Head of WEA Meets Korean Christian Leaders

International Director of the World Evangelical Alliance, Geoff Tunnicliffe, has continued his tour of Korean Christian leaders this week; visiting evangelical as well as ecumenical leaders in the country.

|PIC1|On 10 May, Tunnicliffe visited the Korea National Council of Churches (KNCC), where he met General Secretary Rev. Oh-sung Kwon.

The two leaders talked about their organisations' focuses, as well as touching on global issues such as poverty and Aids.

In addition, a discussion was held on the long-running tensions between North and South Korea, and the leaders spoke about how the two bodies could continue to promote and work for peace.

Earlier in the week, Tunnicliffe met with Korean evangelical leaders on 8 May; holding a dinner meeting with the President of the Korean Evangelical Fellowship, Myung-hyuk Kim, and the Honorary President, Jin-kyung Jung.

The leaders shared their opinions on the world evangelical movement and the commission of Korean evangelicals in the world in particular, before coming to an agreement to continue to develop the unity and collaboration between the WEA and KEF.

The evening began with a KEF introduction on its history and its monthly prayer meetings. The WEA head also gave an introduction to the ministry and vision of the WEA.

Kim told Tunnicliffe, "The conflict between partly exclusive evangelical Christianity and Islam in America is deepening more and more.

"As a former missionary to South America and as a leader of the Canada church, I believe you could contribute greatly in decreasing the radical religious confrontations."

Kim also emphasised, "At this point, I think expanding evangelicalism through the understanding and cooperation between Muslims and Christians, and executing the commission of world mission is the most important contribution WEA can make for the world church."

Tunnicliffe shared Kim's concerns and reaffirmed his commitment to placing even more effort on the various ministries of the WEA in order to minimise religious conflicts.

Kim and Jung are the founders of the KEF and seniors who have contributed to EFA's establishment. KEF, currently running with a membership of over 500 evangelicals, has held discussions on how to bring churches closer together; holding monthly meetings for discussions on topics around the church, in the hope of providing a ground for churches to become one within evangelicalism instead of being labelled as either liberal or conservative.

Tunnicliffe will attend a monthly prayer meeting hosted by KEF on 11 May.