Taiwan Church News 3282 Edition January 19 - 25, 2015 Church Ministry ISECO Pays Her First Official Visit To PCT To Promote Mutual Understanding Between Israel And TaiwanReported By Lin Jia-chin On January 12, under an arrangement by Rev. Lo Lien-seng of Dah-an Presbyterian Church, Ms Simona Halperin, the Representative of Israel Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei(ISECO) pays her first official visit to PCT. Rev. Lyim Hong-tiong, PCT General Secretary, together with his staffs, warmly receives Ms Simona Halperin in the General Assembly Office. To facilitate mutual understanding between Israelite Judaism and Taiwan's Christianity, an initial consensus is reached at this visit: from 2015, both parties will cooperate to hold workshops in the field of pastoral care, invite religious leaders from different faiths to dialogue, and promote tourism to sites with biblical significance. Ms Halperin says, being affected by the limited information from Taiwan's media, Taiwan society does not has a comprehensive understanding about Israel. And this is the reason why ISECO wish to cooperate PCT, one of the populous Christian denominations in Taiwan, to proceed more religious dialogues and strengthen mutual understandings between Israel and Taiwan. To make a religious dialogue come true between Judaism and Christianity, "Maybe we can invite Christian leaders to join the dinner table with the Jewish leaders in the annual Passover commemoration or New Year Day", says Ms Halperin. Translated by Peter Wolfe |