The May issue of INSiGHT arrives on the back of Easter, and as we head towards Pentecost, in a time of rising casualties from the conflict in Ukraine. CWM and member churches have responded with [...]
Council for World Mission (CWM) congratulates Rev. Nan Wyn Powell-Davies, the General Secretary elect of the Presbyterian Church of Wales (PCW). She is currently serving the PCW as Assistant Director of Ministries. The Moderator [...]
The General Secretary of the CWM, Rev. Dr Jooseop Keum, expressed his grave concern about the ongoing military coup in Myanmar and called out the member churches of the CWM to pray for the people [...]
Metropolitan Dr Geevarghese Mor Coorilos, the Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church, Moderator of Commission on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) of the World Council of Churches and president of the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF) [...]
Did you miss out on the riveting eDARE (Discernment and Radical Engagement) 2021 webinars last October? Or do you want to catch the sessions all over again? Last October 2021, Council for World Mission (CWM) [...]
The General Secretaries’ Conference of the CWM Called the Member Churches to Engage in Mission as Prophetic Dialogue in the time of the Pandemic The biennial General Secretaries’ Conference of the Council for World Mission [...]
The April issue of INSiGHT continues to expand on the theme of life-flourishing communities. Dr Eve Parker from Durham University shares about life-affirming curricula in theological education; and Dr Garnett Roper former President of the [...]
This Easter message is intended to greet us with hope and to assure us of life amid the relentless onslaught of challenging circumstances. It is an affirmation that the God of life beckons us to [...]
We salute you on this International Women’s Day (IWD), which is celebrated each year on March 8 since the early 1900s, to shine the spotlight on women and their rights. The theme of 2021 is [...]
Nations and communities are still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic. So what do we have to laugh about? Is there a place for comedy and the pandemic to co-exist? Siân Roberts from Union of Welsh [...]
Surrounded with loss and uncertainties, the Christmas season will be very different with many countries battling subsequent waves of COVID-19 infections, and the disruptive patterns that have become the new norm. In this climate of [...]
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 of the Christ-child into our [...]
"Dalitekklesia: A Church from Below" by Raj Bharat Patta is the fifth book of the series "Re-imagining Church as Event: Perspectives from the Margins”. What is the locus, where is the locality and where is [...]
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 towards Advent. The October issue of INSiGHT attempts to [...]
Church of South India (CSI) has launched the “Always Remember Missionaries (ARM)-AMEN Movement 2020”, a specific missional call to all congregations to support and encourage the missionaries and evangelists unceasingly. The movement serves as a [...]
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 Palestine. The trip was part of the URC’s formal [...]
By Rev. Dr Alesana and Lemau Pala’amo New Zealand Minister for Pacific Peoples Hon Aupito William Sio (centre) received by Rev Dr Pala'amo (far right) during his visit to MHPSS unit during MES19. [...]
The third public webinar for GEM School 2020 will focus on debt cancellation and reparations as tools for promoting justice, sustainability and life-affirming economies. The webinar will be held on 2 October, Friday, 14:00-15:30 (CEST). [...]
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 States and worldwide, is going virtual for the first time on 5 October 2020. [...]
Several congregations of the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (UPCSA) have re-opened their doors for public worship during the pandemic, with many considering or postponing the decision – a move welcomed by UPCSA General [...]
Research has shown that when the U.K was in crisis, faith groups often stepped up to serve urgent needs in the community. To this end, United Reformed Church has created “Crisis Communications Plan for Local [...]
The Church Property Trustees of Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) have reminded parishes of their responsibilities as landlords, as they shared about regular issues of property maintenance, the Presbyterian Investment Fund and residential [...]
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 corner for others. Compounding this problem are issues of inequality [...]
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 airing of legitimate political grievances in the public square. The new [...]
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 September, where panellists will explore how taxation, reparations and debt [...]
The Board of Directors is pleased to invite expressions of interest, from suitable individuals, for the position of General Secretary for Council for World Mission (CWM) to take over from Rev Dr Collin Cowan who [...]
The Welsh government and Cytun (Churches Together in Wales) jointly chaired an online Question and Answer session for faith communities in mid-July, to provide them with the opportunity to raise questions about the process of [...]
