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For immediate release: 04 June 2010
The WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit meeting with the Rev. Dr Young-Hoon Lee, Senior Pastor of the Yoido Full Gospel Church, South Korea.
The Rev. Dr Young-Hoon Lee, Senior Pastor of the Yoido Full Gospel Church has reaffirmed his church’s commitment to support the World Council of Churches(WCC) 10th Assembly, which will take place in Busan, Korea, in 2013.
Meeting with the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit at the Edinburgh 2010 conference, Lee said the Yoido Full Gospel Church is very interested and keen to be involved with the upcoming WCC Assembly. “The WCC can expect to receive full support of the Pentecostal church inKorea for the 10th Assembly”, Lee told Tveit.
With about 830,000 members, the Yoido Full Gospel Church, located in Seoul, is considered the largest Pentecostal congregation in South Korea. Lee currently serves as its Senior Pastor and as the General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God in Korea, to which his church belongs. Through its membership in the National Council of Churches in Korea, the Assemblies of God have from the outset supported the choice of Korea as venue for the 10th WCC Assembly.
“We are grateful for the prospect of a fruitful cooperation of the Yoido Full Gospel Church with our member churches in Korea around the 10th WCC Assembly in Busan”, said Tveit. “The support of the Yoido Full Gospel Church highlights the significance of having a WCC Assembly in the Korean peninsula”, he added.
For Tveit, “the perspective of the Yoido Full Gospel Church contributing to the WCC Assembly opens up new possibilities for the call to work for Christian unity, even beyond the fellowship of WCC member churches”.
Both Lee and Tveit are participating in the 2-6 June Edinburgh 2010 conference, together with some 300 delegates from over 60 countries and virtually all Christian traditions. The event commemorates the historic 1910 World Mission Conference which took place in the Scottish capital hundred years ago and seeks to provide new perspectives on Christian mission for the 21st century.
The WCC supports the Edinburgh 2010 conference, together with partners in theecumenical movement, within and beyond the WCC fellowship.
WCC member churches in Korea Yoido Full Gospel Church
The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 349 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 560 million Christians in over 110 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, from the [Lutheran] Church of Norway. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.
For immediate release: 04 June 2010Deep concern over the recent death of Floribert Chebeya Bahizire and the “increased oppression against Congolese human rights defenders” during the past year was expressed by the general secretary of the World Council of Churches(WCC) in a letter to the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on 4 June.
Chebeya was the executive director of La Voix des Sans-Voix (Voice of the Voiceless), one of the DRC’s most important human rights organizations.
Chebeya’s body was found in his car Wednesday morning. He had been called to a meeting with the national police chief, which did not take place, the previous night. His driver is missing since then.
WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit urged the DRC government “to act as agents of the rule of law” and added: “The government has a responsibility to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of its citizens and should demonstrate this respect by conducting a full, open and transparent investigation into the death of Mr Floribert Chebeya Bahizire and the fate of his driver, Mr Fidele Bazana Edadi.”
Speaking at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, UN investigator Philip Alston said the circumstances of the death “strongly suggested official responsibility”. The DRC government has ordered an inquiry into the death.
La Voix des Sans-Voix is part of the WCC human rights defenders network in Africa. Chebeya was a member of the planning committee of a human rights workshop that the WCC and other Christian organizations held in Kinshasa last April. At the ecumenical workshop, Congolese church leaders committed themselves to promote respect for human dignity and fundamental human rights.
Full text of the WCC general secretary’s letter WCC member churches in the DRC
Dear Beloved in Christ,
Warm and holy Christian greetings to you in the powerful name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, from Mindanao island, Philippines.
It’s a suprise perhaps when you receive this email. it’s our gratitude and honor if you can brotherly and lovingly spend a minute of your time reading this email from a follower of christ also, like you, inspite of your hectic daily divine undertakings, Praise the Lord!
Now it’s my pleasure and honor to indroduce mu humble self, I’m Bro. Edgardo E. Grande Sr. 54 years old, married to Julia and gracefully blessed four children, My household devote special time together with some brethren here in ministering the Gospel among the people living in this big island starting in my hometown Tagum City, province of Davao del Norte, eastern part of Mindanao island Philippines, through worship services and prayer meetings and we have programe to conduct soul winning and Bible studies in a day to day schedule, personal evangelism, follow-up Bible studies in urban and mountain villages, passing gospel tracts , mini evangelical rallies and tiny Bible Discipling and training to those who are willing to work in the Lord’s vineyard. We are not affiliated to any group or denomination both here and abroad. Our Gospel works is purely run by faith without any local and national or foriegn church covering. The brethren here and I had prayed for a couple of years now that someday their is a servant of God like you who upholds the Real Great Truths that could help us and to pray to our Holy God the Almighty Father regarding our very needs for the expansion of God’s Kingdom here in Mindanao island, Philippines.
