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>3030 Edition

>March 22~28, 2010

PROK and CWM delegations visit PCT headquarters

>Reported by Lin Yi-ying

>Written by Lydia Ma

Former moderator of Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea  (PROK) Rev. 
Kim Do-In,

along with 6 other PROK Iksan Presbytery members, visited PCT  headquarters on 
March 18.

Rev. Kim currently serves as moderator of PROK Iksan Presbytery.

With PCT General Secretary Andrew Chang overseas attending the  funeral service 
of Dr.

David Landsborough IV and a CWM conference afterward, the PROK  delegation was 
greeted

>by Assistant General Secretary Kho Sing-doh.

According to Rev. Kim Do-In, PROK currently has 350,000 members  and 1,600 
churches.

Iksan Presbytery is one of the 24 presbyteries under PROK and the  presbytery 
is marking its

94th anniversary this year. There are currently 70 churches under  Iksan 
Presbytery.

Following Rev. Kim’s report, it was Rev. Kho’s turn to  introduce PCT. He 
highlighted that PCT

currently has 1,200 churches and 220,000 members. PCT also uses  more than 22 
languages

>during services every Sunday.

Leaders from both churches exchanged gifts at the end as a sign of  friendship 
and goodwill.

PCT presented a crystal plaque featuring the church’s emblem  while PROK 
brought some

>Korean ginseng.

In related news, a delegation of CWM media and communications  representatives 
visited

several Christian mass media organizations in Taiwan on March  15~17. The 
delegation

comprised of 11 staff members from Canada, UK, US, Jamaica, India,  
Netherlands, and

>Madagascar.

Led by PCT Ecumenical Relations Secretary Hu Hong-chi, the  group’s brief visit 
included

stops at Taiwan Church Press news center in Taipei, Good News  radio station, 
Christian

Tribune, Overseas Radio and Television Inc., Good TV broadcasting  corporation, 
and other

Christian mass media and communications organizations.

The purpose of this CWM conference in Taiwan was to help delegates  get an 
overview of

>communication ministries in Taiwan.

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