On the occasion of the holding of the general council of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, the China Christian Council sends you this message of congratulation and celebration on behalf of all the Protestant Christians in China.

We thank God for the witness of the Christians and churches of the Reformed tradition to the lordship of Jesus Christ and to the glory of God, and for the work of the World Alliance in supporting and stengthening this witness throughout the world.

We specially remember with thanksgiving the recent contribution of the World Alliance to the bringing about of reconciliation and understanding in our part of the world.

We pray for God's rich blessing on your meetings and deliberations in Seoul.

We appreciate the prayers offered to God in recent months by the constituencies of the World Alliance for China and the church in China. We value the love and support these prayers bring to us. We are thankful that the church of Jesus Christ which is in China has been able to continue with its worship and its work of discipling and to use the great opportunities for witnessing to him.

We pray for the strengthening of the relation between the World Alliance and the China Christian Council.

KH Ting, president