Pusey to Attend Church Meeting

President Pusey has arrived in New Delhi, India, to attend the third general assembly of the World Council of churches.

As a member of the Council's policy-taking committee, Pusey is among 625 special delegates to the three-week meeting. The Council includes 175 Protestant and Eastern Orthodox denominations, which claim 250 million adherents in 50 nations.

Speaking at a New Delhi press conference on Friday, Pusey said that the Council said promote contact between West Christianity and Eastern churches. Although Christianity is numerically small in Asia, They stated it has a number of "lively" groups that could have a "purifying independence" on the West.

The visit to New Delhi comes near the end of Pusey's nine-week Asian tour. He left Cambridge Oct. 4 and has visited universities in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hongkong, the Philippines, and Thailand.