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Asian Christian assembly heads for prophetic witness and reconciliation

In a keynote speech on the theme of the 13 th General Assembly of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) "Called to Prophesy, Reconcile and Heal", the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) said: " There is no true prophecy that does not speak both the critical truth and contribute to the building up of a vision, a dream of the new life in common."

15 April 2010

Participants at the Consultation on Poverty, Wealth and Ecology in Asia and the Pacific were welcomed by Chiang Mai governor Amornpan Nimanan. © Liza Lamis/CCA

Resettlement due to climate change on Asia-Pacific church agenda

Resettlement of people displaced by the consequences of climate change was highlighted as a major concern for churches at a gathering of ecumenical representatives from Asia and the Pacific region.

11 November 2009

AGAPE Consultation: Chiang Mai Declaration

Declaration from the consultation "Linking poverty, wealth and ecology: Asian-Pacific perspectives" in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 02-06 November 2009.

06 November 2009

Asia-Pacific Indigenous Peoples' Hearing on Poverty, Wealth and Ecology

Statement from the Asia-Pacific Indigenous Peoples' Hearing at the AGAPE Consultation in Thailand, November 2009.

05 November 2009

Asia-Pacific Youth Hearing on Poverty, Wealth and Ecology

Statement from the Asia-Pacific Youth Hearing on Poverty, Wealth and Ecology in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 02-03 November 2009.

05 November 2009

Statement: public statement

Asia-Pacific Women's Hearing on Poverty, Wealth and Ecology

Statement from the Asia-Pacific Women's Hearing on Poverty, Wealth and Ecology in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 02-03 November 2009.

03 November 2009

Message

Tsuen Wan CommuniquÃ©

23 October 2009

The "confederation system would respect both governments", said the Rev. Kang Yong Sop, chairman of the Korea Christian Federation of North Korea.

Church leaders call for an inter-Korean confederation prior to reunification

Nearly 140 leaders from the world's churches, North and South Koreans among them, have called for the formation of an inter-Korean confederation even before complete reunification of Korea can take place. Agreement was reached at the close of a three-day meeting in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong where the Christian leaders expressed unrelenting hope for peace and reconciliation among Koreans, despite the stark realities of the ongoing division of the Korean peninsula.

23 October 2009

Report

WCC Working Group on Climate Change meeting

Twenty five participants from various regions of the world gathered in the Protestant Academy of Bad Boll, Germany, at the WCC Working Group meeting on climate change to strategize together towards and beyond Copenhagen.

09 June 2009

WCC Programmes

Letter to the President of Sri Lanka

21 April 2009

Sister Placida Leenakaduwa holding a placard saying "No War" at a peace rally in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 2006. Photo: Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai

Sri Lanka, a "humanitarian crisis exceeding all imaginable proportions"

An international ecumenical consultation has appealed to the government of Sri Lanka and the rebel movement Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to halt fighting in order to free tens of thousands of civilians trapped in a war zone in the north of the country.

09 April 2009

Statement on peace, security and development in South Asia

Concerned by the alarming situation affecting the South Asian countries and its manifolding impacts on nurturing peace, security and development, and despite initiatives from different quarters of society and different national, diplomatic and ecumenical interventions, the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), and the South Asian Councils of Churches (SACC) organised an international consultation on "Peace, Security and Development in South Asia", which was held at Whitefield, Bangalore from 30 March to 2 April 2009 .

02 April 2009

The Bangkok Declaration and Call

Statement from the Global Ecumenical Conference on Justice for Dalits, March 21-24, 2009, Bangkok, Thailand

02 April 2009

Revitalizing the Ecumenical Movement in Asia

Joint Communique the CCA General Committee, the members of the WCC Central Committee from Asia, the NCC General Secretaries and the Asia Regional Group at a Joint Consultation in the Hope Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh, from the 31st of August to the 3rd of September 2008.

03 September 2008

Tribute

Clement John

Tribute to a respected WCC colleague and an outstanding advocate in the international struggle for human rights.

03 June 2008

Children at Sunday school in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Elbert Chu

Growing Christian community in Nepal needs strengthened theological education

Firsthand reports on the extraordinary development of Christianity in Nepal and the growing need for improvements in theological education and participation in the ecumenical movement were all part of recent consultation on the future of theological education in South Asia.

09 May 2008

Mr. Khamphone Kounthapanya, president of the Lao Evangelical Church (left), welcomed by the World Council of Churches (WCC) moderator Rev. Dr Walter Altmann Rev. Dr Walter Altmann (right).

Welcoming the Lao Evangelical Church

Mr. Khamphone Kounthapanya is president of the Lao Evangelical Church, one of two church bodies newly welcomed into full fellowship as members of the World Council of Churches at the 13-20 February Central Committee meeting. Kounthapanya shared some information about his church:

18 February 2008

Tribute

Rev. Kim Dong Wan

Tribute to the former general secretary of the NCC Korea

17 September 2007