Statement for World AIDS Day 2015 Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security (Jeremiah
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Create safe spaces for understanding human sexuality
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful; I know
With open arms
(Facing the challenge of gender and sexuality in the ecumenical context) By: Michael David Dela Cruz Tan Kakay Pamaran was only 14 years old when she realized she was attracted
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Jubilee Declaration on Development
Executive Summary A consultation was conducted on March 18-20, 2014 in Culiat, Quezon City, to consider the development direction of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP). The
Statement regarding the disasters caused by the El Niño and La Niña
The weather aberration known as El Niño is a natural phenomenon. Experienced for thousands of years, it occurs time and again. In the Philippines, its effect is less rainfall and
The handwriting on the wall
To the People of God, Greetings: It behooves us to announce to all and sundry and to restate the theological imperatives, the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP)
Statement of opposition to the legalization of gambling
The statement opposing the legalization of gambling was approved through Action 92-68 by the Executive Committee on 24 November 1992. It was further agreed that the statement be published in
The earth is the Lord’s… we are God’s stewards
This statement of concern was released by the participants of the Theological Consultation on the Stewardship of Land held on 29 August – 2 September 1988. Through the recommendation of