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Closing worship service at Jerusalem Mar Thoma Church in Kottayam. Photo CCA

Blending local and global ecumenism in Asia

After being postponed twice because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 15^th General Assembly of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) finally got underway in late September and early October 2023 in Kottayam, India. Under the theme "God, renew us in your spirit and restore the creation,” CCA member churches across Asia gathered to stake out the direction forward and evaluate accomplishments and challenges since the last assembly in 2015 in Jakarta.

02 November 2023

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With new website, Church of South India Synod expands journey of mission

As the Church of South India Synod released its new website, www.csi1947.com, on 31 May, the World Council of Churches (WCC) extended congratulations and prayers for meaningful storytelling, images and expressions of hope.

01 June 2021

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Rev. Dr P.C. Singh, moderator of the Church of North India and president of the National Council of Churches in India. Photo: Samuel Baraka Mungure/WCC

Bishop Singh: “CNI: a united and uniting church of people of all walks of life”

Rev. Dr P.C. Singh met with World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit on 10 October to discuss the ecumenical movement - today and tomorrow.

14 October 2019

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Global Christian Forum meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 2019. Photo: David Tan/GCF

Inter-church network positions itself with fresh agenda and clear priorities

On 14 February, the Global Christian Forum Committee concluded a fruitful five-day meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where priorities were carved out and future directions of the network outlined.

14 February 2019

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A candlelight prayer service in the Chapel of the Ecumenical centre, Geneva for the successful DPRK-US summit and peace on the Korean peninsula. Photo: Ivars Kupcis/WCC

World stands together to pray for peace on Korean Peninsula

As people in Seoul held a candlelight vigil on 7 June to pray for peace on the Korean Peninsula, they were joined by the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva, the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC), and hundreds of others across the world.

08 June 2018