The Council for World Mission welcomes three new senior management staff. After being approved with unanimous consensus by the Board of Directors who met on 11-12 June 2022, the General Secretary, Rev. Dr Jooseop Keum, [...]
The Council for World Mission is pleased to Congratulate Rev. Dr Peter Cruchley, Mission Secretary for Mission Development, on his appointment as the Director of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on World Mission [...]
In The United Church of Zambia (UCZ) Lusaka Presbytery’s shift from traditional methods of mobilising church funds for mission, it has launched Umodzi Investments, a newly registered company to spearhead all its investment activities. During [...]
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Scripture: Psalm 30 Reflection There are moments in our lives when we feel desperate and hopeless. Our faiths are always shaken, by the many challenges we face in this world. It [...]
If you are looking for a meaningful career with a bigger sense of purpose, we invite you to be part of our global family of driven individuals to make a difference to the lives of the [...]
The Rev. Dr Stephen Tan, a former trustee of Council for World Mission and one who bears witness to the 1975 Consultation that was held in Singapore to pave the way for the 1977 birth [...]
A Newbigin Public Lecture will be given by Dr Cathy Ross (missiologist, author, CMS) on Saturday 2 July 2022, together with a celebration of the Newbigin Pioneering Hub, a 50th anniversary project for the United [...]
Third Sunday After Pentecost Scripture: Psalm 30 Reflection Psalm 30 is considered the Psalm for the day of Hanukkah. Life itself is full of mixed emotions, circumstances and complications. Sin is the new normal, we [...]
The United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands (UCJCI) is seeking a mission partner to serve as the Head of Psychology and Counselling Departments at its university, the International University of the Caribbean (IUC). [...]
The third and final day (15 June) of CWM’s Annual Members Meeting (AMM) began with morning worship led by Rev. Dr Frin Lewis Smith, a former CWM Trustee and a minister of the United Reformed [...]
The second day of CWM’s Annual Members’ Meeting (AMM) on 14 June began with morning worship and a bible study led by Rev. Dr Frin Lewis Smith, a minister of the United Reformed Church (URC) [...]
CWM Directors, member church delegates, guests and mission secretaries gathered for the Annual Members’ Meeting 2022 in London from 13-15 June, where they met in person for the first time after two years of virtual [...]
Second Sunday after Pentecost Scripture: John 12:24 Reflection “I tell you the truth. Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it [...]
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) has produced a new Bible Study resource “Sanctuary: The Hospitality of Host, Guest and Stranger” offering reflections, prayers and ideas for action for this year’s Refugee Week from [...]
The latest issue of Connected, a newsletter produced by CWM’s Partners in Mission Unit is now available. The newsletter is designed to keep mission partners and those in their networks connected with CWM, connected to [...]
If you are looking for a meaningful career with a bigger sense of purpose, we invite you to be part of our global family of driven individuals to make a difference to the lives of the [...]
But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. 2 Peter 3:13 Dear brothers and sisters, Greetings of Peace and grace in the [...]
Trinity Sunday John 16:12-15 Reflection On this Trinity Sunday we want to reflect on the Holy Spirit as our Guide. Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Pentecost that focuses on the unique relationship between [...]
The CWM East Asia Regional Assembly was held online from 24-25 May 2022 between 10:00am to 4:30pm via Zoom to facilitate mutual sharing and collective discernment on emerging issues of the Region. Joining the meeting [...]
Pentecost Sunday Scripture: Acts 2:1-21; Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; Romans 8:14-17; John 14:8-17, (25-27). Reflection In the Acts reading, God uses the most spectacular ways to make his presence known: Violent wind, fire and of course [...]
Council for World Mission (CWM) held its bi-monthly All-Staff Meeting on 19 May 2022, an initiative by the CWM General Secretary Rev. Dr Jooseop Keum for staff around the world to gather virtually, receive updates [...]
