At the 1st Assembly in 1948, meeting in post-war Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the Council addressed - and was addressed by - the Assembly theme "Man's Disorder and God's Design". Four sections were organized to examine aspects of this theme:
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the universal church in God's designÂ
the church's witness to God's design
the church and the disorder of society
the church and the international disorder.
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