Hopes and Vision

Living today the Church of tomorrow mean that we experience the richness and variety of different Christian traditions through prayer, study and action; as well as constantly learning and following the various ecumenical dialogues.

To help inform and engage members in Church and theological issues, as well as recent ecumenical developments, we offer lectures and workshops concentrating on crucial topics at conferences. These are conducted by leading specialists and spiritual leaders, and always seek for conciliatory solutions.

IEF enables its members and friends to overcome the barrier of painful divisions by removing the fear of the ‘alien’ in our midst. As its consequence, worship together gains joy, depth and integrity.

As a learning fellowship of laity and clergy, we are able to make a valuable contribution towards unity and reconciliation. It is our aim to press for the conservation of basic ecumenical teaching in the different churches and ecumenical bodies at the national and local level.

Our rich experience leads us to the conviction that we are already one, with the consequence that, as disciples of the will of God, we are empowered to move forward and never to be without hope.

So, as an ecumenical fellowship, IEF has a special prophetic responsibility in reminding, calling upon and challenging our churches to work more effectively, by the power of the Holy Spirit, for the visible unity of the Church.

IEF lives in the hope that together with all Christian churches, we may witness to the gift of Pentecostal unity, and that we all may commit ourselves to the various statements in the Charta Oecumenica:

“– to follow the apostolic exhortation of the Letter to the Ephesians (4,3–6) and persevere in seeking a common understanding of Jesus Christ’s message of salvation in the Gospel;

– in the power of the Holy Spirit, to work towards the visible unity of the Church of Jesus Christ in the one faith, expressed in the mutual recognition of baptism and in Eucharistic fellowship, as well as in common witness and service.”