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The WCC ninth assembly in 2006 should be a time of "inspiration and hope" for the churches according to members of the international planning committee after their first visit to the assembly venue in Porto Alegre, Brazil, last week.

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Five countries in 21 days await World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia in Latin America, in what will be his first visit to the region since he took up the post.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia has recognized the dynamic growth of Christianity in Korea and Asia, and has appealed to Asian churches to take new responsibility in the global ecumenical movement. But he also warns against a "superficial Christianity" which does not respond to the spiritual yearning of people in the modern world.

The vitality of the churches and the ecumenical movement in Korea and the region will be at the centre of attention during a 24-27 August 2004 World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committe meeting in Seoul. The meeting will be preceded by a visit by the WCC general secretary to the Korean churches from 18-20 August 2004, and by a special programme for WCC executive committee members from 21-23 August 2004.

By Mark Woods (*)

By Binu Alex

Cf. WCC Press Release PR-03-27 of 11 August 2003

The World Council of Churches' Commission on Faith and Order is preparing itself "to make its call to visible unity more audible to the churches".

Cf. WCC Press Release PR-03-17, of 9 May 2003

Cf. WCC Press Release PR-03-17, of 9 May 2003

Cf. WCC Press Release PR-03-17, of 9 May 2003

"President Lula is preaching the gospel when he says that his aim is that, by the end of his term, not a single child will go to bed hungry," Bishop Federico Pagura of the Evangelical Methodist Church of Argentina told the third World Social Forum in Porto Alegre.