The National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) emergency response team has facilitated a coordination meeting among its member churches in Iligan City for Marawi humanitarian response last July
NCCP responds to the Marawi crisis in National Interfaith Humanitarian Mission
As a response to the call to provide relief goods to the identified areas, conduct psycho-social and medical services, and to document stories and cases of human rights violations, the
Laut’s Lament
“We are being hurt,” says Ustad Alimondas Laut, holding back tears. Sad stories aren’t the usual markers for the end of Ramadan in the Philippines. For Filipino Muslims, festivities generally
Ecumenical Women say: Yes to Peace Talks, No to Martial Law!
Filipino women have been suffering for decades under a succession of governments who have promised change. Genuine social change, however, never came. Governments came and went, but the same social
Iglesia Filipina Independiente enthrones 13th Arcbishop
On June 25, about 2,000 bishops, priests and faithful of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente from its 45 local churches will gather at the National Cathedral in Manila for the installation
ACT Philippines Forum links with local faith-based organizations for humanitarian work
For the first time after three years of collaboration, the ACT Philippines Forum opened their fourth annual meeting to the local members of the World Council of Churches and other
IFI Launches “FREE BISHOP CARLO MORALES MOVEMENT”
More than 200 people joined the formal launching of the Free Bishop Carlo Morales Movement at the IFI Conference Center in Manila on June 12, 2017. “Though the case of
NCCP Operation Paglingap prepares for an ecumenical response to conflict in Marawi
NCCP Operation Paglingap prepares for an ecumenical response to conflict in Marawi Two weeks after the violent clashes erupted on 23 May 2017 and the declaration of martial law in
“Peace! Be Still!
(Statement on the Cancellation of the 5th Round of Peace Talks) The National Council of Churches in the Philippines remains optimistic that the Government of the Republic of the Philippines
EWF: Martial law aggravates violence against women, human rights violations
We are Lumad, Moro, and Christian women who gathered together in Mindanao for a workshop on “Leadership Development and Capacity Building for Gender and Ecological Justice” held on May 21-27,