Methodists and Waldensians are Christians who belong to
the family of protestant churches.Waldensians have been
present in Italy since mediaeval times; repressed by the
civil and religious authorities until the middle of the
nineteenth century, only from then onwards were they able
to express their faith throughout the whole of Italy.There
are currently about 45.000 members of the Waldensian churches
of Italy and America.
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Methodists have been present in Italy since the nineteenth
century. Co-operation between these two churches increased
after the Second World War, culminating in the signing
of a Covenant of Federation in 1975. Ecumenism, that is
to say, working together with a view to a united witness,has
always been a distinctive feature of the protestant world.The
Waldensian and Methodist churches are members of theWorld
Council of Churches (WCC) and of the Federation
of Protestant Churches in Italy (FCEI). |
