Isaiah 40: 21-31 Do you ever feel overwhelmed by what’s happening in the world around us? There are so many voices constantly raised in anger, creating d...
Mark 1:21-28 At its essence “evangelism” is about the euangelion, the good news concerning Jesus Christ; also known as the “gospel”...
The disruptive and unrelenting force of COVID-19 greeted us at the beginning of 2020 and grounded us for the entire year. The coronavirus has claimed the l...
Jonah 3:1-5,10; Psalm 62:5-12; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20 There is a thread running through the assigned readings for this Sunday: it is the shape...
1 Samuel 1: 1-20; John 1: 43-51 To live as servants of God’s life-flourishing creation, we need to be with God constantly and to cultivate a practice...
The seventh book in the “Re-imagining Church as Event: Perspectives from the Margins” series is “Church and Climate Justice” by Vinod Wesle...
Mark 1:4-11 The reading for today is about repentance and the remission of sins. Repentance is the activity of reviewing one’s actions and feeling contri...
Surrounded with loss and uncertainties, the Christmas season will be very different with many countries battling subsequent waves of COVID-19 infections, a...
“Do not be afraid. I bring you good news and that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born...
CWM offers these reflections for Advent at the close of a turbulent year. Advent is itself a time of turmoil and hope. We use it to prepare for the coming ...
The Elijah Interfaith Institute launched “Coronaspection”, a project where over 30 prominent faith leaders from 15 countries contribute their insights ...
Ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit held on 21-22 November, Council for World Mission (CWM) and several ecumenical partners wrote an urgent letter about the...
“Dalitekklesia: A Church from Below” by Raj Bharat Patta is the fifth book of the series “Re-imagining Church as Event: Perspectives from...
The twin issues of the pandemic and racism have been in the spotlight this year, with several countries heading into another lockdown phase as we inch towa...
A team of people from the United Reformed Church (URC) went to Israel and Palestine last autumn, to learn more about the situation facing Christians in Pal...
Church and Human Sexuality by Arvind Theodore is the fourth book of the series “Re-imagining Church as Event: Perspectives from the Margins”. W...
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on many lives around the world, and while it is too early to comprehend the full impact of the pandemic, it ...
A panel of experts of different faiths spoke on debt cancellation and reparations as tools for promoting justice, sustainability and life-affirming economi...
Are you excited as much as we are? You can register via https://edare.cwmission.org/register OR join us live at https://www.facebook.com/cwmission. Spread ...
How do we understand the healing touch of Jesus in the era of untact? What does it mean to ‘reopen’ the church? What might we learn from artists on how...
We’re less than a week away from our first eDARE conference that kicks off from Friday 30 October, till Sunday 1 November. Have you signed up? Spaces are...
eDARE 2020 is your opportunity to hear discerning voices from around the world! This week, we present to you our panelists from Africa & Europe, as wel...
This is a special and significant moment for CWM’s DARE forum as we move to a virtual platform to connect with daring and discerning minds from all over ...
Looking more details about the upcoming eDARE online forum? Want to register and reserve your space to hear this year’s panelists? All of the above – a...
CWM’s Discernment and Engagement (DARE) forum is going to be held online for the first time this year, from 30 October – 1 November, 7pm – 8....
We’re less than a month away from our first eDARE conference that kicks off from Friday 30 October, till Sunday 1 November. Have you marked the dates and...
CWM’s web talk series titled “COVID-19 does not discriminate: People and Systems do” is an ecumenical case study on Suriname, Jamaica and...
International scholars and theologians will speak on the topic “White Privilege in COVID-19 and White Supremacy in Mission” in the first of a series of...
In this video, Rev Manasa Wesley Vatanitawake, General Secretary of the Fiji Council of Churches spoke about the Fijian churches’ response to the pandemi...
By Rev. Dr Alesana and Lemau Pala’amo As a CCCS (Congregational Christian Church Samoa) minister and minister’s wife teaching at Malua Theological Coll...
Tax justice, including reforming the current tax systems, enacting jubilee, and paying reparations, was the focus of the second 2020 Ecumenical School on G...
The third public webinar for GEM School 2020 will focus on debt cancellation and reparations as tools for promoting justice, sustainability and life-affirm...
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A)’s Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) programme, an ecumenical, faith-based year of service for young people across the United St...
