World's Student Christian Federation
- World's Student Christian Federation
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[wəːldz 'stjuːdnt 'krɪstjən fedə'reɪʃn, englisch], Abkürzung
WSCF, Chrịstlicher Studẹntenweltbund, aus der evangelistischen und missionarischen
Bewegung des 19. Jahrhunderts (
Evangelische Allianz) hervorgegangener interkonfessioneller Zusammenschluss von Studenten;
formell 1895, maßgeblich initiiert von J. R. Mott, in
Vadstena (
Schweden)
gegründet;
Sitz:
Genf. Ziele des WSCF sind seit der
Gründung die Stärkung der
Einheit unter
Christen verschiedener Konfessionen und das Bestreben, Studenten für ein Leben im christlichen Glauben zu gewinnen und/oder sie in diesem zu unterstützen. Heute (1998) ist der WSCF in über 80 Ländern vertreten.
Universal-Lexikon.
2012.
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