The Council for World Mission is pleased to invite expressions of interest to join the staff team for the position of Programme Associate – Eur...
Council for World Mission (CWM)’s Europe and Caribbean representatives met at the Colloquium for a New International Financial and Economic Architect...
A NEW FACE PROGRAMME Where: Auckland, Aotearoa-New Zealand Theme: Agents of Change – Theology Mission and Transformation In collaboration with Trinit...
In the name and on behalf of the entire Council for World Mission family, a partnership of churches in forty-two countries around the world, I salute you i...
“Poverty eradication is not going to happen by just handing out charity to the poor, however helpful that is. What is required is a well organi...
Delegates met for the MMF for the Africa Region in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, co-hosted by the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa (UCCSA) and United ...
For over a period of 400 years, more than 15 million were victims of the transatlantic slave trade. Fueled by economic ambitions, transatlantic slave trade...
The MMF for the Europe region was held at Hothorpe Hall in Leicestershire. Set in beautiful countryside, the gathered representatives of the European membe...
Housed at SOAS Library, University of London, since 1973, the archives of the Council for World Mission are a unique historical resource for the study of t...
CWM Council made a decision in June 2016 to develop a programme which could bring together Team Visits and Face the Facts so that member churches can be as...
40 years of God’s continual mission moving God’s people from everywhere to everywhere to establish justice, prophetic witness and liberation fo...
The Council for World Mission invites expressions of interest to join the staff team for the position of Programme Associate – South ...
The Worship and Discipleship workshop, ‘Beyond Ourselves’ sought to provide a space for the exploration of the inter-relationships between wors...
Participants from the CWM Asia regions met in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 25-30 November 2016 for the second New International Financial and Economic Archi...
The Christmas season, the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ the Saviour of the world, gives us pause. We contemplate the gift of a Saviour, born int...
‘In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered’ Luke 2:1 This is how Luke introduce...
“Do this everywhere!” That was the verdict of one of the participants in the Roving School of Theology which was held in Georgetown, Guya...
‘In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered’ Luke 2:1 This is how Luke introduce...
In 2015, as many as 21 million men, women, and children around the world are victims of “human trafficking”[1] and there are as many as 244 mil...
‘In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered’ Luke 2:1 This is how Luke int...
In September 2015, the General Secretary of the UPCSA, Rev Lungile Mpetsheni and Rev Dr George Marchinkowski UPCSA then Convener, Mission and Disciple Comm...
‘In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered’ Luke 2:1 This is how Luke introduce...
The CWM theological consultation, dubbed ‘Theological Education as Transformative Praxis’ hosted by Bishops’ College in Kolkata, India is...
‘In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered’ Luke 2:1 This is how Luke int...
Advent describes the time in the Church’s calendar when we prepare ourselves for Christ’s coming at Christmas. For many countries prepara...
CWM ADVENT GREETINGS Advent describes the time in the Church’s calendar when we prepare ourselves for Christ’s coming at Christmas. For m...
CWM member-church, the United Church in Jamaica and Cayman Islands (UCJCI), gathered a small task force to look at short-term and long-term responses to th...
The CWM board members who were elected at the Assembly in June converged in Singapore for a three-day meeting, 23 to 25 October, 2016. Their first activity...
‘TIM 2016 are a creative, warm, lively and committed group of young people, full of a great spirit of life. They are a great example of all tha...
CWM’s antecedent, the London Missionary Society sent many young enthusiastic missionaries all over the globe to share the good news of the gospel. Wh...
The fourteen theological students from ten different countries across the world are presently participating in the Face to Face programme in India, located...
The ten Training in Mission (TIM) participants left Fiji on 8 September to continue the programme in Kiribati until 23 September. The Kiribati leg of the P...
In the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands we believe that ‘Every Child Counts’! – UCJCI Child Protection Policy Committee At...
The inauguration of Face to Face India took place on 3 September 2016 at St. Thomas’ Chapel in Bishop’s College. The theme of the Face to Face,...
The CWM) Training in Mission (TIM) participants arrived in Fiji from Taiwan on 1 July 2016 to continue their mission training. Fiji, is a small Pacific isl...
