Asia-Pacific Workshop On Re-Imagining Worship As Acts Of Defiance and Alternatives In The Context Of Empire
For six days in early August, scholars, pastors and students from 15 countries in Asia and the Pacific got together in Manila, Philippines to do something new: to think about the church from the perspective of the poor using liturgical tools as forms of mission and defiance. The backdrop of their work was the heavy present of the Empire breathing [...]
A Pastoral letter to CWM Member Churches on Article 377A
The statements about Article 377A in the media in Singapore, by Christian and other religious bodies, whereby consensual sexual relations between male adults are outlawed under former British colonial legislation, have prompted me to share with the Council for World Mission (CWM) membership, here in Singapore and beyond, something of CWM’s vision of churches as inclusive communities. I think CWM [...]
CWM holds first Asia Youth Initiative in Seoul, Korea
CWM’s first Asia Youth Initiative (AYI) gathered 55 participants from East Asia and South Asia member churches from Aug 7 -12, 2018, in Seoul, South Korea. It was a time of mutual learning and encouragement as they engaged with missional issues in their regional contexts which included civic engagement & multimedia, safe spaces for youth, human sexuality, poverty, and understanding [...]
