Betraying Sacred Trusts: Ganoune Diop Tells Interfaith Leaders Gathered at the WCC Headquarters that Ecumenism's Ultimate Goal is to Unite the Whole World Under the Lordship of Christ

In the image above, you will see the major ecumenical players in the world. Red circles from left to right: Roman Catholic Bishop Brian Farrell, the Vatican's Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity; Dr. Jerry Pillay, the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches; Dr. Casely Essamuah, the Secretary of the Global Christian Forum; and Ganoune Diop, secretary of the Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions and Director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty for the Worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) hosted the Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey from October 30-November 3. During this meeting of top Protestants and Roman Catholics, Seventh-day Adventist Ganoune Diop told the group of ecumenical leaders that the work they were all engaged in, ecumenism, is designed to gather the world under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. On November 6, 2023, the World Council of Churches reported the following words spoken by Ganoune Diop:

"Rev. Dr Ganoune Diop, secretary of the Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions, said: 'This unique yearly gathering is a space where distinguished leaders of Christian world communions engage in bilateral and multilateral dialogues, each communion sharing on their own terms about their ecclesiastical life, and work as witnesses to the sovereignty of the triune God and His ultimate purpose to gather the whole world, oikumene, under the lordship of Christ. The core of the meetings consists in reports, and conversations on each report. This group does not sign resolutions, engage in common strategic planning or plan of actions. The focus is on relations, on being, rather than doing things together. Mingling with one another helps dispel prejudices and helps us focus on our respective participation in what God is doing in the world'." [1]

The purpose of ecumenism is not to bring the world under the "lordship of Christ" but to heal the deadly wound (Revelation 13:3) and to bring all of the Christian churches under the authority of the Roman Catholic Church. This is what Rome teaches. This is mandated by the Second Vatican Council's decree on ecumenism, called "Unitatis Redintegratio," which translates to "Restoration of Unity." This decree, promulgated in 1964, emphasizes that God founded only the Catholic church under Peter and the apostolic college and that the so-called separated brethren must fully be incorporated into this church in order to embrace salvation. This is what Rome calls ecumenism.

• "The restoration of unity among all Christians is one of the principal concerns of the Second Vatican Council. Christ the Lord founded one Church and one Church only." (Decree on Ecumenism, Section 1). [2]

• "Everywhere large numbers have felt the impulse of this grace, and among our separated brethren also there increases from day to day the movement, fostered by the grace of the Holy Spirit, for the restoration of unity among all Christians. This movement toward unity is called ecumenical" (Decree on Ecumenism, Section 1). [2]

• "For it is only through Christ's Catholic Church, which is the all-embracing means of salvation, that they can benefit fully from the means of salvation. We believe that Our Lord entrusted all the blessings of the New Covenant to the apostolic college alone, of which Peter is the head, in order to establish the one Body of Christ on earth to which all should be fully incorporated who belong in any way to the people of God" (Decree on Ecumenism, Section 3). [2]

Doesn't Ganoune Diop know what Rome teaches about ecumenism? Of course he does. So the truth is that this movement is not leading people to Christ but to the Antichrist. Throughout history, the Roman Catholic Church has sought to bring the entire religious world under her power and influence. This is no secret. No longer able to openly force people to submit to its popes under the threat of death and persecution, the Vatican has changed its strategy to win the world over to her side. Since the close of the Vatican II Council of 1965, the Roman Catholic Church is now urging all faiths to come back home to her.

Whether it is through social justice, ecumenical dialogue, or interfaith cooperation, Rome is taking a reconciliatory course through ecumenism to promote church unity, foster greater cooperation, ignore theological differences, seek common ground, overcome historical divisions, and seduce our people. Can we not grasp the magnitude of what is happening? We are witnessing an attempt to completely surrender our prophetic faith and mission.

However, in praising the ecumenical movement, General Conference PARL director Ganoune Diop asserts that God is using it to bring the world together for Christ. What an abhorrent act of treason! This is a man whose loyalty is to Rome. By attributing the ecumenical movement-which aims to bring the churches to Rome-as a fulfillment of Christ's will, he betrays his sacred trusts. Diop is endorsing Rome's ecumenical endeavors, which are viewed as counterproductive in the great conflict between Christ and Satan. He's expressing admiration for the other side. In the General Conference, we have a leader who has openly aligned himself with Rome.