Fourteen (14) theological college students from different countries are making their way to India to participate in the Face to Face (F2F), India programme...
On behalf of the Board of Directors and members of the Secretariat of Council for World Mission, I pay tribute to the life and legacy of the Rev Earle Tham...
The new CWM Moderator and Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in India (PCI) Rev DC Haia launched CWM’s new Disability Action Project and Grant Prog...
The CWM staff were pleased to host Rev DC Haia, the new CWM Moderator, on his first visit in office to Singapore. In three days of meetings, the Mode...
During any Olympic season, we are reminded of the resilience of the human spirit as we watch athletes test the endurance and pliability of their bodies. We...
The Programme Associate role reports to the Mission Secretary for Africa, and is based in the Republic of South Africa. The programme team works clos...
For several years now the Council for World Mission has been involved in the organization of cross cultural exchange to enable a wider global dialogue on t...
If you are young, want to join in an Intensive Mission Training for Seven Months in Four countries with a group of young people from different parts of the...
The Programme Team has an opening for the position of Programme Associate for Mission Programme. The Programme Associate role reports to the Mission ...
Council for World Mission Board of Directors is meeting in preparation for our General Assembly whose theme is Healing: Hope in Action. The Bible study dur...
We are now accepting applications for the Building Life-Affirming Communities: Face To Face with the many poor and the many faiths in Asia. ...
The plight of children in the Caribbean region is one which receives high priority by member church The United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands (UC...
Chairman of the Guyana Congregational Union Rev. Noel Holder paid a courtesy visit to the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands by attending thei...
“We need prophets who are restless for justice and peace. Prophets who will not compromise the truth for personal security; prophets who will not tur...
Ten (10) participants of this year’s Training in Mission Programme (TIM) arrived in Taiwan on 2nd May for the commencement of the Programme in Taiwan...
The Partners in Mission Associate role reports to the Deputy General Secretary for Programme. Based in Singapore, this role was created in 2015 to work clo...
Face to Face participants meeting in Utrecht have been working in centres and churches supporting people who experience migration. They visited a detention...
Chang Jung Christian University (CJCU) located in Tainan, Taiwan became the backdrop to the first of its kind; Global Painting Retreat, organised by the Co...
“This is an opportunity for me to explore new context of mission in the midst of challenges of Migration and Human Trafficking in Netherland”, ...
Accompanying our member churches in their journey towards better financial management is part of CWM’s commitment in partnering them in building...
On behalf of Council for World Mission I greet you and wish you a holy and peace-filled Easter. As the Christian community around the world celebrate this ...
The Mission Secretary for the Pacific, Rev Fei Taulealeausumai initiated a visit to Uniting World (Uniting Church of Australia) to follow through a&nb...
Today the Mission in Secularised Contexts programme came to a close with a lively debate about what the mission documents Together Towards Life (WCC 2013),...
On Tuesday 23rd February we began our ambitious programme to consider the nature of mission in secularised contexts. This programme has been put together w...
CWM is pleased to present the 2016 Assembly logo which was unveiled following a service of prayer and worship attended by CWM staff led by the General Secr...
Photo: Ms Veronica Chua with General Secretary, Rev Dr Collin Cowan. CWM welcomes Ms Veronica Chua as a member of the staff team in her role as...
The message and the miracle of Christmas is that God’s love greeted a perishing world wrapped in the simplicity of a child, born of ordinary parents ...
Council for World Mission wishes to express its commitment to solidarity with the people in the Middle East in their struggles. This Christmas our thoughts...
Image Caption: TIM students with the mural they painted for the children’s room at Presbyterian Support Family Works in Manurewa. The mura...
Aiwo Congregational Church, Nauru 29th November Nauru made history on the 29th November 2015 by ordaining their first women ministers: Pastor Wanda J...
We, the participants of the Asia Pacific Regional Workshop on “Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response” organised by CWM and PCT with tech...
CWM welcomes the Climate Change negotiations towards a long term deal to limit carbon emissions happening in Paris beginning 30 November 2015. ...
“What separates us is not the theology of our faith but its politics” said Rev. Dr. Collin Cowan while delivering his key note address at the I...
