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A system of this scope needs editors who are specialists respectively <strong>in</strong> cultural, geographical,<br />

l<strong>in</strong>guistic <strong>and</strong> ecclesiastical-theological connections, for after all, the ma<strong>in</strong> po<strong>in</strong>t of the results they<br />

achieve is to promote, <strong>and</strong> not h<strong>in</strong>der ecumenical processes.<br />

After several attempts, it became clear to us operators that, above all, it is the mission departments<br />

that connect abilities <strong>in</strong> a really ideal way. <strong>The</strong> separate departments keep <strong>in</strong> close contact with<br />

their respective countries <strong>and</strong>, as a rule, the consultants grew up <strong>in</strong> these countries <strong>and</strong> are native<br />

speakers. Information about the countries is collected by the liaison consultant, <strong>in</strong> any case, <strong>and</strong> is<br />

documented by him.<br />

<strong>The</strong> decentralization of editorial assignments, which takes place by allocat<strong>in</strong>g control functions to<br />

colleagues from different cultural societies, must promote underst<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g between us, because it<br />

elim<strong>in</strong>ates a Germanized editorial department, as it would prove to be <strong>in</strong> our case.<br />

This path we are tak<strong>in</strong>g us<strong>in</strong>g the capacities of mission departments seems to me to be desirable,<br />

sensible <strong>and</strong> worth striv<strong>in</strong>g for, as long as "reformed onl<strong>in</strong>e" or even another system with a similar<br />

approach has not yet established itself <strong>in</strong> the different countries <strong>and</strong> cultural societies <strong>in</strong> such a<br />

form that these tasks could be taken over locally by the churches <strong>and</strong> associations, with the result<br />

that an <strong>Internet</strong> <strong>in</strong>formation <strong>and</strong> communication system would take over the function for which it<br />

was orig<strong>in</strong>ally <strong>in</strong>tended: a worldwide network run on an equal basis which is an expression of the<br />

Christian community of our time.<br />

I thank you for your attention.<br />

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