Addressing the upcoming G20 International Taxation Symposium, a webinar brought together economists, activists, and church representatives to explore how tax justice and reparations—as called for in the ecumenical Zacchaeus Tax (ZacTax) campaign—could help the world [...]
“Church and Diakonia in the age of COVID-19” by Mothy Varkey is the eighth book of the series "Re-imagining Church as Event: Perspectives from the Margins". As we are facing an unprecedented global crisis triggered [...]
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 is evident that this crisis is deepening [...]
A panel of experts of different faiths spoke on debt cancellation and reparations as tools for promoting justice, sustainability and life-affirming economies in the third 2020 Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management public webinar [...]
Tax justice, including reforming the current tax systems, enacting jubilee, and paying reparations, was the focus of the second 2020 Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics, and Management (GEM School) public webinar. Students and guests were [...]
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 [...]
“We will bear witness, and we will keep watch.” This was the central message of several international church organizations and institutions to the Philippine government “in light of the deteriorating situation of civil liberties and [...]
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 [...]
United Nations Human Rights Council debate on “current racially inspired human rights violations, systematic racism, police brutality against people of African descent and violence against peaceful protests.” As people of faith, we welcome the debate [...]
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 [...]
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 publication possible with their contributions. As with every issue of INSiGHT, [...]
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 Sustainable Development Goals in New York recently. This global [...]
“The first of May will always be remembered as the day the world grew 11 countries smaller for 11 young individuals that crossed the bridges constructed by the Council of World Mission (CWM) connecting different [...]
“Focus on being ‘face to face’ with engagement spirituality, economic justice, economics of the poor and ecumenism at the grassroots. You will see this aplenty in India”. This was the challenge posed by Rev. Asir [...]
SCRIPTURE: John 17: 20-23 Reflection: Today there are many denominations. The Church splintered through the centuries not only because of doctrinal differences but also due to greed, power, money and other interests. We talk about [...]
154 ecumenical leaders and youth representatives from Taiwan and worldwide gathered at the Presbyterian Bible College in Hsinchu, Taiwan on 28 November for the Taiwan Ecumenical Forum (TEF). Themed “Asia Pacific Kairos: A prophetic call [...]
As a way to further explore Mission in the context of Empire, CWM Mission Development has produced a series of reflections on ‘stations of the resurrection’ as we explore what the appearances of the risen [...]
“As someone who lives in a place of privilege, a Pākeha (colonizer) New Zealander in postgraduate education, it is natural for me to be holistically critical of the societies we compose and the practices we [...]
We are delighted to inform you that we are once again accepting applications for the Building Life-Affirming Communities: Face To Face with the many poor and the many faiths in Asia. This will be held on 12 February to 24 [...]
Rev. Dr. Collin Cowan offered this challenge at the inaugural worship of the DARE Global Consultation that just concluded in Bangkok: “I call us to be daring in our prophetic witness; to be valiant in [...]
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, India programme is the Many Faiths and the [...]
Chang Jung Christian University (CJCU) located in Tainan, Taiwan became the backdrop to the first of its kind; Global Painting Retreat, organised by the Council for World Mission. The vision of Council for World Mission [...]
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 and prayers are with the people in Palestine. Our Christmas [...]
“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 Interfaith Consultation held in Kolkata that was inaugurated on [...]
We the participants of the consultation on ‘Interfaith engagement towards building life-affirming communities’ held in Kolkata between the 6th and 8th of November 2015 recognise the inevitable need to build life-affirming communities and acknowledge that [...]
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 gathered on 28–31 October 2015 in Bethlehem – in occupied Palestine to consider “Mission in the [...]
Bethlehem was host to a conference convened by the Council for World Mission (CWM). Twenty international and ten Palestinian scholars committed to the praxis of the marginalized - those people of the earth perpetually destined to [...]
03 October to 16 November, 2015 Location: India The Council for World Mission’s (CWM) Face to Face Programme aims to invite the youth participants in cultural, social, theological and contextual realities for them to [...]
We firmly stand beside our Dalit brothers and sisters in this continued fight against discrimination.
Bringing together more than 30 educators and activists in the field of education from all over the world and from various faiths, the Oikotree Workshop on Transformative Education took place at the Matanzas Theological Seminary [...]
