23 December 2015

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“But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.” [Ezekiel 33:6]

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” [Ephesians 6:12]

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Presbyterians Week Headlines

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[1] Pastor Hyeon Soo Lim of the Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Sentenced to Life in Prison at Hard Labor in North Korea

[2] Church of England and Church of Scotland Forging Pact to Draw Denominations Closer Together

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[1] Pastor Hyeon Soo Lim of the Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Sentenced to Life in Prison at Hard Labor in North Korea

A 16 December 2015 Salt Lake City Tribune article titled “Canadian Pastor Given Life in N. Korean Prison” reports that Hyeon Soo Lim, pastor of the Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on 16 December 2015 was sentenced in a North Korean courtroom to life in prison at hard labor for what North Korea described as crimes against the state.

Lim had traveled 31 January 2015 to North Korea on a humanitarian mission where he supports a nursing home, a nursery and an orphanage.  Lim had made more than 100 trips to North Korea since 1997 for nonpolitical humanitarian purposes.

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+ Salt Lake City Tribune, 90 South 400 West, Suite 700, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101, 801-257-8742, Fax: 801-257-8525, reader.advocate@sltrib.com

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[2] Church of England and Church of Scotland Forging Pact to Draw Denominations Closer Together

A 25 December 2015 The Telegraph article titled “Church of England and Church of Scotland Forge Pact” reports that Church of England and the Church of Scotland are in the process of preparing an agreement called the Columba Declaration to be presented to each group’s 2016 synod meetings for approval.

The Declaration includes a commitment to work towards “interchangeability” of clergy with Church of England priests and Church of Scotland ministers being fully recognized and able to work in each other’s churches. Additionally included is a commitment to allow members of each church who move across the England-Scotland border to be accepted directly into membership in the other church.

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+ Church of Scotland, 121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN, Scotland, 0131-225-5722

+ Church of England, Church House, Great Smith Street, Westminster, SW1P 3AZ, England, 44-0-20-7898-1000

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