Today, many are embarking on a journey that is leading us into the arms of the Papacy. They ignore the prohibitions of the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy. They betray our Protestant and Seventh-Day Adventist heritage and ignore the errors of Rome that ruptured the church during the Reformation-errors she has never forsaken. They sign away our religious liberties. They even betray our charity work! Acts of mercy, charity work, and helping the downtrodden are never justifications to enter into a partnership with Rome. What does inspiration have to say about Seventh-day Adventists partnering with other groups to pursue charity work?

"If charity work is to be done, the church is its own almoner (distributor of alms). We do not need to unite with societies of a worldly character in order to visit the sick, clothe the naked, or help the needy. This work we can do through God's own appointed agencies, and in the name of Jesus Christ. God does not design that we shall be placed in any subservience to the world in this regard, or that any communication shall be made by us to them that will give them an advantage over us" (Manuscript Release, Vol. 8, p. 108).

Has unity with Rome by any means and at all costs become the new virtue today? Yes, it has, but it is not God's virtue; it's the goal of the man of sin. Should interfaith worship and partnerships with the papacy become our new mission? These are the same questions that our Protestant forefathers rejected 500 years ago. What has changed? Who has changed? Not Rome. Today, interfaith leaders lament the lack of unity among the churches and work to restore it while ignoring the sins and abominations that created the disunity in the first place.

"But Romanism as a system is no more in harmony with the gospel of Christ now than at any former period in her history. The Protestant churches are in great darkness, or they would discern the signs of the times." (Great Controversy, p. 565).

"Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of Roman power" (Testimonies, Vol. 5, p. 451).

We, as a people, have lost our urgency. We don't see the danger that God has revealed in his word about this power. We, as Seventh-day Adventists, should have an urgency to share the final warning messages of Revelation 14 with the entire world-and especially with the fallen churches. This urgency is predicated on the fact that God is about to bring "punishments" and judgment upon all these churches. Where is our love for them? Where is the urgency to warn them about the coming danger?

"The Lord is about to punish the world for its iniquity. He is about to punish religious bodies for their rejection of the light and truth which has been given them. The great message, combining the first, second and third angels' messages, is to be given to the world. This is to be the burden of our work. Those who truly believe in Christ will openly conform to the law of Jehovah. The Sabbath is the sign between God and His people, and we are to make visible our conformity to the law of God by observing the Sabbath. It is to be the mark of distinction between God's chosen people and the world" (Kress Collection, 105).

If we refuse to give this message and instead embrace the Antichrist's agenda of joining together with them into a false, compromised, fallen witness, then we are betraying the sacred calling and sacred trust that have been given to us. May the Lord help us to instead stand alone in the power of God and proclaim these messages in their fullness. Under the power of the Holy Spirit, we can have a much more powerful and effective witness to the truth. God's own appointed agencies will enlighten the earth with the glorious truths for this time. If we refuse, we will perish with the "nominal churches" who oppose the law of God:

"Those who have had opportunities to hear and receive the truth and who have united with the Seventh-day Adventist church, calling themselves the commandment-keeping people of God, and yet possess no more vitality and consecration to God than do the nominal churches, will receive of the plagues of God just as verily as the churches who oppose the law of God" (Manuscript Release, Vol. 19, p. 176).

"Let not those who have the truth as it is in Jesus give sanction, even by their silence, to the work of the mystery of iniquity. Let them never cease to sound the note of alarm. Let the education and training of the members of our churches be such that the children and youth among us shall understand there are to be no concessions to this power, the man of sin. Teach them that although the time will come when we can wage the war only at the risk of property and liberty, yet the conflict must be met, in the spirit and meekness of Christ; the truth is to be maintained and advocated as it is in Jesus. Wealth, honor, comfort, home,-everything else,-is to be a secondary consideration. The truth must not be hid, it must not be denied or disguised, but fully avowed, and boldly proclaimed" (General Conference Daily Bulletin, April 19, 1891).

Sources

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20231124014955/https://www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-hosts-conference-of-secretaries-of-christian-world-communions

[2] https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19641121_unitatis-redintegratio_en.html

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