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2016-34 Ecumenical recognition and reception in free church perspective 49 Com ment inclusion in ecumenical initiatives surely involves challenges when considering ecumenical priorities and ecumenical methodology today. 6 But that should not posit them outside of the conversations. Free churches have something to offer and a lot to learn. Initiatives such as the Global Christian Forum and many bilateral dialogues with free church involvement, locally and internationally, are existent and growing. Dialogues with Baptists, Evangelicals, Classical Pentecostals and Adventists demonstrate that ecumenical dialogue with free churches is possible and full of potential. Thank you. . 6 See Creemers, Theological Dialogue with Classical Pentecostals: Challenges and Opportunities ; Jelle Creemers, “Dance to the Beat of Your Own Drum: Classical Pentecostals in Ecumenical Dialogue,” Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association 35, no. 1 (2015).