Today I want to introduce you to another of my mission co-worker colleagues, Kurt Essling er . Kurt has been here in South Korea with his partner Hyeyoung Lee since 2013 as mission co-workers sent from the Presbyterian C h urch USA. They started out as site co-ordinators for the PC(USA)’s Young Adult Volunteers Program, and Hyeyoung continues in this role, but Kurt now serves full time in the office of NCCK. John: Kurt, let me start off by asking you about the NCCK. What is the NCCK and how does it work in Korean society? Kurt: NCCK is the National Council of Churches in Korea, and they were the first mainline Protestant ecumenical council in Korea . Currently there are nine denominations who are members of NCCK, and the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea ( PROK ) is one of th em , and the other Presbyterian denomination, the Presbyterian Church in Korea ( PCK ) , is also a member. T he NCCK provides a larger ecumeni...
John in Korea; The United Church of Canada and the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea, in partnership with each other: for justice, peace, and reconciliation -- sharing in God's work of transformation -- in Korea, in Canada, and beyond . . .