Why wouldn't there be any Mormons at the meetings of the World Council of Churches?

Answer 1

There wouldn't be any Mormons at the World Council of Churches because the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the "Mormon" church) does not fit the membership criteria for the WCC.

According to the constitution and rules of the World Council of Churches, member churches must "profess faith in the Triune God...according to the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed". Member churches must also "acknowledge the need to move towards the recognition of the baptism of other churches." The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is non-Trinitarian and rejects the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, believing that Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three individual beings united in purpose but not in body. Also, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes that baptism must be performed by proper authority (an ordained Priest who can trace their authority in an unbroken line to Jesus Christ and through the restoration of the Priesthood to Joseph Smith by John the Baptist) and thus will not accept baptisms performed by other religious institutions.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does encourage interfaith dialogue and participates in many other interfaith organizations which have a more broad scope of membership, both locally and internationally.