GS 2019 art 79 – Office Bearers

GS 2019 Article 79 – KPCA-K (Korean Presbyterian Church in America – Kosin)

1.1 Report of the Committee for Contact with Churches in North America (CCCNA) regarding the Korean Presbyterian Church in America (Kosin) (KPCA-K) (8.2.3.1)
1.2 Letter from the following church: Attercliffe (8.3.2.6)

2.1 GS 2016 (Art. 26) decided:
- [4.1] To express gratitude to the Lord for the establishment of contact with theKorean Presbyterian Church in America (Kosin) (KPCA-K).
- [4.2] To mandate the Committee for Contact with Churches in North America (CCCNA) to continue dialogue with the KPCA-K where feasible, with a view to getting to know the KPCA-K better over time.
2.2 Contact between the CanRC and the KPCA-K was attempted by the CCCNA (under synod mandate) in the early 2000s but, due largely to the language barrier, bore little fruit and formal attempts were discontinued by GS 2007.
2.3 Informal acquaintances with the KPCA-K began to emerge at NAPARC meetings. This resulted with an invitation to attend their 30th General Assembly in 2014.
2.4 Two bi-lateral meetings with their inter-church relations committee were held at NAPARC 2014 and 2015.
2.5 There was no dialogue or contact with the KPCA-K from the Summer 2016 to the Fall 2018. The hope was that a bi-lateral meeting would be held at NAPARC 2018.
2.6 The Attercliffe CanRC agrees with the committee’s recommendation to continue dialogue with the KPCA-K to get to know this church better over time.

3.1 The committee has been diligent in completing their mandate.
3.2 Although there has been minimal contact with the KPCA-K, the little contact that they have had has been positive.

That Synod decide to mandate the Committee for Contact with Churches in North America (CCCNA):

4.1 To continue dialogue with the Korean Presbyterian Church in America (Kosin) (KPCA-K) where feasible, with a view to getting to know the KPCA-K better over time;
4.2 To submit its report to the churches 5 months prior to the convening of next general synod.