The Council for World Mission in the Pacific Region kickstarted its Youth Initiative on 3rd October 2022, in Coral Coast, Fiji. The week-long youth initiative aims to create a safe space for the young people [...]
Council for World Mission (CWM) General Secretary Rev. Dr Jooseop Keum delivered a message of solidarity to the people of Tonga during an online prayer vigil organised by CWM Pacific Region on 28 January. The [...]
The Council for World Mission (CWM) Pacific Region is organising an online prayer vigil for the people of Tonga on 28 January, Friday, 3.30pm (Fiji Time) following a devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami that destroyed [...]
Kiribati Uniting Church (KUC) recently held a church service at Tangintebu Theological College to commemorate 164 years of the arrival of the gospel, through missionary Rev. Dr Hiram Bingham and members of the American Board [...]
The Ruth narrative opens with a climate crisis – a famine pushed a family to migrate – and addresses some of the critical concerns for refugees: food, security, home, land, inheritance. Around those concerns, Losing [...]
The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) General Secretary Rev. James Bhagwan, accompanied by PCC staff, unfurled a banner denouncing fossil fuels at sea in Suva, Fiji on 14 October. In conjunction with Greenfaith, he was [...]
Funafuti, an atoll and the capital of Tuvalu where Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu (EKT)’s headquarters is located, has been more vulnerable to the pandemic as it is the main hub where people arriving or departing from [...]
The 136th Synod of the Etaretia Porotetani Ma'ohi (EPM) called for the Maohi people to be emancipated from “the plundering of its resources, nuclear experiments and bribes of millionaires”, according to a report by RNZ [...]
During the Pacific Climate Justice Summit earlier this week, Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) General Secretary Rev James Bhagwan said that any just recovery from COVID-19 must incorporate facets of justice such as life-changing advocacy [...]
The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT) and Kiribati Uniting Church (KUC) have made a joint effort spanning close to a year for physically challenged Kiribati children to receive wheelchairs. The Kiribati School and Centre for [...]
During the opening of the Regional Youth Ecumenical Council (REYC), Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) General Secretary Rev James Bhagwan encouraged youths to adapt, evolve and grow while retaining what was good and true from [...]
Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) General Secretary Rev James Bhagwan has written to Pacific church leaders seeking prayer for affected communities following the La Soufrière volcanic eruption in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. This came [...]
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 to encounter Him whenever we receive the opportunity. [...]
Some years ago, the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) introduced the White Ribbon Campaign to New Zealand, which is believed to have the highest rate of reported gender-based violence (GBV) in developed countries. [...]
Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) Freedom Sunday is on 6 December, and PCC is inviting their leaders and congregations from member churches to join in a time of prayer and fasting for West Papua, Kanaky [...]
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. [...]
Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) General Secretary Rev James Bhagwan has asked those in the Pacific to pray for Kanaky’s sovereignty and self-determination in his recent pastoral letter to member churches. Specifically, he called on [...]
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 [...]
UN Women and the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) have inked a partnership deal to address the regional epidemic of gender-based violence. The project comprises a regional mapping of faith-based responses to Violence Against Women [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) addressed the Standing Committee of Foreign Affairs and Defence of the Parliament of Fiji in a statement earlier this year, with appreciation and support of Fiji’s ratification of the [...]
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 active service as Acting Assembly Secretary [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Friday, 15 March 2019 Council for World Mission (CWM) shares the pain and grief of the people of New Zealand in this time of unprecedented tragedy in that country. There can be no way to [...]
Brief history The history of the Congregational Union of New Zealand (CUNZ) started in 1842 when a Mr. Jonas Woodward commenced services in his home in Wellington, New Zealand. The first Congregational Church at Auckland [...]
Cliff Bird, Mission Secretary for the Pacific region, and I recently completed a successful solidarity visit with the Nauru Congregational Church (NCC). The visit was meant to provide space for the church to share their [...]
O Lord our Lord, how majestic in your name in all the Earth! These words best describe the extent of my experience in Tuvalu, islands of pristine beauty and grandeur. The land, surrounded by the [...]
The ten member churches of the CWM Pacific Region met on the 2nd to 4th May at Novotel, Nadi for the Regional Assembly guided by the CWM sub-theme “Healing the Broken Body: Hoping for Renewal.” [...]
Introduction and History The date of 1840 is the year generally given for the beginning of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand (PCANZ). It was in that year that the first systematic provision of [...]
Thirty-five representatives from member-churches of Council for World Mission’s (CWM) Pacific Region attended the second NIFEA Pacific colloquium held from 19 to 22nd March, 2018 at Novotel Hotel in Nadi, Fiji. The colloquium started with [...]
Brief History Since the arrival of the first missionaries of the London Missionary Society (LMS), to bring the Gospel, the Church has been known by the name of LMS. Such has been the position since [...]
Theme: Agents of Change – Women, Mission and Transformation Auckland, Aotearoa-New Zealand In collaboration with Trinity Methodist Theological College and CWM member churches and ecumenical partners, A New Face is a CWM programme conducted for [...]
Introduction A brief history of the early accounts of the LMS mission arrangement to further its field work to the part of the world in the southern hemisphere called the Pacific Ocean. Some historians use [...]
By Rev Dr Cliff Bird, Mission Secretary for Pacific region The Pacific Young Women Enabling Transformation (YWET) regional training workshop organized by the Council for World Mission (CWM) Research and Capacity Development and Pacific Region [...]
By Rev. Vavatau Taufao, General Secretary, CCCS INTRODUCTION Our church is known as the Congregational Christian Church Samoa (CCCS) or Ekalesia Faapotopotoga Kerisiano Samoa (EFKS). We have the highest church membership in Samoa despite the [...]
“I thank God I am useful where He has called me to serve for the benefit of the people in need of my skill and help.” These words sum up the period of service of [...]
“To build life-affirming communities in Oceania there is need for a life-oriented vision. Re-vis[ion]ing demands two tasks: to revise and to re-vision! The need for re-visioning is grounded on the fact that Christianity in general, [...]
A NEW FACE PROGRAMME Where: Auckland, Aotearoa-New Zealand Theme: Agents of Change – Theology Mission and Transformation In collaboration with Trinity Methodist Theological College and CWM member churches and ecumenical partners. Concept: A New Face [...]
‘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 that TIM seeks to invite from young people [...]
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 Programme is hosted by one of the CWM’s member-churches, [...]
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 island country famed for being a tourist destination. Like [...]
The Mission Secretary for the Pacific, Rev Fei Taulealeausumai initiated a visit to Uniting World (Uniting Church of Australia) to follow through a collaborative work on Climate Change and Gender Justice which begun in March and April [...]
Image Caption: TIM students with the mural they painted for the children's room at Presbyterian Support Family Works in Manurewa. The mural incorporates the flags and images of the student’s cultures intertwined with NZ imagery. Anne [...]
Aiwo Congregational Church, Nauru 29th November Nauru made history on the 29th November 2015 by ordaining their first women ministers: Pastor Wanda Joleen Hiram and Pastor Ruth Omodien Garabwan. Our Pacific Regional Secretary Rev. Fei [...]
Directors of the Council for World Mission voted to elect the Very Rev Pamela Tankersley Moderator of CWM Ltd with effect from August 2015. Rev Tankersley will serve as Moderator until the CWM Assembly in June [...]
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) 2016 Programme. The Training in Mission (TIM) Programme aims [...]
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 immersion experience in the context of Samoa we [...]
