Kobia Marks November with Visit to Bolivia

By Pauline J. Chang, Christian Post Reporter

The Rev. Samuel Kobia, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, began November with his much-anticipated first trip to Latin America, Nov. 1, 2004. Landing first in La Paz, Bolivia, Kobia explored current-day issues of maintaining ecumenical ties in the midst of oppression and poverty, with the leaders of the Bolivian churches.

"Our ecumenical identity is at stake in Bolivia,” said Pastor Rolando Villena, bishop emeritus of the Evangelical Methodist Church in Bolivia (IEMB), during his meeting with Kobia.

According to Villena, the role of the ecumenical society is to “modestly contribute to a culture of dialogue” by integrating the “Christian identity in the Bolivian identity in formation.”

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In addition to Villena, representatives from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bolivia, the Anglican, Methodist, Pentecostal, and Roman Catholic Churches, took part in the dialogue.

The WCC general secretary's Latin American visit will continue in Brazil (Brasilia, Salvador, Porto Alegre), Argentina (Buenos Aires), Uruguay (Montevideo) and Chile (Santiago).

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