World Student Christian Federation, the Glossary

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1. 91 relations: Alan Brash, Alexandria, Amir Sjarifuddin, Anders Wejryd, Beirut, Brazil, Brother Roger, Catholic Church, Côte d'Ivoire, Charles Brent, Chiang Mai, Christian Conference of Asia, Christian denomination, Christian left, Critical thinking, Culture, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Eastern Orthodox Church, Ecumenical Centre, Ecumenism, Eduardo Mondlane, Egypt, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Ethnicity, Evangelicalism, FRELIMO, French language, Gender, George Bell (bishop), Germany, Holy Spirit, Indonesian Christian Student Movement, Inga-Brita Castrén, International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, J. H. Oldham, Jürgen Moltmann, John Mott, Julius Nyerere, K. H. Ting, Kwame Nkrumah, Lebanon, Lesslie Newbigin, Liberal Christianity, Lois Wilson (minister), Lutheran World Federation, M. M. Thomas, Mercy Oduyoye, Montreal, Motto, Nancy Ruth, ... Expand index (41 more) »

2. 1895 establishments in Sweden
3. International student religious organizations
4. Student organizations established in 1895
5. World Christianity

Alan Brash

Alan Anderson Brash (5 June 1913 – 24 August 2002) was a leading minister of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, and of the worldwide ecumenical movement.

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Alexandria

Alexandria (الإسكندرية; Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast.

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Amir Sjarifuddin

Amir Sjarifuddin Harahap (EVO: Amir Sjarifoeddin Harahap; 27 April 1907 – 19 December 1948) was an Indonesian politician and journalist who served as the second prime minister of Indonesia from 1947 until 1948.

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Anders Wejryd

Anders Harald Wejryd (born 8 August 1948) is a Swedish Lutheran clergyman.

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Beirut

Beirut (help) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon.

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Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.

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Brother Roger

Roger Schutz (12 May 1915 – 16 August 2005), popularly known as Brother Roger (Frère Roger), was a Swiss Christian leader and monastic brother.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire, also known as Ivory Coast and officially known as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa.

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Charles Brent

Charles Henry Brent (April 9, 1862 – March 27, 1929) was the Episcopal Church's first Missionary Bishop of the Philippine Islands (1902–1918); Chaplain General of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I (1917–1918); and Bishop of the Episcopal Church's Diocese of Western New York (1918–1929).

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Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city in Thailand.

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Christian Conference of Asia

The Christian Conference of Asia is a regional ecumenical organisation representing 15 National Councils and over 100 denominations (churches) in New Zealand, Australia, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand.

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Christian denomination

A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadership, theological doctrine, worship style and, sometimes, a founder.

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Christian left

The Christian left is a range of Christian political and social movements that largely embrace social justice principles and uphold a social doctrine or social gospel based on their interpretation of the teachings of Christianity.

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Critical thinking

Critical thinking is the analysis of available facts, evidence, observations, and arguments in order to form a judgement by the application of rational, skeptical, and unbiased analyses and evaluation.

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Culture

Culture is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian and anti-Nazi dissident who was a key founding member of the Confessing Church.

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Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.

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Ecumenical Centre

The Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland, is located in the vicinity of the International Labour Organization, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and the World Health Organization and serves as the base for the following church organizations. World Student Christian Federation and Ecumenical Centre are Christian ecumenical organizations.

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Ecumenism

Ecumenism (alternatively spelled oecumenism)also called interdenominationalism, or ecumenicalismis the concept and principle that Christians who belong to different Christian denominations should work together to develop closer relationships among their churches and promote Christian unity.

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Eduardo Mondlane

Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane (20 June 1920 – 3 February 1969) was the President of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO) from 1962, the year that FRELIMO was founded in Tanzania, until his assassination in 1969.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born Ellen Eugenia Johnson, 29 October 1938) is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018.

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Ethnicity

An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people who identify with each other on the basis of perceived shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups.

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Evangelicalism

Evangelicalism, also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that emphasizes the centrality of sharing the "good news" of Christianity, being "born again" in which an individual experiences personal conversion, as authoritatively guided by the Bible, God's revelation to humanity.

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FRELIMO

FRELIMO (from Portuguese: Frente de Libertação de Moçambique) is a democratic socialist political party in Mozambique.

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French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Gender

Gender includes the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or other gender identity.

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George Bell (bishop)

George Kennedy Allen Bell (4 February 1883 – 3 October 1958) was an Anglican theologian, Dean of Canterbury, Bishop of Chichester, member of the House of Lords and a pioneer of the ecumenical movement.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Holy Spirit

In Judaism, the Holy Spirit, otherwise known as the Holy Ghost, is the divine force, quality and influence of God over the universe or his creatures.

