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Interview with Kurt Esslinger, mission co-worker from PC(USA)

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 ecumenical umbrella for th e se denominations to come to