The United Theological College of the West Indies (UTCWI) is seeking a short-term Partner in Mission (PIM) to digitize select publications including its annual journal - the Caribbean Journal of Religious Studies (C.J.R.S.). The PIM [...]
Seventh Sunday of Easter (Sunday in Ascension Tide) Scripture Acts 16:16-34, Ps 97:1-12, Rev 22:12-14, 16-17,20-21, John 17:20-26 The Lord is King! Let the earth rejoice! Let the furthest coastlands be glad. (NLT). The world [...]
Sixth Sunday of Easter Scripture: John 5:1-9 Reflection The verse I want to draw your attention to in our reading today is verse 8, where Jesus said to the lame man by the pool, “Get [...]
The past two years of COVID-19 has been a time where churches have had to rethink and devise new ways of being church and community, be it pastoral contact by providing food and medicine, or [...]
The School of Humanities in the College of Human Sciences at The University of South Africa (UNISA), in collaboration with VukaniBantuTsohangBatho and the Council for World Mission (CWM) is inviting papers for the Black Theology [...]
The Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) has reached a milestone decision to offer any future church-owned land for sale to Maori iwi first. This comes as PCANZ reckons with its colonial past and [...]
The Barishal Diocese of the Church of Bangladesh (COB) has ordained two females as deacons – a occasion for rejoicing as it marked the resumption of women’s ordination in COB after a 15-year interval. The [...]
5th Sunday of Easter Scripture: John 13:31-35, Key Verse: 34 Reflection I was raised by my grandfather in Kiribati and I remember how I used to go with my grandfather attending various village meetings and [...]
Former Training in Mission (TIM) participants from CWM member churches, partner institutions, former CWM staff, and partner communities are welcome to register to attend CWM’s “TIM40 Outpourings” meetings on either 6, 7 or 13 May [...]
In the latest CWM eDARE publication, Resisting Occupation, international scholars discuss the radical denial of human flourishing caused by the occupation of mind, body, spirit, and land. They explore how religious perspectives can be, and often [...]
The United Reformed Church (URC) is celebrating the milestone that all its 11 synods have signed up to become an “Eco Synod”, fulfilling part of URC’s wider commitment to urgently reduce carbon emissions across church [...]
In association with the Church of South India (CSI) Synod, the Certificate Course in Eco-theology offered by United Theological College, Bengaluru (UTC) has been opened to students recommended by CSI’s mission partners and sister churches [...]
4th Sunday after Easter Scripture: Psalm 23 Reflection If someone invites you over and enquires "Who is God” or “How would you describe God?” What will be your response? The answer will depend on your [...]
The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT) has conducted the Taiwan Ecumenical Forum (TEF) Youth Webinar on Tuesday, 26 April 2022, at 8:00 PM Taiwan time with the theme, “The Neo-Cold War: The Resurgence of the [...]
During the Presbyterian Church of Taiwan (PCT)’s recent General Assembly, CWM General Secretary Rev. Dr Jooseop Keum sent a short video greeting, where he affirmed PCT’s active partnership in “facilitating the mission for peace and [...]
Scripture: Revelation 1:4 - 8 Reflection I always think of Christianity as a family – a big family of believers. If this is true then the saying that we are of one mind commends our [...]
CWM is organising ‘Suffer the Children’: Repairing the wrongs done through racist Christian Education, an online meeting on 28th April, Thursday, 2:00pm UK time to share research findings on Christian Education materials with member churches [...]
Biblical and theological resources on CWM’s themes have been produced through the Discernment and Radical Engagement (DARE) Programme, a CWM initiative to enable the Church in its public witness. DARE facilitates listening and discernment spaces [...]
Congregational Federation (CF) General Secretary Rev. Yvonne Campbell, United Reformed Church (URC) General Secretary Rev. Dr John Bradbury and URC Moderator Rev. Clare Downing were among delegates at the Churches Together in England (CTE) Forum [...]
