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January 21, 2004

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NCCC LEADS 30 MEMBER ECUMENICAL DELEGATION TO CUBA JANUARY 22 - 28

New York, NY - Consultation with Cuban churches on shared concerns and
celebration of the consecration of a new Greek Orthodox cathedral in Havana
will top the agenda of a January 22 - 28 U.S. church leaders' delegation
visit to Cuba.

Led by the Rev. Dr. Bob Edgar, General Secretary of the National Council of
Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., the delegation also has requested a
meeting with Cuba's President Fidel Castro, at which the NCCC is hoping to
discuss church concerns and issues pertaining to U.S.-Cuban relations,
including the harsh sentences imposed on 75 dissidents by Cuba's courts in
spring 2003.

The 30-member delegation counts members from at least nine NCCC member
denominations and four state ecumenical councils, along with staff of the
NCCC and the global humanitarian agency Church World Service.

Relationships between the NCCC, CWS and their 36 Protestant, Orthodox and
Anglican member denominations on the one hand and the Cuban Council of
Churches on the other hand have held fast since before the Cuban
Revolution.  They have worked together for a normalization of relations
between their two countries and on church-to-church issues and joint
humanitarian projects.	Since 1992, Church World Service has sent more than
50 humanitarian aid shipments to Cuba valued at more than $3 million.

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