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Erlinda Senturias, former WCC health and healing programme staff, at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.

A church that listens fosters healthy communities

"€œA church has to embrace its sick, go out in the world, and work with its people to heal the communities,"€ said Dr Erlinda N. Senturias from the United Church of Christ in the Philippines, in an interview.

15 March 2013
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WCC mourns the death of Toshitsugu Arai

The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has expressed sadness over the death of Rev. Dr Toshitsugu Arai, a renowned Asian ecumenical leader and former staff member of the WCC and the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA).

16 January 2013
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CCIA's member Mae Maureen (centre) speaking about the rights of women migrant workers from the Philippines.

Ecumenical advocacy for rights of domestic migrant workers

Concerns about Asian countries doing less to protect the rights of migrant workers and the reality that most countries have not ratified United Nations and International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions on the rights of migrant workers were high on the agenda of a recent ecumenical workshop on migrant workers held in Bangkok, Thailand.

30 October 2012
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Asian Forum on Theological Education (AFTE) Guidelines

With the sprouting of many theological institutions and Bible schools in Asia, there is a need for these theological education networks to come together, learn from each other and work together and come up with a mutual support mechanism to strengthen leadership formation program of the churches. Participants of the workshop affirmed the need of bringing together different theological education networks in Asia under the umbrella “Asian Forum on Theological Education.”

31 August 2012
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Children of war victims in a shelter run by the Anglican Church in Kilinochi, Sri Lanka.

Post war Sri Lanka needs trust and confidence for peace and reconciliation

As post war Sri Lanka experiences a high level of militarization, the northern provinces of the country continue to face serious humanitarian and human rights problems. Three years after the end of a protracted conflict and war that ravaged the country for quarter of a century, the people and communities are struggling to attain a sustained peace and reconciliation.

03 August 2012