Missionary Conference to Open in Edinburgh

(31 May 10 - RV) “Witnessing to Christ today” is the theme of a major missionary conference taking place from June 2nd to 6th in Edinburgh, Scotland.


Hundreds of delegates from all the main Christian denominations will discuss ways of working more effectively together in spreading the Gospel message “to the ends of the earth” as the first disciples were instructed to do by Jesus himself.


The conference will conclude with a celebration in the same venue where the first World Missionary conference took place exactly a hundred years ago – a founding moment for the modern ecumenical movement.


Bishop Brian Farrell, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, is heading the Catholic delegation to the conference. He spoke with us about the importance of ecumenism in mission: