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ECUMENICAL THEOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM
On April 21, the first class of the 2014 spring semester of the Common Theological Program will begin for about 30 students from different theological schools in Seoul. There will be theological students attending from PCK, PROK, Methodist, Salvation Army and the Catholic churches.
This spring’s program will focus on: WCC Busan Assembly – its Challenges and Opportunities.
As the WCC 10th General Assembly was held in Korea, it was a great opportunity and a powerful experience for Korean theological students. One hundred sixty students took part in the KETI program (Korean Ecumenical Theological Institute), which ran parallel to GETI (the Global Ecumenical Theological Theological Institute) in which 150 more students from all parts of the world and many religious traditions were involved.
The Koreans, who have a 100-year history of Christianity in their country, were able to realize the up-to-2000-year history of Christian communities in other places, as they shared worship, theological viewpoints, and experiences with many Christians from all around the world.
The Ecumenical Theological Symposium will involve 3-hour lectures over a 5-week period, on the themes of Liturgy, Ecclesiology, Missiology, Justice and Peace as dealt with in the Assembly, with a summation week of conversation by all the 4 presenters on feedback from the Assembly and future tasks pointed to by the Assembly. Presenters will be Dr. Lee Jeong Koo, President of Sung Kong Hoe Anglican University, Professor Yoo Kyung Dong of Methodist Theological University, Dr. Chae Soo Il, President of Hanshin University, and Professor Lee Eun Ju of PUTS (Presbyterian University Theological Seminary).
This initiative by NCCK is an important one for developing an ecumenical awareness in theological students, and will be influential in shaping the upcoming Korean ecumenical leadership.
*The pictures were taken in their trip to Latin America.
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