Gedanken – Thoughts | Berichte – Reports | Erfahrungen – Experiences
The National Council of Churches Korea is sharing with the churches of the World the prayer and worship resources for the 8.15 Sunday Prayer Worship for Peace and Reunification on the Korean Peninsula. „“Seek Peace and Pursue It.” (Psalm 34:14)“ weiterlesen
„In a time of renewed escalation of tensions and confrontation on the Korean Peninsula, we recall that this year marks the 70th anniversary of the 1953 Armistice Agreement which established a ceasefire, but not a formal end, to the Korean War.“ (Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, June 2023) „There should be no more wars on the Korean Peninsula“ weiterlesen
Yesterday, the 10th ecumenical consultation, hosted by the National Council of Churches in Korea and the Evangelical Church in Germany, ended in Seoul. The consultation was supposed to take place in October 2021 but had to be postponed several times due to Covid 19. „Hope for Peace, Social Justice and Reconciliation“ weiterlesen
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ in our EKHN Partner Churches in Afrika, Asia, Europe and the United States,
In the second year of the pandemic I send you greetings from the Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau (EKHN), and wish you a blessed Pentecost. We are still learning to deal with home office and video conferencing, hygiene rules and the limitation of close contact. We stream events and continue to practice social distancing. We miss meeting you.
Heute feiern wir in Deutschland 30 Jahre Wiedervereinigung – unsere Partner in Korea haben das damals als großes Hoffnungszeichen empfunden, aber sie warten bis heute darauf! Dazu ein Interview mit Lutz Drescher, der viele Jahre in Korea gelebt hat und die Initiativen zur Wiedervereinigung auf der koreanischen Halbinsel bis heute engagiert begleitet.
Today in East Asia the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II will be commemorated. It is celebrated as Liberation Day. At the same time, the tragic history of the division of Korea began. „Peace and Reunification on the Korean Peninsula“ weiterlesen
A Joint Ecumenical Peace Message for the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War has been presented by the World Council of Churches and signed by churches, councils of churches and church leaders all around the world – including the Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau (EKHN)!
„Calling for Peace – 70 years after the Korean War started“ weiterlesen
For the first time we met in a Video conference with the Asian Partners of EKHN. More than 30 people participated in the meeting: from Seoul over Tomohon, Pematang Siantar, Amritsar, Vijayawada, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Melukavumattom to different places in EKHN. We shared the present situation in our different contexts and prayed together …
We pray it in the evening, when at 7:30 pm in Germany the bells ring and we light a candle, put it in the window, think of the people worldwide who are suffering from this crisis and fear for their existence. We send the prayer out into the world. Today to our Korean speaking partners asking them to join this action: We may be separated spatially, but we are spiritually united.
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Am heutigen Internationalen Frauentag wurde das Projekt Friedensstatue in Frankfurt der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt. Die Statue steht für das Leiden von Menschen weltweit, die sexualisierter Gewalt in Kriegen ausgesetzt waren und sind. Sie mahnt die Rechte von Frauen in Kriegssituationen an.
On today’s International Women’s Day, the Peace Statue project was presented to the public in Frankfurt. The statue stands for the suffering of people around the world who have been and still are exposed to sexualised violence in wars. It admonishes the rights of women in war situations. „Erinnern – Mahnen – Verurteilen | Remember – Admonish – Condemn“ weiterlesen