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>3013 Edition

>November 23~29, 2009

Chinese church leaders make historic visit to PCT

>Reported by Lin Yi-ying

>Written by Lydia Ma

Six delegates from China Christian Council and Chinese Christian  Church Three-Self

Protestant Movement visited Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT)  headquarters on

November 16. The delegation included associate general secretaries  from both organizations

and a few seminary presidents from different regions of China.  This occasion marked the first

time that leaders from these two Chinese church organizations  visited the PCT.

In recent years, China Christian Council, Chinese Christian Church  Three-Self Protestant

Movement, and China’s State Administration for Religious  Affairs have visited Taiwan several

times. According to reports, State Administration for Religious  Affairs officials had planned to

visit the PCT two years ago during a trip to Taiwan, but that  pre-arranged visit was canceled

>at the last minute.

These six delegates were in Taiwan for a cross-strait forum on  modern city churches and their

ministries and hadn’t planned to visit PCT originally. After  much coaxing from PCT General

Secretary Andrew Chang, who strongly encouraged Chinese church  leaders to study PCT’s

role in Taiwanese society and how it emphasized social activism,  the delegates finally

>arranged a visit.

There was an exchange of gifts during the delegation’s visit  as each side offered gifts

symbolic of their country’s culture. At the end of the visit,  leaders from both sides stood

together for a picture marking this historical moment. In the  evening, PCT invited these

Chinese delegates for a formal dinner together.

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