Call for Suspending US-ROK Military Exercises and Decreasing Military Tensions on the Korean Peninsula As a part of the Korea Peace Appeal campaign the NCCK (National Council of Churches in Korea) signed together with many Civil society groups around the world a call to support peace on the Korean peninsula. The goal is to stopContinue reading Korea Peace Appeal Campaign
On November 23, 2021, the WCC-NCCK Consultation was held in Seoul, South Korea. The main topic was: “Settlement of Permanent Peace on the Korean Peninsula.” There, Peter Prove, director of the WCC’s Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, spoke in a statement in favor of resuming peace efforts between North and South Korea, whichContinue reading WCC-NCCK Consultation: “Settlement of Permanent Peace on the Korean Peninsula”
From July 10th-12th, 2019, the Ecumenical Forum for Peace, Reunification and Development Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula (EFK) met in Bangkok, Thailand, along with 46 participants from 11 countries. These included delegations from the Korean Christian Federation (KCF) of the DPRK and the National Council of Churches in the Republic of Korea (NCCK). In theContinue reading Bangkok Ecumenical Consultation 2019
Cultivating Peace, Proclaiming Hope The National Council of Churches in Korea hosted an international conference revisiting the Korean Church’s 1988 Declaration from March 5th – 7th, 2018 in Seoul. The conference welcomed about 140 participants with 100 participants attending from inside Korea and 40 participants joining as delegates from international church and civil society partners.Continue reading 88 Declaration International Ecumenical Conference Report
“let them turn away from evil and do good; let them seek peace and pursue it.” (1 Peter 3:11) NCCK continues the Peace Campaign in our second week. Despite experiencing rainy weather, lodging mix ups, and passport problems we continue to tell our story of peace in the Korean peninsula being the first stepContinue reading European Peace Campaign Summer 2017 [part two]
NCCK travels Europe to gain support from our global ecumenical partners for peace in the Korean peninsula. Continue reading European Peace Campaign Summer 2017 [part one]
Last week, January 18th – 23rd, Jim Winkler, president of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCCCUSA) came to Seoul to follow up on a promise to visit the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) after the NCCK visited Washington D.C. during the U.S. campaign trip last July. JimContinue reading A Jim Winkler, NCCCUSA, visit to Seoul and the NCCK
“There is a hidden history of Korea that most US Americans know nothing about. Even I learn something knew all the time although I stopped working for the State Department a long time ago,” remarked Dr. John Merrill of the US-Korea Institute of SAIS. “Because this context is lacking [in the US], it is harderContinue reading Campaigning in the US – July 2016
NCCK Campaign for Korean Peace 