The World Council of Churches (WCC) Assembly in the Republic of Korea will be the most diverse gathering of Christians ever, say Ka Hyun MacKenzie Shin and Roddy MacKenzie.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) Assembly in the Republic of Korea will be the most diverse gathering of Christians ever, say Ka Hyun MacKenzie Shin and Roddy MacKenzie.
What will happen in Korea will be a unique moment in the worldwide Christian ecumenical movement. Those coming to Korea for this extraordinary gathering include:
* 1,000 official delegates from 90 per cent of the WCC’s 345 Christian denominations in 110 countries
* Christians from Protestant, Orthodox, Evangelical, Pentecostal, indigenous and peace church traditions
* 575 representatives of non-WCC member Christian churches and other guests, including Roman Catholics
* 1,000 Korean host volunteers
* 1,000 international assembly participants including hundreds of young people
* 150 stewards recruited from worldwide, young people between the ages of 18 and 30 who will give their time and energy to assist the assembly in its work
* 300 WCC staff and “co-opted staff” invited to assist with various tasks at the assembly
* 130 international accredited media plus several hundred Korean media
* 180 students and faculty from the Global Ecumenical Theological Institute plus students and faculty of the Korean Ecumenical Theological Institute.
Ka Hyun MacKenzie Shin is from St Stephen the Martyr Anglican Church in Vancouver, Canada, and Roddy MacKenzie is a communications volunteer at the WCC Assembly in Busan, Korea, which starts on 30 Octover 2013.
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