgren here chronicles and assesses with remarkable accuracy and objectivity the groundbreaking ecumenical initiatives that have been achieved in the Faith and Order Commission of the National Council of Churches in this country. . . . The historical account of a person and a movement sought to build up the church, no matter how imperfect it may be, rather than to tear it down.”
— President, World Council of Churches
"William Norgren is a clear and insightful guide through the story of the Faith and Order movement in the USA, with its many and wide-ranging studies, its ever more inclusive membership, and its commitment to get the results known locally. . . . We owe Norgren a debt of gratitude for keeping the memory of Faith and Order alive and for helping us to make sense of the present and find direction for the future."
William G. Rusch
— Yale Divinity School
"A narrative of an unrecorded part of the American ecumenical story and an indispensable resource for ecumenists and historians."
J. Robert Wright
— Historiographer of the Episcopal Church, General Theological Seminary, New York City
"This book narrates and celebrates one of the truly amazing phenomena in the history of American Christianity in the twentieth century. . . . Norgren tells the story of what can be achieved — and has been achieved — when major American churches determine to study and pray and work together. . . . Required reading for all who seek a realistic vision of church unity that extends beyond their own narrow boundaries."
Jeffrey Gros, F.S.C.
— Lewis University
"A superb narrative crafted and documented by the pioneering ecumenist who served as the Faith and Order Commission's first executive and who acted as midwife to Roman Catholic entry into the movement in the 1960s, to the inclusion of women's and minority voices in the 1970s, and to the opening of these conversations to the broad spectrum of Pentecostal, Holiness, and evangelical voices in the search for the unity Christ willed for his church. This brief summary, so carefully documented, will remain an indispensable introduction to the movement and a resource for historians of American religion for decades to come."
Living Church
“A clear account of the development of the ecumenical study of theology and ecclesiology by most of the churches of the United States. . . . This book is a must have for the history of ecumenism, particularly but not only in the United States.”
Modern Believing
“This short book is a welcome account of how the classical ecumenical search has fared in the United State.”
Anglican and Episcopal History
“Norgren here chronicles and assesses with remarkable accuracy and objectivity the groundbreaking ecumenical initiatives that have been achieved in the Faith and Order Commission of the National Council of Churches in this country. . . . The historical account of a person and a movement sought to build up the church, no matter how imperfect it may be, rather than to tear it down.”
