Building Ecumenism from Below

Abstract

 The mission of the Church is zeroed-in on God’s plan for the unity of his people and the whole of humanity. The unity of Christians through baptism in the name of the Trinity and the idea of communion are fundamental. Stemming from this, there is a much felt need to reflect onthepractical and ecumenical journey of Christians with regards to Christ’s will for all the believers. To build Christian unity, the starting point has to be from our commonalities other than dissimilarities. However, for ecumenism to be achieved there has to be a risk taking. This is risk of freedom for strong commitment to unity in love, peace and reconciliation. But, this commitment is not the prerogative of the Church leadership (ecumenism from above); it is a task which is integral to all Christians (ecumenism from below) as it is a divine command.