Fidel Castro to Help Construct Evangelical Churches in Cuba
Cuban President Fidel Castro will provide facilities to help Evangelical Churches build new churches and develop their pastoral mission, said the head of the World Council of Churches
Saturday, Aug. 13, 2005 Posted: 7:51:07AM EST

Cuban President Fidel Castro will provide facilities to help Evangelical Churches build new churches and develop their pastoral mission, said the head of the World Council of Churches (WCC).

At the end of his four-day visit to Cuba, WCC’s general secretary, the Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia, had what he described as a “very good meeting” with the Cuban president, according to an Aug. 8 report by the Latin American and Caribbean Communication Agency (ALC). The talks addressed different issues – in particular Church-State relations on the island and the challenge represented by the growth of Cuban Evangelical Churches in recent years.

"Churches, in particular Protestant churches, are growing and because of this growth, they need to build new churches and seminaries and have access to the media in order to tackle the pastoral challenges that arise in their service to the Cuban people," said Kobia, according to the WCC.

Kobia told the Cuban president that all Cuban churches should receive equal treatment on the part of the state in order to meet the challenges raised by their pastoral ministry.

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