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Ecumenical Diakonia, South Korea

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  • Jung Jin-Hee plays an ajaeng during the December 7, 2017, opening worship service of a consultation on ecumenical diakonia in Seoul, South Korea. The consultation was sponsored by the World Council of Churches with support from member churches in South Korea.
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  • The Rev. Dr. Kjell Nordstokke, a special advisor to the World Council of Churches (WCC), speaks to participants in a consultation on ecumenical diakonia on December 7, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea. The consultation was sponsored by the WCC with support from member churches in South Korea.
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  • Participants in a consultation on ecumenical diakonia on December 7, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea. The consultation was sponsored by the World Council of Churches with support from member churches in South Korea.
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  • Yi Kiho, a professor of political science at Hanshin University, leads a group of church leaders on a tour of the Gangbuk neighborhood of Seoul, South Korea, on December 8, 2017. Yi has led an effort by the Presbyterian-affiliated university to support sustainable development in the poor area of South Korea's capital. <br />
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The church leaders were in South Korea to participate in a World Council of Churches-sponsored consultation on ecumenical diakonia.
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  • Martin Robra, an educator at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, Switzerland, and a staff member of the World Council of Churches (WCC), speaks to participants in a consultation on ecumenical diakonia on December 7, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea. The consultation was sponsored by the WCC with support from member churches in South Korea.
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  • Participants meet in small discussion groups on December 7, 2017, during a consultation on ecumenical diakonia in Seoul, South Korea. The consultation was sponsored by the World Council of Churches with support from member churches in South Korea.
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  • The Rev. Lee Sung Hwan, a pastor in the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea, pours water into a container on the altar during the December 7, 2017, opening worship service of a consultation on ecumenical diakonia in Seoul, South Korea. The consultation was sponsored by the World Council of Churches with support from member churches in South Korea.
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  • Participants meet in small discussion groups on December 7, 2017, during a consultation on ecumenical diakonia in Seoul, South Korea. The consultation was sponsored by the World Council of Churches with support from member churches in South Korea.
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  • Participants meet in small discussion groups on December 7, 2017, during a consultation on ecumenical diakonia in Seoul, South Korea. The consultation was sponsored by the World Council of Churches with support from member churches in South Korea.
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  • Ann Hon (left), of the Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China, and Hanna Kim of the Anglican Church of Korea, carry elements of a cross into the beginning of worship at the start of a consultation on ecumenical diakonia on December 7, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea. The consultation was sponsored by the World Council of Churches with support from member churches in South Korea.
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  • The Rev. Kwon Oh Ryun, former president of the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea, speaks to participants in a consultation on ecumenical diakonia on December 7, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea. The consultation was sponsored by the World Council of Churches with support from member churches in South Korea.
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  • Vavauni Ljaljegean (left) of the Council for World Mission in Taiwan, and Trisha Manns, a Global Mission Fellow of The United Methodist Church, carry elements of a cross into the beginning of worship at the start of a consultation on ecumenical diakonia on December 7, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea. The consultation was sponsored by the World Council of Churches with support from member churches in South Korea.
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  • The Rev. Dr. Hyunju Bae, a Presbyterian scholar and ecumenical activist in South Korea, speaks to participants in a consultation on ecumenical diakonia on December 7, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea. The consultation was sponsored by the World Council of Churches with support from member churches in South Korea.
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  • The Rev. Lee Hong-jung, general secretary of the National Council of Churches in Korea, speaks to participants in a consultation on ecumenical diakonia on December 7, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea. The consultation was sponsored by the World Council of Churches with support from member churches in South Korea.
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  • The Rev. Dr. Sang Chang of the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea speaks to participants in a consultation on ecumenical diakonia on December 7, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea. The consultation was sponsored by the World Council of Churches with support from member churches in South Korea. Chang is also the Asia president of the WCC.
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  • Participants in a sustainable village program in the Gangbuk neighborhood of Seoul, South Korea, pose with visiting church leaders on December 8, 2017, in Hanshin University. The sustainable development project in the poor area of South Korea's capital drew the attention of the visitors, who came to Seoul to participate in a consultation on ecumenical diakonia sponsored by the World Council of Churches.
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  • Eun Young, a restaurant manager, speaks with a group of church leaders on a tour of the Gangbuk neighborhood of Seoul, South Korea, on December 8, 2017. The Presbyterian-affiliated Hanshin University has supported an innovative sustainable development program in the poor area of South Korea's capital. <br />
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The church leaders were in South Korea to participate in a World Council of Churches-sponsored consultation on ecumenical diakonia.
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  • Seon Ah poses in a tea shop where she works in the Gangbuk neighborhood of Seoul, South Korea, on December 8, 2017. The tea shop is a community-initiated gathering place, part of a sustainable development in the poor area of South Korea's capital. The initiative receives support from Presbyterian-affiliated Hanshin University.<br />
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Ah met with church leaders who visited her shop while touring the neighborhood. They were in South Korea to participate in a World Council of Churches-sponsored consultation on ecumenical diakonia.
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