wfn.org | PCT and Catholic Church in Taiwan find ecumenism in joint prayer

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>3021 Edition

>January 18~24, 2010

PCT and Catholic Church in Taiwan find ecumenism in joint prayer

>Reported by Lin Yi-ying

>Written by Lydia Ma

“All Christians in the world have the same master and it is  the same with all Taiwanese

churches. We have one Lord,” declared PCT General Assembly  Moderator Leonard Lin

during a prayer session between Protestant leaders and Catholic  leaders.

Lin went on to say that God desired to see His children loving one  another and brought to

unity. He emphasized that Taiwanese churches had long been waiting  for a spiritual revival to

sweep across the nation, but this would only come through unity,  worship, thanksgiving, and

>confession.

The ecumenical prayer session, held on January 17, aimed at  promoting unity, dialogue,

interaction and reconciliation between Catholics and Protestants,  was co-sponsored by

Taipei archdiocese and PCT and named “Christian Ecumenical  Prayer Meeting”. It included a

lively choir performance, public prayer, and four sermons in  between led by Catholic and PCT

leaders on the topics of witnessing and serving God.

Archbishop John Hung said that with more interaction, Catholics  and Protestants would get to

know each other, opening the way for more opportunities to  cooperate and pray for unity.

However, he was also well aware that four hundred years of  division or conflict among

Catholics and Protestants wouldn’t be resolved in a day.  Nevertheless, without conscious

effort, there will never be reconciliation or ecumenism among  Christians either.

At the end of this prayer meeting, Hung and Lin and the rest of  the congregation recited the

Lord’s Prayer together before a closing prayer. Lin and Hung  embraced each other and

Catholic and Protestant leaders shook hands too as a gesture of  unity and reconciliation

>among churches.

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