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 [...]
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ Jesus, Greetings of Peace and Joy from the Council for World Mission (CWM) in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. As we enter the new year, we are [...]
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 [...]
The General Secretaries of Community of Churches in Mission (CEVAA), Council for World Mission (CWM), and United Evangelical Mission (UEM) conducted a successful meeting from 8-9 March 2022 in Singapore. Organised by CWM, this was [...]
The CWM World Day of Prayer 2022 gathered more than 100 participants from CWM member churches and ecumenical partners worldwide for a time of prayer and to stand in solidarity with our sisters and brothers [...]
A catastrophic food crisis in Southern Madagascar which faced its worst drought in 40 years, has pushed over a million people to starvation. Since September 2020, Madagascar has been trapped in the worst drought it [...]
The Racial Justice Advocacy Forum calls for coverage, prayer and action for Black and Brown peoples facing racial discrimination amidst the invasion of Ukraine. UK— March 2022 — The Racial Justice Advocacy Forum condemns the [...]
Fourth Sunday in Lent Scripture Joshua 5:9-12, Psalm 32, 2 Corinthians 5:16-21, Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32. Pr 16: 18 Reflection One of my most sobering memories of the Training in Mission experience, is having to apologise [...]
Church of South India (CSI) South Kerala Diocese launched a new online worship platform for children last year, inaugurated by the Most Rev. A. Dharmaraj Rasalam, Bishop in South Kerala Diocese. This initiative by the [...]
Third Sunday in Lent Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Reflection The word Rock is used in the scriptures as metaphor signifying strength, steadiness, and durability. It was used in a variety of ways, conveying an impression [...]
Every year, prisoners in the Netherlands and Dutch people imprisoned abroad are sent an encouraging Easter greeting card, as part of PKN’s Easter greetings campaign. During Lent, PKN and Kerk in Actie organise for tens [...]
Vulnerability of God invites for repentance, communion in solidarity and resistance with the vulnerable communities and nature By Sigamoney Shakespeare The word Lent comes from the Anglo-Saxon Lencten meaning Spring. Traditionally believers spend a lot [...]
In line with our efforts to present and enhance INSiGHT as a resource for planning church calendar observances, INSiGHT March arrives with a series of Lenten Meditations that culminates in CWM Moderator Rev. Lydia Neshangwe’s [...]
Current international crises (e.g., the invasion of Ukraine, the war against Tigray, the military coup at Myanmar) -- on top of the ongoing global crises due to poverty and hunger, unfair distribution of wealth and [...]
Right Rev. Hamish Galloway, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) has called for Lenten prayers for Ukraine, joining other NZ church leaders in a statement of solidarity calling for the aggression [...]
Second Sunday in Lent Scripture: Philippians 3: 17 – 4:1 Reflection Paul is in prison writing to his beloved Philippians, who have journeyed together with him as participants of Christ’s mission and the time is [...]
In today’s digital age, we receive a massive volume of information transmitted instantly to our phones, be it critical world news, or ordinary video clips of everyday life from our relatives and friends. The vast [...]
By Dr Gifta Angline Kumar, Church of North India (CNI) Introduction The Covid-19 pandemic has devastated lives around the world. The pandemic has exposed sharp economic and social inequalities and has widened the already existing [...]
International Women's Day Scripture: Romans 10:8b-13 Reflection Today marks the First Sunday of Lent, a season of reflection and preparation for Easter, as well as an opportunity to acknowledge the faults we have and to [...]
The Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) is organising a time of prayer for Ukraine in the Domkerk in Utrecht on Ash Wednesday (2 March), 5.30 pm. This prayer for peace and justice in Ukraine [...]
The Council for World Mission Caribbean and Europe Regions will be hosting a Zoom event on International Women’s Day, 8 March, 11:30 a.m. Jamaica time/4:30 p.m. UK time as they join with churches and communities [...]
Church of South India (CSI) General Secretary C. Fernandas Rathina Raja has exhorted church members to work towards unity and compassion in his message in a recent issue of CSI Life. In the editorial, he [...]
The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT) has released an open letter addressing the war in Ukraine on the 75th anniversary of the February 28 massacre, which was an anti-government uprising met with violent suppression in [...]
As we enter a third Lenten season of COVID casting a shadow on the tourism sector, public life and more, we are stretched to our limits. In this time of vulnerability and tension, our relationships [...]
On 4th March 2022, we are expecting communities across the world to come together and participate in the CWM World Day of Prayer, a global prayer service. The 2022 theme, “In Solidarity with Myanmar and [...]
Transfiguration Sunday Scripture Luke 9: 29- 36 The Gospel of Luke begins verses 28-36 with the words ‘About a week after he had said these things’, but what are these things being referred to? We [...]
You are invited to join us for this year’s TIM40th Anniversary celebration, with the overarching theme Rising to Life: Celebrating the sowers and the seeds of Forty years of ‘Training in Mission’. For those who [...]
The first issue of INSiGHT in 2022 arrives in a time where our pandemic-stricken world continues to grapple with vaccine discrimination, the digital divide, rapid spread of misinformation and more. It carries CWM General Secretary [...]
World Day of Social Justice Scripture Luke 6: 27- 29 In the Old Testament, there is a strong understanding that justice is paying back what is fair and square. If one was to do violence [...]
General Secretary of CWM, Rev. Dr Jooseop Keum, called the Global Christian Leaders to re-envision the ecumenism. Invited by the Global Christian Forum (GCF) for its Facilitation Group Meeting, Rev. Dr Keum gave a stimulating [...]
You are invited to join us for this year’s TIM40th Anniversary celebration, with the overarching theme Rising to Life: Celebrating the sowers and the seeds of Forty years of ‘Training in Mission’. For those who [...]
Are you ready to join us for this year’s TIM40th Anniversary celebration, with the overarching theme Rising to Life: Celebrating the sowers and the seeds of Forty years of ‘Training in Mission’? For those who [...]
CWM Caribbean Region has released its first issue of its bi-monthly newsletter, Caribbean Buzz in 2022.This January-February issue focuses on gender justice, ahead of their online event on March 8 to commemorate the United Nations’ [...]
Tuesday, Feb. 1, was the one-year anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar that spiralled the country into chaos. Amidst the chaos, the Presbyterian Church of Myanmar (PCM) continues to move forward with its ministry. [...]
