Cottesloe Consultation

Cottesloe Consultation
Date	December 14–17, 1960
Location	Cottesloe, Johannesburg, South Africa
Cause	Sharpeville massacre
Organised by	World Council of Churches (WCC)
Participants	All South African WCC member bodies
Outcome	Cottesloe Statement

The Cottesloe Consultation was a conference held from December 7–14, 1960, in Cottesloe, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. The immediate impetus for the consultation was the international public outcry against the Sharpeville massacre that had taken place the previous March. Prior to the consultation's convening, Hendrik Verwoerd, who was Prime Minister of South Africa at the time, called the consultation "an attempt by foreigners to meddle in the country's internal affairs". The consultation was sponsored by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and all of the WWC member bodies in South Africa sent ten delegates to participate in the discussion. One of the delegates was German theologian Wilhelm Niesel, author of Die Theologie Calvins. The consultation was organized by WCC's Robert S. Bilheimer.

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