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Indonesian Christian Student Movement

The Indonesian Christian Student Movement (Gerakan Mahasiswa Kristen Indonesia, GMKI) is the main student organization for Christian students in Indonesia.

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Inga-Brita Castrén

Inga-Brita Castrén (1919–2003) was a Finnish theologian who spent ten years abroad working in Geneva for the World Student Christian Federation, the World YWCA, and the World Council of Churches as an ecumenical adviser.

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International Fellowship of Evangelical Students

The International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) is an interdenominational association of 180 evangelical Christian student movements worldwide, encouraging evangelism, discipleship and mission among students.

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J. H. Oldham

Joseph Houldsworth Oldham CBE (1874–1969), known as J. H. or Joe, was a Scottish missionary in India, who became a significant figure in Christian ecumenism, though never ordained in the United Free Church as he had wished.

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Jürgen Moltmann

Jürgen Moltmann (8 April 1926 – 3 June 2024) was a German Reformed theologian who was a professor of systematic theology at the University of Tübingen and was known for his books such as the Theology of Hope, The Crucified God, God in Creation and other contributions to systematic theology.

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John Mott

John Raleigh Mott (May 25, 1865 – January 31, 1955) was an evangelist and long-serving leader of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF).

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Julius Nyerere

Julius Kambarage Nyerere (13 April 1922 – 14 October 1999) was a Tanzanian anti-colonial activist, politician and political theorist.

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K. H. Ting

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Kwame Nkrumah

Francis Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary.

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Lebanon

Lebanon (Lubnān), officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia.

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Lesslie Newbigin

James Edward Lesslie Newbigin (8 December 1909 – 30 January 1998) was a British theologian, missiologist, missionary and author.

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Liberal Christianity

Liberal Christianity, also known as liberal theology and historically as Christian Modernism (see Catholic modernism and Fundamentalist–Modernist controversy), is a movement that interprets Christian teaching by taking into consideration modern knowledge, science and ethics.

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Lois Wilson (minister)

Lois Miriam Wilson (Freeman; April 8, 1927) is a retired United Church Minister who was the first female Moderator of the United Church of Canada, from 1980 to 1982.

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Lutheran World Federation

The Lutheran World Federation (LWF; Lutherischer Weltbund) is a global communion of national and regional Lutheran denominations headquartered in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland.

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M. M. Thomas

Madathilparampil Mammen Thomas (1916—1996) was an Indian Christian theologian, social thinker, and activist.

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Mercy Oduyoye

Mercy Amba Ewudziwa Oduyoye (Yamoah; born 21 October 1934) is a Ghanaian Methodist theologian known for her work in African women's theologies and theological anthropology.

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Montreal

Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.

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Motto

A motto (derived from the Latin, 'mutter', by way of Italian, 'word' or 'sentence') is a sentence or phrase expressing a belief or purpose, or the general motivation or intention of an individual, family, social group, or organisation.

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Nancy Ruth

Nancy Ruth Rowell Jackman (born January 6, 1942) is a Canadian heiress, activist, philanthropist and former Canadian senator.

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Nathan Söderblom

Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom (15 January 1866 – 12 July 1931) was a Swedish bishop.

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National Council of Churches in Australia

The National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) is an ecumenical organisation bringing together a number of Australia's Christian churches in dialogue and practical cooperation.

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Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Oliver Tambo

Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo (27 October 191724 April 1993) was a South African anti-apartheid politician and activist who served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to 1991.

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Parachurch organization

Parachurch organizations are Christian faith-based organizations that work outside and across denominations to engage in social welfare and evangelism.

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Paris Basis

The Paris Basis is a group of principles guiding the relationships between individual YMCAs.

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Peace

Peace means societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence.

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Penny Jamieson

Penelope Ann Bansall Jamieson (née Allen; born 21 June 1942) is a retired Anglican bishop.

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Philip Potter (church leader)

Philip Alford Potter (19 August 1921 – 31 March 2015) was a leader in the Methodist Church and the third General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (1972–1984).

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Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre (Brazilian) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.

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Prayer

Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication.

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Progressive Christianity

Progressive Christianity represents a postmodern theological approach, which developed out of the liberal Christianity of the modern era, itself rooted in the Enlightenment's thinking.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.

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Radius Prawiro

Radius Prawiro (29 June 1928 – 26 May 2005) was an Indonesian economist and politician.

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Samuel Kobia

Samuel Kobia (born March 20, 1947, in Miathene, Meru, Kenya), is a Methodist clergyman and the first African to be elected General Secretary (2004–2009) of the World Council of Churches (WCC), a worldwide fellowship of 349 global, regional and local churches representing a Christian population of over 590 million people.

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Social justice is justice in relation to the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society where individuals' rights are recognized and protected.

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Spanish language

Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Steve Biko

Bantu Stephen Biko OMSG (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was a South African anti-apartheid activist.

