Ecumenical Relations Office of the CCT

Dr. John Hamlin

July 2010

Rev. Dr. John Hamlin passed away on Saturday, May 22 at 11:30 am in Bristol Village, Waverley, Ohio at the age of 94.

Dr.Hamlin must surely be ranked as one of the “foundation fathers” of the CCT as we know it today. He was not here when the CCT was formally constituted in 1934. But after WWII, in 1954, he was assigned the task by the United Presbyterian Church USA of serving as President (Dean) of the Thailand Theological Seminary, a post he filled with distinction for almost 20 years. His influence during those years in training and shaping the men and women who would serve as ministers and servants in the CCT has certainly left an indelible imprint on the character and ethos of the Church of Christ in Thailand.

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WARC becomes WCRC

Posted by Mike Fucella |

Maybe you have heard of WARC, perhaps you have not! WARC stand for the World Alliance of Reformed Churches. WARC was formed

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Baptist Visitors Stuck in Bangkok Pay CCT Headquarters a visit

A short-term mission group form Fleet Baptist Church together with Rev. Margaret Gibbs, Regional Secretary for Asia of Baptist Mission Society in the UK, paid a visit to the CCT headquarters on April 14. The team had finished four weeks of voluntary work in Chiang Mai and Mae Sariang running the children's programme for the BMS Regional Retreat and also organising an English camp for youth from the 19th District of the CCT. Fleet Baptist Church in Fleet, Hampshire have supported the Maycock family who have been serving with the CCT in the 19th District for the last five years. The group had not expected to visit the CCT headquarters, but with a cloud of volcanic ash hanging over most of Europe including Heathrow Airport their flight home was delayed for several days. It proved an excellent opportunity for staff from the CCT to get to know members from a partner church and for the Ecumenical Office to share with our visitors the broader vision of the CCT.

Short-term mission team from Fleet Baptist Church together with Rev. Margaret Gibbs(fourth from the left) Mike Fucella, CCT Advisor on Ecumenical Affairs (Third from the right) and Dr. Banchong Chompoowong, CCT Vice Moderator (first from the right)

Oreintation for New Missionaries

On 10 and 11 May the Ecumenical Relations Office of the Church of Christ in Thailand ran its first orientation course for new mission co-workers. The five new co-workers participating were all from the Presbyterian Church in Korea. The programme over the two days included:

an introduction to Thai culture -- living and working cross-culturally in Thailand
introduction to the CCT including structure, who's who, the process of recruiting new mission personnel, the CCT Constitution and bylaws
a tour of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and Wat Poh
a market tour and Thai cooking class

If you are a new mission co-worker in Thailand and would like to participate in a course like this we would be more than happy to arrange this for you. Just contact us at:

cctecume@loxinfo.co.th

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Partner Focus:

Continuing our theme of Korea we focus on Rev. Deok Hoon Yahng from the Korean Global Alliance Mission (KGAM).

Q and A at the 2009 Ecumenical Retreat

At the 2009 CCT Ecumenical retreat the assembled fraternal workers were asked to respond to four questions in small groups and then come together to share our findings. These findings were collated and the following session of the retreat was spent with Rev. Sayam, General Secretary of the CCT, talking about the various issues raised.

The four questions discussed were as follows:

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