Report of the Proceedings

of the

Consultation between the World Council of Churches

 (Office of Church and Ecumenical Relations

at the General Secretariat)

and African and African-Caribbean

Church Leaders in Britain

at the

New Testament Church of God, Harehills, Leeds, England

30 November - 2 December 1995

WCC Consultation with African and African Caribbean Church Leaders in Britain

at the New Testament Church of God, Harehills, Leeds, England

List of Participants

Introduction Roswith Gerloff

Programme

Presentation on the World Council of Churches Hubert van Beek

Colin Davey

Roswith Gerloff

Presentations on Black Majority churches in Britain:

'Towards Post-colonial, Post-modern, Black Churches in Britain' (for the African Caribbean community) Robert Beckford

Epilogue: 'Not just words'

(from the minutes of the organising caucus reflecting on the event)

Morning Prayers by Roswith Gerloff

Advent Meditation by John Briggs

For I am building a people of power

And I'm making a people of praise

That will move through this land by my Spirit

And will glorify my precious name

(Chorus)