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Student Christian Movement

Student Christian Movement may refer to one of the following national organizations. World Student Christian Federation and Student Christian Movement are Christian ecumenical organizations and Christian youth organizations.

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Student Christian Movement of Canada

The Student Christian Movement of Canada (SCM Canada) is a youth-led ecumenical network of student collectives based in spirituality, issues of social, economic, and environmental justice, and building autonomous local communities on campuses across the country. World Student Christian Federation and student Christian Movement of Canada are Christian youth organizations.

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Student Christian Movement of Great Britain

Student Christian Movement of Great Britain (or SCM) is a British religious charity led by students, past and present.

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Student Christian Movement of the Philippines

The Student Christian Movement of the Philippines (SCMP) is a youth ecumenical national democratic mass organization in the Philippines.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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The Taizé Community is an ecumenical Christian monastic community in Taizé, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France. World Student Christian Federation and Taizé Community are Christian ecumenical organizations.

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Ted Scott

Edward Walter Scott (April 30, 1916 – June 21, 2004) was a Canadian Anglican bishop.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.

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That they all may be one

"That they all may be one" (ina pantes hen ōsin, Ut ūnum sint) is a phrase derived from a verse in the Farewell Discourse in the Gospel of John (17:21) which says: that they may all be one.

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Theology

Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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University

A university is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines.

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Vadstena Municipality

Vadstena Municipality (Vadstena kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden.

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Willem Visser 't Hooft

Willem Adolph Visser 't Hooft (20 September 1900 – 4 July 1985) was a Dutch theologian who became the first secretary general of the World Council of Churches in 1948 and held this position until his retirement in 1966.

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William Temple (bishop)

William Temple (15 October 1881 – 26 October 1944) was an English Anglican priest, who served as Bishop of Manchester (1921–1929), Archbishop of York (1929–1942) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1942–1944).

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World Alliance of Reformed Churches

The World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) was a fellowship of more than 200 churches with roots in the 16th century Reformation, and particularly in the theology of John Calvin.

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World Council of Churches

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is a worldwide Christian inter-church organization founded in 1948 to work for the cause of ecumenism. World Student Christian Federation and world Council of Churches are Christian ecumenical organizations and world Christianity.

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World University Service

The World university Service (WUS) is an international organisation founded in 1920 in Vienna as an offshoot of the World Student Christian Federation to meet the needs of students and academics in the aftermath of World War I. After World War II, it merged with European Student Relief to become International Student Service and eventually WUS in the 1950s.

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Yamoussoukro

Yamoussoukro (locally) is the de jure capital of Côte d'Ivoire and an autonomous district.

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YMCA

YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. World Student Christian Federation and YMCA are Christian youth organizations.

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YWCA

The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries. World Student Christian Federation and YWCA are Christian youth organizations.

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See also

1895 establishments in Sweden

• Bollnäs GIF
• Härsbacka mine
• IFK Askersund
• IFK Halmstad
• IFK Stockholm
• IFK Sundsvall
• IFK Uppsala
• IFK Uppsala Bandy
• IFK Uppsala Fotboll
• Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna
• Nobel Prize
• Roslagsbanan
• Stockholms KK
• Stomatol
• Swedish Athletics Association
• Vasa Medal
• World Student Christian Federation

International student religious organizations

• Chabad on Campus International Foundation
• Chi Alpha
• Cru (Christian organization)
• Hillel International
• International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations
• Kappa Phi
• Newman Center
• University of Kentucky Wesley Foundation
• Wesley Foundation
• World Student Christian Federation
• World Union of Jewish Students

Student organizations established in 1895

• Alpha Chi Rho
• Chi Omega
• Delta Sigma (sorority)
• Pi Lambda Phi
• World Student Christian Federation

World Christianity

• 1910 World Missionary Conference
• African theology
• Asian feminist theology
• Bible woman
• Black theology
• Centre for the Study of World Christianity
• Christendom
• Christians for Socialism
• Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians
• Coconut theology
• Comparative theology
• Contextual theology
• Dalit theology
• Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians
• Inculturation
• Indigenous church mission theory
• Integral mission
• International Bulletin of Mission Research
• Latin American Theological Fellowship
• Latin American liberation theology
• Liberation theology
• Medical missions
• Minjung theology
• Missio Dei
• Models of Contextual Theology
• Multiple religious belonging
• Non-church movement
• Political theology in China
• Political theology in sub-Saharan Africa
• Political theology in the Middle East
• Postcolonial theology
• Reconciliation theology
• Reverse mission
• Studies in World Christianity
• Three-self formula
• Ubuntu theology
• Womanist theology
• World Christian Encyclopedia
• World Christianity
• World Council of Churches
• World Student Christian Federation
• Yale-Edinburgh Group

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Student_Christian_Federation

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