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The National Council of Churches in India (NCCI), a fellowship of Protestant and Orthodox churches, condemns the violence in Manipur and urges the State and Central Governments to take immediate steps to restore normalcy. Attack on life and property, and providing a communal colour to an otherwise non-religious issue is unacceptable. We are deeply saddened […]
The XXIX General Assembly of National Council of Churches in India concluded accentuating ‘The Hour’ with the objective to prioritise inclusion, accessibility, peace and justice. The time spent at Henry Martyn Institute, Hyderabad, has kindled fellowship as the delegated representatives of Protestant and Orthodox denominational traditions of the Member Churches, Regional Christian Councils, All India […]
National Council of Churches in India XXIX GENERAL ASSEMBLY 21th – 24th April 2023, Henry Martyn Institute, Hyderabad Program Schedule 21th April 2023 (Friday) 07:00-08:00 Breakfast (Served in place of stay) 09:00-12:00 Registration 12:00-13:00 Inaugural Worship Announcements 13:00-14:30 Lunch 14:30-15:00 Welcome (NCCI and Hosts) Introduction to the XXIX General Assembly Felicitation of Guests 15:00-16:00 Biblical […]
Biblical nuances of the hour The hour has come; … let us be going. Mark 14:41-42 The Context After Passover celebrations, Jesus and his disciples headed over to Gethsemane to pray. Passover was an occasion to remember how God delivered and freed Israel from foreign oppression. It was a time of great patriotic and messianic anticipation. Jerusalem was overcrowded with multitudes imbued […]
The XXIX General Assembly 2023 of the National Council of Churches in India Theme: ‘The HOUR has come: Let us get Going…’ Place: HMI, Hyderabad Date: 21-24th April 2023 Concept Note The XXIX General Assembly 2023 of the National Council of Churches in India invites its member churches and organisations to discern the ‘hour’ and […]
On the occasion of the 74th Republic day, we join fellow citizens of this great country in greeting each other a year ahead with the virtues of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity available to every individual, household, social group, ethnic community and the whole society. On this august occasion we acknowledge the wisdom of the […]
Theme: Do good; seek justice’ (Isaiah 1:17) Unity Octave (Week of Prayer for Christian Unity) is a joint global initiative of the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. In India, NCCI joins with all Episcopal and Confessional traditions in coming together to observe the […]
Over a thousand Christians from more than 20 villages in Narayanpur and Kondagaon districts of Chattisgarh state had to flee for their life as violent mobs attacked them for not willing to recant their Christian faith. This is latest in a series of attacks in the State as well as in different parts of the […]
The National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) strongly condemns the recent violent attack on Christians in Narayanpur and Kondagaon districts in the Bastar region, Chhattisgarh. This brutal attack has left many women and children vulnerable along with the men, all of whom have been assaulted and chased out of their houses because they chose […]
Christmas 2022 and SDGs 2030 “Peace on earth and Goodwill amidst all peoples” is the message announced at the birth of Jesus the Christ. Undoubtedly, Peace on earth is the crux of Christian faith, as also of all faith and ideological persuasions. “To foster peaceful, just and inclusive societies which are free from fear and […]
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