We the participants of the consultation on ‘Interfaith engagement towards building life-affirming communities’ held in Kolkata between the 6th ...
This is an extract from the November 2015 edition of Reform Magazine. There can be no denying that evangelism, or the proclamation of the good news of...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfWAqdv_g2M At the invitation of the Council for World Mission, a global community of churches together in mission, we gath...
The Council for World Mission is pleased to invite expressions of interest to join the staff team in the following positions: Head of Finance and Administr...
Bethlehem was host to a conference convened by the Council for World Mission (CWM). Twenty international and ten Palestinian scholars committed to the...
2015 South Asia Regional Round Table Meeting From 22-25 October member churches of South Asia Region, namely Church of South India, Church of North India, ...
Four of the eight participants slated for the A New Faith and Culture Exposure programme have begun a week of orientation in Kingston, Jamaica. It is...
“We dare to claim that there is need to address the economic globalisation, marked by unregulated free market enterprise, systems designed to maintai...
03 October to 16 November, 2015 Location: India The Council for World Mission’s (CWM) Face to Face Programme aims to invite the youth particip...
Directors of the Council for World Mission voted to elect the Very Rev Pamela Tankersley Moderator of CWM Ltd with effect from August 2015.&nbs...
26-30 September 2015, Bangkok, Thailand The CWM Mission Enabling Team and World Council of Churches – Commission on World Mission and Evangelis...
CWM Caribbean/CANACOM Youth Forum on Human Trafficking 29th July – 1st August 2015, Georgetown, Guyana Forum One: A Shock to My Consciousness “...
Face to Face Netherlands 2016 The Face to Face: Mission in the Context of Empire through the Lens of Migration and Human Trafficking (Face to Face&nbs...
On 17 – 18 September, 2015, the Council for World Mission conducted a consultation to look at the Partners in Mission programme, evaluating its ...
General Secretary’s Greetings at the Council Meeting of the Union of Welsh Independents Rev Dr Collin Cowan, Council for World Mission 25 September 2015 ...
16th -30th August 2015 For two weeks in August young people from the European and Caribbean Region took part in the Exploration Programme in the Netherland...
5-13 September 2015, Sydney, Australia The CWM Mission Enabling Team, World Council of Churches Commission for World Mission & Evangelism, together wit...
Training in Mission 2016 The Council for World Mission is pleased to inform you that we are now accepting applications for the Training in Mission (TIM) 20...
We have been experiencing the pioneer church of Kerk Op De Kop. By leading the monthly celebration with the church we met the group and by talking to the w...
21- 28 August, 2015 From 21-28 August, eight representatives of CWM churches are gathering in Harare, Zimbabwe for a week long leaders training and debrief...
23 – 28th July, Apia, Samoa On the 24th July 2015, the Pacific Region met in Apia, Samoa for their Regional Round Table. As part of our immersi...
The Directors of the Council for World Mission have appointed the Rev Dr Collin I. Cowan to a second term as General Secretary at the annual Council meetin...
The Council for World Mission (CWM) Board of Directors concludes its annual Council meeting on a high note. This meeting was held from on 15 to 18 June in ...
In April and May ten super participants from Germany; Kiribati; Tonga/Australia; Karin/Singapore; Indonesia; Taiwan; Zimbabwe/Zambia; Ghana; India joined t...
We are now accepting applications for the A New Faith And Culture Experience (ANF) 2015 Programme.
Rev. Charles Chua from the Presbyterian Church in Singapore is a Partner in Mission currently serving with the Presbyterian Church of Wales in Swansea. On ...
Partner in Mission Rev Ta-Li Hsieh’s most striking observation about Singapore is its duality. After spending 6 years in this urban jungle, he s...
14 international musicians, composers and liturgists gathered to reflect on the state of liturgical music today
Understanding mission in theological education in the changing landscape of the 21st century
An Uncle and his Niece walked on a picturesque beach on one of the many Atolls that make up the Islands of Kiribati in the South Pacific. One can only gues...
We firmly stand beside our Dalit brothers and sisters in this continued fight against discrimination.
The 2015 Caribbean Region Roundtable kicked off last Sunday, 22nd March, with a worship service at a local congregation of the Guyana Congregations U...