Individuals and Church families are often shaped by their inherited theology, location and local distribution, and the responsibility to carry the baton to continue their forefathers’ work, and holding it in trust for future generations. [...]
“We are in the midst of four pandemics, and they are intertwined. The COVID pandemic has revealed more vividly the pandemics of economic injustice, racism, and climate change,” said Cynthia Moe-Lobeda in her presentation to [...]
"Church and Religious Diversity" by Joshua Samuel and Samuel Mall, the third book of the series "Re-imagining Church as Event: Perspectives from the Margins" is coming soon. The context of the church in South Asia [...]
Council for World Mission (CWM) is inviting member churches and partner organisations to apply for support through the Covid-19 Mission Initiatives Fund. These are days of clear missional challenge, as the first wave of Covid-19 has already [...]
The global reach of COVID-19 revealed our shared human nature and inter-connectivity of our economies, political structures, healthcare systems, food chain production, energy and transportation systems. Thus, it is apt that this year’s theme for [...]
Anti-extradition conflicts since June 2019, coupled with the COVID-19 epidemic, have beset most sectors of the Hong Kong community, bringing about challenges ranging from health, livelihood, unemployment, the slowing economy to political controversies. In a [...]
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 (WCC), World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), Lutheran World Federation [...]
The Papua Church Council has criticised the Indonesian government for institutionalised racism in handling West Papua’s 59-year struggle for self-determination, highlighting Jakarta's handling of protests in Surabaya last August. After an Indonesian flag was damaged, [...]
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 our commitment to not only end systematic racism and injustice, but [...]
The first seeds for the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) Food Bank was planted in Suva, Fiji towards the end of April, situated in direct view of the central Government offices and buildings which housed [...]
Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK) were among the churches and councils of churches worldwide endorsing a Joint Ecumenical Message marking the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, delivered during a live-streamed event [...]
‘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 act of police violence and extra-judicial murder in [...]
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-order. In Resisting Occupation- A Global Struggle for Liberation, [...]
We have received news that an outstanding leader and servant of the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa (UCCSA), and fellow worker in the Council for World mission (CWM), has died. Rev Samuel Arends, who [...]
The current Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted every aspect of our lives in a world already plagued with immense human suffering. In response, four organisations – the World Council of Churches (WCC), the World Communion of [...]
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 as disciples of Christ. Global trade, movement and manufacturing is significantly [...]
Council for World Mission has received news that Rev Bernard Thorogood has died. The 92-year-old patriarch, who served faithfully and with distinction, as a missionary of the former London Missionary Society and the first General [...]
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 COVID-19 crisis and how it offers the world an opportunity to [...]
The first publication of CWM Discernment and Radical Engagement (DARE) Context Reading Resources is now available. The DARE Context Readings Resources aims to provide biblical and theological resources on the nine themes of CWM: children [...]
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 we grapple with the impact of the COVID-19 [...]
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 the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) and with the families [...]
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 the Mission Secretary for Europe. Known [...]
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, Deputy General Secretary, Mrs Rose Wedderburn, Board Director, and Mr [...]
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 Thunberg, 17, is the youngest individual to be named Time Magazine’s [...]
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 Frontline of Transformation”, the inter-religious training programme will offer [...]
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. You’ll find voices of Hming Sangi (PCM) advocating for gender [...]
Current and future church leaders are invited to apply for the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management (GEM School) for an Economy of Life from 17 – 28 August 2020, tentatively to be held [...]
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 March to 10 May 2020 and conducted at the India Peace Centre in Nagpur, India. CWM’s six-week Face to Face Programme [...]
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 prayer and dialogue with him. We did not [...]
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 welcome the coming of Jesus into Mary’s arms, into our [...]
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 of their churches and communities, not merely [...]
The Season of Creation is an annual celebration of prayer and action to protect creation, observed from September 1 to October 4. Christians worldwide organise events in their communities ranging from prayer services to litter [...]
2016 marked the formal celebration of Etaretia Porotetani Maohi (EPM) entry into the Council for World Mission partnership. It is also a homecoming as the Islands of Maohi Nui were the first islands to which [...]
