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Reflection Volume 13,Issue 3, Fall 2016 27 Evert Sundien What made you participate in the lcc? Bishop Evert: I just stept in at a service. What is your own mission or vision being a bishop? Would you like to share some of your personal life? Bishop Evert: To ordaine suitable people. To be a ‘ servus servorum ’. I am a Zenmeditation teacher, a surgeon and urologist. Editors note: Readers can probably guess whose car this is: In which country are you a Bishop? Are you also a Regionary? Bishop Evert: Auxilary bishop in Sweden. Regionary Bishop in Denmark and the German speaking countries inMiddle Europe. What is the challenge for your church? Bishop Evert: Economic challenge, lowmembership. What is your wish for the future of the lcc? What is your wish for the future of mankind? Bishop Evert: Growingmembership. Peace! Has the geS exceeded your expectations? Bishop Evert: Yes! n Editors note: As Bishop Evert answered our questions be- fore the Congress started we do not know if the Congress has exceeded his expectations as well. We certainly hope so! Gert Jan van der Steen What made you participate in the lcc? Bishop Gert Jan: The strong energy in our Church. What is your own mission or vision being a bishop? Bishop Gert Jan: To support clergy and layity and tomake the insights of the lccmore applicable tomodern times. Would you like to share some of your personal life? Bishop Gert Jan: The importance of personality vanishes... Which country are you Bishop of? Bishop Gert Jan: Auxiliary bishop for The Netherlands. How big is the country? What is the number (approx.) of inhabitants of the country? Bishop Gert Jan: About 40.000 km² and 17million people. When was the lcc established in your country? Bishop Gert Jan: In 1916. In which cities do you have congregations? Bishop Gert Jan: Amsterdam, Arnhem, Haarlem, Naar- den, Raalte, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Zwolle. What is the challenge for your church? Bishop Gert Jan: The challenge, as I see it, is to be a beacon of light for those who are seeking for it. What is your wish for the future of the lcc? Bishop Gert Jan: That we are true to type. What is your wish for the future of mankind? Bishop Gert Jan: That we may bring heaven to Earth. Has the geS exceeded your expectations? Bishop Gert Jan: It was according tomy expectations. The ges leaves matters as much as possible to the Church Provinces. What matters the geswas discussed in a proper and concise way. Has the Congress exceeded your expectations? Bishop Gert Jan: It was great tomeet somany different people of all regions of our Church and to celebrate the services together. Most workshops were aimed at personal development. Therefore I missed somehow an exchange of ideas about the future of our Church and its functioning in the world. n interview Short interviewwith Bishop interview interview Short interviewwith Bishop interview interview Short interviewwith Bishop interview interview Short interviewwith Bishop interview