Member Church News: Special Days

The Office of Social Justice of the Christian Reformed Church in North America has created an election guide as the U.S. approaches decision day.

Based on a detailed historical study by Ang Kaim, the beginning of Christianity in Taiwan has been dated to 1627, when Georgius Candidus, a pastor from the Dutch Reformed Church, began his evangelical ministry north of Tainan.

A coalition of clergy, including United Church of Christ ministers, will be converging on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on the banks of the great Missouri River next week, 2-4 November, to stand with environmental advocates and the people of more than a hundred Tribal nations, in protection of the water and sacred lands, against the Dakota Access Pipeline

The Asian Ecumenical Institute, a new initiative of the Christian Conference of Asia for ecumenical formation and leadership development, has begun, with 17 participants from a dozen countries.

In order to commemorate Reformation 500, a communion service organized by the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan and the Taiwan Catholic Church was held at Ché-nân Presbyterian Church on October 17.

Our sisters and brothers in the Lutheran and Roman Catholic churches had quite a day on Monday, Reformation Day. With WCRC representatives (any many others) in attendance, they jointly “declared [a] commitment to move away from conflict, journey towards communion and strengthen joint witness.” Here are a few articles about the events in Sweden:

• God’s gift of unity
• A new beginning for Lutheran and Catholic aid agencies
• “More unites us than divides us,” say Catholics, Lutherans at Reformation commemoration
• From Conflict to Communion: CEC message on the occasion of historic Lund meeting
• Reforma-500 años: Comienzan las celebraciones en Suecia con la presencia del Papa