Part of United Church of Zambia (UCZ)’s holistic mission has been its mission hospitals and clinics, which have been instrumental in providing healthcare to diverse communities since the era of early missionaries. Some healthcare facilities [...]
Russia must immediately stop the invasion of Ukraine! War is a crime against humanity that indiscriminately kills life! Stop the war and make peace! On February 24, Russia launched missile attacks and air strikes in [...]
CWM Caribbean Region has released the second issue of its bi-monthly newsletter, Caribbean Buzz for 2022. This March-April issue contains Easter prayers on “Rising to Life” by Mrs. Jewell Sinclair Torrington, the Guyana Congregational Union [...]
Second Sunday of Easter Scripture Luke 24: 1 - 12 "Why do you look for the living among the dead?” This was the question the women who went to the tomb to anoint Jesus’ body [...]
In the midst of ongoing chaos, pain, and distress caused by the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic, military occupations and ecological crises, Easter 2022 comes with the message of the risen Lord, “Peace be with you” (John [...]
This Easter, we are given two instructions as believers in this world: Arise and shine (Isaiah 60:1). In other words, be visible, be seen, radiate, glow, and sparkle, even in the context where you are. [...]
By Rev. Julie Sim, Mission Secretary – East Asia and South Asia, Council for World Mission (CWM) Psalm 22 One song that has often gripped my heart is this: “Were you there?” It has three [...]
The Council for World Mission (CWM) has developed a curriculum for Theological Education for an Economy of Life (TEEL). CWM commissioned a team of scholars from Africa, Asia, USA, Europe, and the Caribbean to design [...]
With recent struggles of COVID weariness, a widening income inequality due to house prices spiralling out of control, and dismay at the brutal invasion of Ukraine, Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) Moderator Right [...]
By Rev. TAN An-Wei, The Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK) The time we currently use to remember the past is part of flowing time. Events can have already passed, but we remember it on anniversary [...]
The Council for World Mission mourns the passing of Professor Kim Yong-Bock today, on 07 April 2022, after losing his fight to Colorectal Cancer. Dr Kim Yong Bock is a pioneer of Minjung theology and [...]
UWI General Secretary Rev. Dyfrig Rees (left) was among the Christian leaders gathered outside the Embassy of Ukraine in London in prayer and solidarity. Hundreds of congregations from churches of various denominations across [...]
A side event of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank's Civil Society Policy Forum Spring Meetings 2022 promoted by Council for World Mission (CWM), World Council of Churches (WCC), World Communion of Reformed Churches [...]
Palm/Passion Sunday Scripture: Isaiah 50:4-9, Ps 31:9-16, Phil 2:5-11, Luke 22:14-23:56 Reflection In entering the Holy Week, we are introduced with a particular reminder to get into the depths of Jesus’ suffering to feel how [...]
By Rev. Dileep Kumar Kandula, Mission Secretary, CWM General Secretariat and Mission Secretary – Communications (Interim) Palm Sunday is one of the most important days in the Christian calendar. It is the Sunday before Easter [...]
The first Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide (CCCW) CCCW’s residential Summer Institute on “World Christianity and Global Challenges” is open for applications. Held between 18-22 July 2022 in Cambridge, England, CWM General Secretary, Rev. Dr [...]
To strengthen the United Church of Zambia (UCZ)’s Child Safeguarding policy, UCZ has piloted a three-year programme against child abuse in response to different forms of child abuse in schools and communities where UCZ has [...]
5th Sunday in Lent Scripture Isaiah 43: 16- 21 I have framed the question above for you to consider. It is obvious, that the use of slavery and tools of oppression can bind and blind [...]
25 March 2022 March 25th marks the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, a moment to remember the African holocaust in which millions died and suffered horrors [...]
Over 139 participants attended “Women Breaking Chains, Nurturing Communities, Planting Seeds of Hope”, a virtual event held by the Gender Justice Working Group of the Council for World Mission (CWM) Caribbean and Europe regions on [...]
