Representatives of three churches in Korea and two churches in Japan gathered at the Doshisha Biwako Retreat Center in Shiga Prefecture, Nov. 27-28, 2017 for a consultation on missionaries, the fourth such conference. Attendees discussed assignments of missionary personnel who are sent to serve in Kyodan churches from the Presbyterian Church of Korea, the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea, and the Korean Methodist Church. Because of their involvement with the Kyodan through the work of teachers and missionaries, the Korean Christian Church in Japan also participated in this meeting.
The consultation has previously convened three times in Japan and Korea. Agenda items include confirmation of procedures concerning the sending and receiving of missionaries, reports on the number of missionaries sent and received, and the current status of the missionaries’ work.
Those attending the Nov. 27-28 meeting included one missionary personnel representative from each of the three Korean churches, KCCJ General Assembly Chairman Kim Jong-Hyun and three other KCCJ pastors, Kyodan General Assembly Secretary Kumoshikari Toshimi and Kyodan Executive Secretary Makoto Kato. Missionary Choi Jang-Soo served as interpreter for the attendees.
After a review of the contents of previous discussions, reports dealing with the sending and receiving of missionaries were presented, and participants discussed the matter of ongoing assignments. Sometime after 2018 there will be a missionary conference centered on missionaries sent to the Kyodan from these three Korean denominations and the Korean Christian Church in Japan. (Tr. DM)
—Kato Makoto, executive secretary
11月27~28日、
これは、大韓イエス教長老会、韓国基督教長老会、
これまで、韓国と日本において3回の会議が開催されており、
今回は韓国3教会より、宣教師人事担当者各1名が出席し、
会議においては、これまでの協議の内容を確認した後、
2019年以降、韓国3教団及び在日大韓キリスト教会から教団に派遣されている宣教師を中心にし
次回会議はPCKが準備をし、2018年3月8~9日、