“We will bear witness, and we will keep watch.” This was the central message of several international church organizations and institutions to the Phil...
Applications are open for the Diploma in Eco-Justice Ministries 2020-2021, an online programme initiated by Council for World Mission (CWM) and offered by ...
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cast a dark cloud over several countries battling the second wave of COVID-19 infections – a threat lurking around the...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the human rights crisis in the Philippines has been worsening, as civic space is shrinking, endangering free speech and the a...
‘Women of Worth’ (Dissenting Women) is a series of podcasts by Council for World Mission (CWM). This series is part of our efforts to challenge...
A public online webinar “In a Time of Pandemic, Inequality, and Climate Change: Zacchaeus Tax (ZacTax) and Jubilee Now!” will be held on Monday 14 Sept...
The Board of Directors is pleased to invite expressions of interest, from suitable individuals, for the position of General Secretary for Council for World...
We are, in 2020, navigating uncharted waters. To face the current disruptive ways of living requires discernment and radical engagement (DARE). Struggles o...
“We are in the midst of four pandemics, and they are intertwined. The COVID pandemic has revealed more vividly the pandemics of economic injustice, racis...
“Church and Religious Diversity” by Joshua Samuel and Samuel Mall, the third book of the series “Re-imagining Church as Event: Perspect...
Council for World Mission (CWM) is inviting member churches and partner organisations to apply for support through the Covid-19 Mission Initiatives Fund....
Faith in the Age of Empire by Y. T. Vinayaraj will be launched soon. Here is what reviewers have to say about the second book in the “Re-imagining Church...
13 July 2020 The Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the Group of 20 (G20) Your Excellencies: Our organisations, the World Council of Churches ...
GEM School will be held virtually this year, with a public webinar on “Economy of life in a time of inequality, pandemic, and climate change”. ...
The first Book of the “Re-imagining Church as Event: Perspectives from the Margins” Series is coming soon. CHURCH AND GENDER JUSTICE by Aruna G...
Council for World Mission (CWM) is pleased to present our 2019 report, celebrating our accomplishments and giving thanks to God for the guidance, inspirati...
United Nations Human Rights Council debate on “current racially inspired human rights violations, systematic racism, police brutality against people of A...
George Floyd’s words of “Please, I can’t breathe” has changed our social landscape in countless ways – forcing us to pause, re-think and re-new o...
As churches reach out to their faithful through online platforms and live-streamed worship services during the pandemic, the nature and meaning of the body...
‘I can’t breathe!’ These were the terrified and terrifying words of George Floyd, as he was pinned to the ground by a white policeman in an illegal...
CWM has received the very sad news of the sudden death of Mr Biango Buia. Biango died peacefully in the early hours of 6 June, 2020, while still in activ...
The first book from Discernment and Radical Engagement (DARE) 2019, which is edited by Miguel A. De La Torre and Mitri Raheb, is now available for pre-orde...
We have received news that an outstanding leader and servant of the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa (UCCSA), and fellow worker in the Counc...
CWM Caribbean and CANACOM will be hosting “Caribbean voices on rising to life with Jesus”, a webinar series where speakers identify concrete ways Carib...
The current Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted every aspect of our lives in a world already plagued with immense human suffering. In response, four organisati...
By Lynnette Li This year’s Pentecost is different. Drastically different. This is a watershed moment that offers to reflect upon our mission and witness ...
Throughout the years of working with CWM, there were moments I welcomed with unfettered joy – my arrivals in Jamaica. My work involves travel, sometimes ...
Resistance to Empire and Militarization gathers critically reflective articles by 25 leading and emerging scholars/practitioners from religious and non-rel...
2Ki 7:3 Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, “Why stay here until we die? :4 If we say...
Council for World Mission has received news that Rev Bernard Thorogood has died. The 92-year-old patriarch, who served faithfully and with distinction, a...
Lal Ruat Kimi understands the need of education for women and is involved in teaching theology. She has devoted her whole life to Tahan Theological College...
A series of two e-conferences held on 17 and 24 April, brought together some 25 participants to reflect on the socio-economic-ecological impacts of the COV...
The COVID19 pandemic impacts on us all and reveals the deep divides between us. While for some, catching the virus will mean a measure of discomfort and ...
“Mission and Context”, the last volume in “Theology in the Age of Empire” series is out now. In these five volumes, an international collective of ...
by Rev Patricia Sheerattan-Bisnauth, Guyana Presbyterian Church We’re living in very interesting time in our dear land of Guyana – in a time of oil boo...
