Every year, prisoners in the Netherlands and Dutch people imprisoned abroad are sent an encouraging Easter greeting card, as part of PKN’s Easter greetings campaign. The Lent campaign organised by PKN and Kerk in Actie [...]
The United Church of Zambia (UCZ) has launched the Child Protection Safeguarding Policy at UCZ St Paul’s congregation in Lusaka during the Candlelight church service to commemorate the 16 days of activism against Gender Based [...]
The Congregational Christian Church Samoa (CCCS) is seeking a long-term Partner in Mission (PIM) to serve as a Science Teacher in the areas of Physics, Biology or Chemistry. The PIM will be responsible to teach [...]
Congregational Federation will join thousands of other churches in UK to take part in Safeguarding Sunday on 20 November, a national campaign to raise awareness of protecting vulnerable children and adults. It is organised by [...]
In heeding the biblical call to love strangers and to do justice, many members of Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) have opened their hearts and homes to those fleeing Ukraine, said PKN General Secretary [...]
The United Church of Zambia (UCZ) Trinity Congregation in Lusaka Central recently embarked on a two-year project building a two-storey church building to cater to an increasing church membership. With the wings of the old [...]
Church of South India (CSI) recently celebrated its 75th anniversary, attended by thousands of representatives from its 24 dioceses, civic and government leaders and more. Only a few weeks after the end of colonial rule, [...]
Etaretia Porotetani Maohi (EPM) sent a delegation to the United Nations (UN) 4th Committee on Decolonisation on 6 October as part of its “Waves of Destruction: Nuclear imperialism and anti-nuclear protest in Maohi Nui” project. [...]
Pilgrims at start of the journey from Salisbury Park URC in Wrexham Every Saturday, pilgrims from the United Reformed Church (URC) churches along the North Wales coast meet for a time of prayer [...]
The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT) conducted a Brunnen workshop on the theme “From International Isolation to Witnessing for National Dignity and Human Rights” during the 11th World Council of Churches (WCC) Assembly on 5 [...]
The United Reformed Church (URC) has joined Together with Refugees and over 100 organisations in an open letter calling on the UK government to fulfil its promise towards Afghans who have safely evacuated and provide [...]
Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) Moderator Right Rev Hamish Galloway has released a message for The Season of Creation, an annual ecumenical celebration of prayer and action for our common home. Observed from [...]
400 families will benefit from a Reverse Osmosis plant at Kanainagor, the St. Jacob Church (COB) compound in Mongla Upazilla, which is introduced by Shalom, a development organisation of Church of Bangladesh (COB). Due to [...]
In a historic moment for Tuvalu, two women, Rev. Oliula Kalahati and Rev. Sulufaiga Uota were ordained as ministers of Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu (EKT) in special ceremonies on 16 July. They join 41 ministers in [...]
The Church of South India (CSI) Synod, its Department of Mission and Evangelism and SEVA Department jointly organised a free Medical Camp at CNI St. Martin’s Church late last year. Over 200 people including missionaries [...]
In The United Church of Zambia (UCZ) Lusaka Presbytery’s shift from traditional methods of mobilising church funds for mission, it has launched Umodzi Investments, a newly registered company to spearhead all its investment activities. During [...]
A Newbigin Public Lecture will be given by Dr Cathy Ross (missiologist, author, CMS) on Saturday 2 July 2022, together with a celebration of the Newbigin Pioneering Hub, a 50th anniversary project for the United [...]
The Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) Moderator Right Rev Hamish Galloway has exhorted church members to “understand our biblical mandate to be informed and care about this (refugee) crisis” in his Refugee Sunday [...]
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) has produced a new Bible Study resource “Sanctuary: The Hospitality of Host, Guest and Stranger” offering reflections, prayers and ideas for action for this year’s Refugee Week from [...]
The past two years of COVID-19 has been a time where churches have had to rethink and devise new ways of being church and community, be it pastoral contact by providing food and medicine, or [...]
The Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) has reached a milestone decision to offer any future church-owned land for sale to Maori iwi first. This comes as PCANZ reckons with its colonial past and [...]
The Barishal Diocese of the Church of Bangladesh (COB) has ordained two females as deacons – a occasion for rejoicing as it marked the resumption of women’s ordination in COB after a 15-year interval. The [...]
The United Reformed Church (URC) is celebrating the milestone that all its 11 synods have signed up to become an “Eco Synod”, fulfilling part of URC’s wider commitment to urgently reduce carbon emissions across church [...]
In association with the Church of South India (CSI) Synod, the Certificate Course in Eco-theology offered by United Theological College, Bengaluru (UTC) has been opened to students recommended by CSI’s mission partners and sister churches [...]
During the Presbyterian Church of Taiwan (PCT)’s recent General Assembly, CWM General Secretary Rev. Dr Jooseop Keum sent a short video greeting, where he affirmed PCT’s active partnership in “facilitating the mission for peace and [...]
Congregational Federation (CF) General Secretary Rev. Yvonne Campbell, United Reformed Church (URC) General Secretary Rev. Dr John Bradbury and URC Moderator Rev. Clare Downing were among delegates at the Churches Together in England (CTE) Forum [...]
Part of United Church of Zambia (UCZ)’s holistic mission has been its mission hospitals and clinics, which have been instrumental in providing healthcare to diverse communities since the era of early missionaries. Some healthcare facilities [...]
The Council for World Mission (CWM) has developed a curriculum for Theological Education for an Economy of Life (TEEL). CWM commissioned a team of scholars from Africa, Asia, USA, Europe, and the Caribbean to design [...]
With recent struggles of COVID weariness, a widening income inequality due to house prices spiralling out of control, and dismay at the brutal invasion of Ukraine, Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) Moderator Right [...]
UWI General Secretary Rev. Dyfrig Rees (left) was among the Christian leaders gathered outside the Embassy of Ukraine in London in prayer and solidarity. Hundreds of congregations from churches of various denominations across [...]
The first Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide (CCCW) CCCW’s residential Summer Institute on “World Christianity and Global Challenges” is open for applications. Held between 18-22 July 2022 in Cambridge, England, CWM General Secretary, Rev. Dr [...]
To strengthen the United Church of Zambia (UCZ)’s Child Safeguarding policy, UCZ has piloted a three-year programme against child abuse in response to different forms of child abuse in schools and communities where UCZ has [...]
25 March 2022 March 25th marks the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, a moment to remember the African holocaust in which millions died and suffered horrors [...]
Over 139 participants attended “Women Breaking Chains, Nurturing Communities, Planting Seeds of Hope”, a virtual event held by the Gender Justice Working Group of the Council for World Mission (CWM) Caribbean and Europe regions on [...]
The CWM World Day of Prayer 2022 gathered more than 100 participants from CWM member churches and ecumenical partners worldwide for a time of prayer and to stand in solidarity with our sisters and brothers [...]
A catastrophic food crisis in Southern Madagascar which faced its worst drought in 40 years, has pushed over a million people to starvation. Since September 2020, Madagascar has been trapped in the worst drought it [...]
The Racial Justice Advocacy Forum calls for coverage, prayer and action for Black and Brown peoples facing racial discrimination amidst the invasion of Ukraine. UK— March 2022 — The Racial Justice Advocacy Forum condemns the [...]
Church of South India (CSI) South Kerala Diocese launched a new online worship platform for children last year, inaugurated by the Most Rev. A. Dharmaraj Rasalam, Bishop in South Kerala Diocese. This initiative by the [...]
Every year, prisoners in the Netherlands and Dutch people imprisoned abroad are sent an encouraging Easter greeting card, as part of PKN’s Easter greetings campaign. During Lent, PKN and Kerk in Actie organise for tens [...]
