Kliewer

mitigates stagnation of WCC churches

"All churches of this group have set up schools, education centres, universities, social work projects and diaconal services; their members can be found as lecturers in universities, in the civil service, cultural hfe and politics. Their public presence is greater than their numbers might suggest, and the Evangelical-Pentecostal awakening would not have been possible without it."¹ (320)

points to tensions with charismatic elements in their ranks²

1GU Kliewer 'Effervescent Diversity', The Ecumenical Review 57:3 (2005), 314–321, 320.

2GU Kliewer 'Effervescent Diversity', The Ecumenical Review 57:3 (2005), 314–321, 320.