Global Ministries

Dear Rev Yoon,

We have received your words of compassion and sorrow for the tragic event at Virginia Tech earlier this week. Please know that your quick response gives us comfort, as it helps us to remember that in Christ we are part of a global community of care and Christian love.  I have shared with my church that you stand beside us as we mourn. I know that brothers and sisters in Korea feel the anguish of this in a particular way, but in times like this we all stand together as one family. There is no national boundary in grief. All our hearts break for the young man who was so damaged as to do this, even as we are crushed with sorrow for the other families who have lost so much.

April 18, 2007

Rev. John H. Thomas
General Minister and President
Office of General Ministries
United Church of Christ, USA

Dear Rev. John H. Thomas,

April 18, 2007

The Rev. Yoon Kil-Soo
General Secretary
Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea

Dear Rev. Yoon:

April 18, 2007

Rev. Dr. Sharon E. Watkins
General Minister and President
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Dear Rev. Dr. Sharon Watkins,

In this present critical situation following North Korea's missile-test launching, the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK) has issued the following statement. Let us pray and act together to help bring peace to this region and the world.

In solidarity with the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK), We, the Co-Executives and the Area Executive for East Asia and the Pacific of the Global Ministries of Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), USA and Canada, and United Church of Christ, USA (UCC) express deep sorrow over the decision by North Korea to conduct missile tests on July 5, 2006.

Peace Statement is issued by International Ecumenical Consultation on Peace in East Asia during a meeting in Seoul, Korea, May 2-4, 2006.

Personal account of resistance to US military base plans in Pyungtack, South Korea

Statement of the International Ecumenical Consultation on Peace in East Asia
Seoul, Korea May 2-4, 2006

The government sent in thousands of police officers and unarmed  troops, water cannons and helicopters to drive villagers and activists from a hamlet on Thursday, saying that their refusal to make room for an expanding U.S. military base threatened an alliance with Washington.