Furthermore, it is sad to say that 85% of our total population are idol worshippers, since this is the stronghold and deep ravine of the Roman Catholisism, the Vatican widens their dogmatic religious influence that Mary and other graven images are co-equal with God. Including the pope as the vicar of Christ, millions of Filipinos who are Roman Catholic believers flooded to the church every Sunday, out numbering the TRUE believers of God.
I know that we are in the same burden for the lost and dying souls, so we desperately need a strong support from you especially in prayers to battle against their spurious influence in order to win the lost souls to the body of Christ, we care because Jesus cares.
In our daily endeavors, many times we encountered persecutions, trials and even empty stomachs, but we are not discouraged because we have deep compassion for the lost and dying precious fellowmen who are sadly blinded to know the Real Great Truths, painfully perishing and forever lost without knowing that the Lord Jesus Christ loves them so much. We feel burden in our hearts to win them to Christ before it is too late.
We pray In JESUS CHRIST Name that you or your church will do something to help us for the sake of Christ and for the Gospel to be rapidly and widely spread here in the Philippines at large.,Before our LORD JESUS CHRIST Return in Glory!!! Praise the Lord!
Lastly, we pray that you will not neglect our humblest and sincerest desire for the expansion of God’s Kingdom here in the Philippines. Hopefully that your loving heart will feel generous spiritual attention and will have divine trust and confidence in us in behalf of God’s spiritual concerns, and rest assure that we will always get in touch with you through our emails and fervent prayers. our prayers that God will richly bless you, yours and your church and all your divine undertakings.Your loving reply will us more encouragement to do this task in this mission field…GOD BLESS!
In Christ divine call and service,
Bro.Edgardo E.Grande Sr.
Prk.Cabilto,Visayan Village,
8100 Tagum City,Davao del Norte,
Philippines
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Posted by felix nwachukwu | September 23, 2010, 10:21 amGreetings in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ!
I am a pastor doing a church planting work here in the Philippines. By God’s grace we have many poor adults and their children converted to evangelical Christianity and have received Christ as their Savior and Lord. We are planning to build a church and start a livelihood and educational programs and services among our urban poor members and attendees. Can you help and support us financially to make this mission a success for the the glory of God and transformation of our poor society? Thank you and God bless you!
Posted by Rev Santiago Lopez Jr. | September 30, 2010, 5:48 amGod bless you all brothers in Christ. if you can help us to built our church building in Karachi Pakistan. THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN CHURCH, KARACHI, PAKISTAN.
Pastor Khalid Anjum
chairman & founder
Posted by Pastor Khalid Anjum | June 27, 2012, 2:25 amGreat to know of this which is part of the Great commission.
May the work of the Gospel continue around the world and in the so called hard regions.
Uganda.
Posted by Kafeero Kezekia Nakabaale | July 12, 2012, 9:19 amI will be happy knowing more
Posted by Kafeero Kezekia Nakabaale | July 12, 2012, 9:21 amDear Pastor, I want to know about you and have fellowship with each other. I got M.Th Degree from Jeounju University in 2006. Please visit our Web site and pray for our needs in His ministry. Hope you contact me and visit our ministry in Sri-Lanka please.
Be blessed,
Rev. Ruwan Mendis
Posted by Rev. Ruwan Mendis | September 18, 2012, 10:06 amTARGET OF 2013
LIVING FAITH GOSPEL CHURCH PAKISTAN (KARACHI)
1) Save 100 family in this year and God give those families his salvation
2) Making the Roof of Church
3) Open church in Pakistan Karachi (area) balida town
4) Searching Leader for Youth Ministry (male or Female)
5) We also want to open church office physically where we are connected 24 hours with all
6) Open a ministry for Lamp and Normal Children
7) Making Pray Hall in which 500 peoples are sitting at a time
8) After 3 Months we want to organize open meetings at other places
9) In October we have to do some crusade in punjab.
10) We want to help those children who z not able to pay dues for study we want to help them all.
11) we want all the family make Pray session in there own houses so we blessed peoples for doing
this
12) In 2013 we want so many peoples got the Holy spirit and come to the Glory of God
NOTE :
WE REQUEST TO ALL MINISTRY, PASTORS AND MANY OTHERS
Pray For these all targets and if you want to help us as God give you any thinking about this
like its orally financially or spiritually.
We pray for all ministry and church all the world God save all and spread the word Of God
Posted by Pastor Arshad Bhatti | February 22, 2013, 5:15 am