Pursue Peace in Korea
We join with our sisters and brothers of the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) in expressing concern about the cancellation of the summit between the United States and North Korea: We are convinced that the way to resolve military tensions on the Korean Peninsula and settle peace is nonviolent dialogue. We strongly urge […]
WCRC Executive Committee issues message from Seoul
The Executive Committee of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, holding its annual meeting in Seoul, South Korea, issued a message to its churches calling for a continuing commitment to peace, reconciliation and justice—especially on the Korean peninsula. “We met in Korea at a momentous time in history when attempts towards peace, reconciliation and reunification […]
WCRC welcomes and affirms the Panmunjom declaration
World Communion of reformed Churches welcomes and affirms the Panmunjom declaration and calls on all parties concerned to hold to its commitments. We regret the recent joint military exercises by the United States of America and South Korea that has introduced nuclear assets and threatens the spirit of peace, reconciliation and reunification in the Korean […]
Ecumenical delegation visits North Korea
A six-person international ecumenical delegation, comprised of representatives of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) and led by Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general secretary, and Rev. Dr. Chris Ferguson, WCRC general secretary, visited Pyongyang on 3-7 May, at the invitation of the Korean Christian Federation […]
WCRC welcomes moves for peace on Korea peninsula
[The Lord] shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. —Isaiah 2:4 (NRSV) The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) welcomes the progress toward […]
WCRC welcomes steps towards lasting peace for Korean peninsula
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) welcomes the important steps toward peace on the Korean peninsula that have been made this week. Even as political progress for potential peace was happening, an international group of ecumenical leaders was gathered in Seoul for a conference to mark the 30th anniversary of the “1988 Declaration of […]
Korean call for dialogue and prayer
The Reconciliation and Reunification Committee of the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) has sent a letter to South Korean President Moon Jae-In urging immediate dialogue to defuse the increased tensions between the North and South on the Korean peninsula. The letter says, in part: Military tension is at its height in the Korean […]
26th General Council Bible Study Series: The richness and depth of the biblical designation “living God”.
The summarized text of the opening Bible study session, where Rev. Dr. Hyun Ju Bae of the Presbyterian Church of Korea shared with the participants on the theme of “Living God, we repent our idolatry; lead us to justice and peace” (Jeremiah 10:1-10) Encountering the Living God The theological reflection of the Bible is fundamentally shaped by […]
Mutuality and cooperation focus at Korean peace meeting in Leipzig
The need for urgent ecumenical responses to the dangerously escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula was the focus of a meeting of the Ecumenical Forum for Peace, Reunification and Development Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula (EFK) held in Leipzig, Germany on 7-8 July. Thirty-two people from churches and related organizations from the Democratic People’s Republic […]
WCRC supports reconciliation efforts in Korea
by Laurence Villoz The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) has called for the development of an ecumenical process to work toward the peaceful reconciliation of the Korean Peninsula from 2017 to 2025, the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan and the division of the peninsula. In a resolution adopted on 7 July at […]