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TechnoratiYe also affirmed that the priorities of his ministry are "to promote good relationships between followers of different religions" as well as communicating to the rest of the world "the positive role religion plays in building up China's project of an harmonious society." In response, Kobia offered WCC support to facilitate interreligious dialogue in the country.
The ecumenical delegation accompanying the WCC general secretary on his visit Nov. 15-22 to China was composed of the Rev. Dr Tyrone Pitts, WCC central committee member and general secretary of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, USA; the Rev. Dr Seong-Won Park WCC central committee member from the Presbyterian Church of Korea in South Korea; the Rev. Fr Gabriel Papanicolaou, ecumenical officer of the Church of Greece; Dr Mathews George Chunakara, WCC Asia secretary; and, as consultants, Dr Monika Gaenssbauer, director of the China Study Project of the Protestant churches and mission agencies in Germany, and the Rev. Deborah DeWinter, WCC program executive for the United States.
In China, the WCC delegation was accompanied by the Rev. Cao Shengjie, president of the China Christian Council and Presbyter Ji Jianhong, chairperson of the National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China.
During its Nov. 23-26 visit to Taiwan, the delegation will meet with the leadership and staff of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT) and attend a public meeting at the Taiwan Theological College and Seminary. Kobia is scheduled to deliver a sermon at a Sunday worship service.