In line with our efforts to present and enhance INSiGHT as a resource for planning church calendar observances, INSiGHT March arrives with a series of Lenten Meditations that culminates in CWM Moderator Rev. Lydia Neshangwe’s [...]
Right Rev. Hamish Galloway, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) has called for Lenten prayers for Ukraine, joining other NZ church leaders in a statement of solidarity calling for the aggression [...]
In today’s digital age, we receive a massive volume of information transmitted instantly to our phones, be it critical world news, or ordinary video clips of everyday life from our relatives and friends. The vast [...]
The Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) is organising a time of prayer for Ukraine in the Domkerk in Utrecht on Ash Wednesday (2 March), 5.30 pm. This prayer for peace and justice in Ukraine [...]
Church of South India (CSI) General Secretary C. Fernandas Rathina Raja has exhorted church members to work towards unity and compassion in his message in a recent issue of CSI Life. In the editorial, he [...]
The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT) has released an open letter addressing the war in Ukraine on the 75th anniversary of the February 28 massacre, which was an anti-government uprising met with violent suppression in [...]
As we enter a third Lenten season of COVID casting a shadow on the tourism sector, public life and more, we are stretched to our limits. In this time of vulnerability and tension, our relationships [...]
CWM Caribbean Region has released its first issue of its bi-monthly newsletter, Caribbean Buzz in 2022.This January-February issue focuses on gender justice, ahead of their online event on March 8 to commemorate the United Nations’ [...]
Tuesday, Feb. 1, was the one-year anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar that spiralled the country into chaos. Amidst the chaos, the Presbyterian Church of Myanmar (PCM) continues to move forward with its ministry. [...]
Congregational members from Banstead United Reformed Church (URC) in Surrey and the Muslim Cultural & Welfare Association of Sutton gathered for an open Q&A to learn more about each other’s faith. In Darwen, Lancashire, churches [...]
The United Church of Zambia (UCZ) has “adopted the missional approach by placing emphasis on congregations where mission takes place and the higher courts be merely coordinating bodies”, said the UCZ Synod Bishop in his [...]
Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) has expressed “deep concern” and “its heartfelt prayers” for the people of Tonga following the eruption of a massive underwater volcano, which triggered tsunami waves around the Pacific [...]
Coming out of mission consultations regarding the need for Guyana Congregational Union (GCU) to transition from engaging ministry in maintenance mode to ‘missional congregations,’ it was clear that the condition of the building (Quamina House) [...]
The Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (UPCSA) Moderator Right Rev. Sipho J Mtetwa, was among those who paid tribute to the late Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Prize Laureate for his anti-apartheid work. [...]
The last two years was the first time in the Union of Welsh Independents (UWI)’s history with chapels closed for extended periods of time, breaking the link between buildings and their congregations, said the UWI [...]
During the national-wide COVID-19 lockdown, Congregational Union of New Zealand (CUNZ) supplied food parcels and cash grants to those who were hardest hit, mainly due to loss of income. They were able to tap on [...]
Earlier this year, the Church of North India (CNI) General Secretary Rev Dennis Lall reminded church members that biblical stewardship encompasses not only monetary donations, but also responsible usage of time and other resources we [...]
In a diverse society, opportunities to engage with religious communities present themselves in various ways. One such instance is local churches are often approached by other faith communities seeking premises where they can hold worship [...]
After the fatal stabbing of MP Sir David Amess in a Methodist Church building, the United Reformed Church (URC) has shared a resource on safety guidance for religious buildings from the government’s Centre for the [...]
In the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ) Moderator Rt Rev. Hamish Galloway’s Christmas Message, he wrote about what Bible scholar NT Wright identified as “signposts” to life such as justice, love, beauty and [...]
Due to the pandemic, Dutch sailors working at merchant navy ships, many of whom are Christians, were not allowed to disembark their ships after March 2020, and this isolation stretched to 15 months. To help [...]