As the world battles COVID19, we are seeing a resurgence of racism and xenophobia towards the Chinese and other Asians, and remember those who also suffere...
by Imliyanger Jamir This past Sunday, we as Christians commemorated the suffering of Christ and Resurrection. Let us be reminded that Christ had to go thro...
The first publication of CWM Discernment and Radical Engagement (DARE) Context Reading Resources is now available. The DARE Context Readings Resources aims...
“I, exist!” is the theme for this year’s Easter reflections – where this year, we invited six Black women to share their Easter reflections thr...
The first CWM Pre-Assembly gathering in preparation for Global Assembly 2020 was held in the Caribbean on February 2-5 in Georgetown, Guyana. Delegates fro...
Covid-19 has devastated and decimated the whole world of humanity. We have come face to face with our fragility and liminality. We have discovered, painful...
This year’s Easter arrives in a time that has caught the world by storm. In three months of ferocity, the COVID19 has swept across the world, leaving wid...
19 March 2020 Singapore – CWM has announced the postponement the upcoming Assembly until June 2021. The decision was made at a special meeting hel...
Dear sisters and brothers, Greetings in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Saviour. We are facing an unprecedented crisis throughout the world at this time as...
Council for World Mission (CWM) pauses to express solidarity and to offer the assurance of our prayers on behalf of all those who have been infected with t...
By Adele Halliday Through my staff position as the Team Leader for Discipleship & Witness at the national office of The United Church of Canada1, I was...
He is no stranger to the CWM family, and has journeyed and served in various capacities. And now, Rev Dr Michael Jagessar begins a new chapter with us as t...
Update (20 March): The deadline for submission of papers has been extended to 14 April due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Discernment and radical engagement (DA...
The February issue of INSiGHT showcases a range of voices. You’ll read about marginalisation of market vendors in Jamaica; climate justice for vulnerable...
Update (16 March 2020): This year’s YWET programme to be held 1 – 31 July in Kingston, Jamaica is cancelled in light of the COVID-19 epidemic (Coro...
On Monday, 10th February 2020, the General Secretary of Council for World Mission (CWM), Rev Dr Collin Cowan led a delegation, comprising Rev Wayne Hawkins...
At 34, Sanna Marin became Finland’s prime minister last December, making her the youngest head of government in the world. Teenage climate activist Greta...
Even though migration is at the heart of God’s mission, migrants continue to be targeted and demonized, unless they come from dominant colonial communiti...
A new year breaks with fresh opportunities and possibilities for those who are prepared to imagine a future, transformed by the grace of God, which compels...
Applications are now open for Young Adults Training for Religious Amity (YATRA), to be held between 15-27 May 2020 in Fiji. Themed “Young People in the F...
During this season of celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, the latest issue of INSiGHT is an invitation to rise above consumerism, secularism, and racism...
Current and future church leaders are invited to apply for the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management (GEM School) for an Economy of Lif...
In the spirit of Christmas and in the name of the one whose birthday we celebrate, Jesus of Nazareth, Council for World Mission salutes you. We pray that y...
Applications are open for Building Life-Affirming Communities: Face To Face with the many poor and the many faiths in Asia. This will be held on 30 M...
The Board of Directors of Council for World Mission, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, expresses its deep concern for the citizens of Hong Kong in the...
Council for World Mission has received the news of the passing of Professor Vuyani Vellem with deep sadness. We knew of his illness and were in constant pr...
During Advent, we await God’s incarnation where God was made flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14). These four Sundays before Christmas, we prepare to wel...
On INSiGHT’s first birthday this October, we rejoice and celebrate the generosity of our writers and readers across the world who have made this publicat...
Inclusive communities. Worship and Discipleship. Interfaith relations and ecumenism. Militarisation and Conflict. Climate change. CWM’s programmes 2016-2...
In line with its vision of Fullness of life through Christ for all creation, CWM has committed that young people should be included in the life and witness...
The Season of Creation is an annual celebration of prayer and action to protect creation, observed from September 1 to October 4. Christians worldwide orga...
CWM, in partnership with WCC and WCRC, launched the Zacchaeus Tax campaign as a side event at the United Nations (UN) High-level Political Forum on the Sus...