POCHEON, KOREA (MEOR) – The Methodist-Roman Catholic International Commission is meeting in Pocheon near Seoul, Republic of Korea, at the Kwanglim Seminar House this week from 22-27 September 2024. The 16-member Commission is jointly appointed by the World Methodist Council and the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity of the Roman Catholic Church to foster theological dialogue and understanding between Catholics and Methodists and aid our churches into full communion in faith, sacramental life, and mission.
The Commission is currently exploring the themes of mission and unity. During the meeting, the Commission will reflect on missional ecclesiology, unity in diversity, and local experiences of mission and unity. The Commission is also updating its seminal synthesis document – Together To Holiness – which harvested the fruits of the first 40 years of international Methodist-Catholic dialogue.
Rev. Dr. Edgardo Colon-Emeric, the Methodist co-chair, offers words of hope as the Commission opened its meeting:
Bishop Shane Mackinlay, the Catholic co-chair, links the work of the Catholic Church’s Synod on Synodality and the upcoming 1700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed as influential for the Commission’s theme of mission and unity.
The Commission worshipped at Kwanglim Methodist Church in Seoul on Sunday, 22 September 2024, and were welcomed by the senior pastor Bishop Chungsuk Kim, followed by a visit to the Jeoldusan Martyrs’ Shrine where Catholic Mass was celebrated.
Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome 