The National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP; tl, Sangguniáng Pambansâ ng mga Simbahan sa Pilipinas) is a fellowship of ten
Protestant
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and non
Roman Catholic
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Churches in the Philippines denominations, and ten service-oriented organizations in the
Philippines
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. A member of the
World Council of Churches
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and the
Christian Conference of Asia
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, the NCCP represents close to twelve million Protestant adherents. Advocacy for environmental protection and against large-scale mining are part of its core mission. Christian organizations other than churches may be received as associate members.
History and structure
The NCCP was established in 1963. Its forerunners include the Philippine Federation of Christian Churches in 1949; the Philippine Federation of Evangelical Churches in 1939; the National Christian Council in 1929; the Evangelical Union in 1901; and the Missionary Alliance in 1900.
It is currently organised in ten regional ecumenical councils:
* Cordillera
* Cagayan Valley
* Pangasinan-Ilocos-La Union-Abra
* Romblon-Mindoro
* Palawan
* Western Visayas
* Eastern Visayas
* Cotabato
* Misamis Oriental-Camiguin-Butuan-Lanao
* Basilan-Zamboanga-Misamis Occidental Regional Ecumenical Council
The NCCP headquarters is located at 879
Epifanio de los Santos Avenue
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, West Triangle,
Quezon City
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, 1104 Philippines. Its
General Secretary
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is the Bishop Reuel Norman O. Marigza
United Church of Christ in the Philippines
The United Church of Christ in the Philippines ( Tagalog: ''Ang Nagkaisang Iglesia ni Cristo sa Pilipinas''; Ilokano: ''Nagkaykaysa nga Iglesia Ni Cristo iti Filipinas'') is a Christian denomination in the Philippines. Established in its present ...
.
Vision and mission
;Vision
''Life in all its Fullness'' is what Jesus Christ lived and died for. NCCP envisions this life in a just, egalitarian, self-reliant, and sustainable society.
;Mission
Our faith and vision move us to be an ecumenical fellowship of churches, be a channel for united witness and common action, by being in solidarity with the people in the struggle for justice, peace and the integrity of creation.
List of member churches
Some of member denominations and service-oriented organizations are:
List of associate members
* Association of Christian Schools, Colleges and Universities (ACSCU)
* Consortium of Christian Organizations for Rurban Development (CONCORD)
* Ecumenical Church Loan Foundation, Inc. (ECLOF)
* Kaisahang Buhay Foundation (KBF)
* Lingap Pangkabataan, Inc. (LPI)
* Manila Community Service, Inc. (MCSI)
Philippine Bible Society(PBS)
*
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(SCMP)
* Union Church of Manila (UCM)
Radio stations
NCCP owns a few stations across the country.
See also
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Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
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* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
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Christianity in the Philippines
The Philippines is ranked as the 5th largest Christian-majority country on Earth , with about 93% of the population being adherents. , it was the third largest Catholic country in the world and was one of two predominantly Catholic nations in ...
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Roman Catholicism in the Philippines
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Philippine Orthodox Church
Eastern Orthodoxy in the Philippines refers to the Eastern Orthodox presence in the Philippines as a whole.
Overview
In 1989, Adamopoulos saw the need to establish the first Greek Orthodox church in the Philippines and thus established the Helleni ...
**
Protestantism in the Philippines
Protestant denominations arrived in the Philippines in 1898, after the United States took control of the Philippines from Spain, first with United States Army chaplains and then within months civilian missionaries.
Protestants makes up nearly ...
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Buddhism in the Philippines
Buddhism is a minor religion in the Philippines. The Buddhist population of the Philippines is 46,558 according to the 2010 census.
History
The oldest archeological evidence of Buddhism's presence in the Philippines date back to the 9th centu ...
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Hinduism in the Philippines
Recent archaeological and other evidence suggests Hinduism has had some cultural, economic, political and religious influence in the Philippines. Among these is the 9th century Laguna Copperplate Inscription found in 1989, deciphered in 1992 to b ...
*
Islam in the Philippines
Islam was the first-recorded monotheistic religion in the Philippines. Islam reached the Philippines in the 14th century with the arrival of Muslim traders from the Persian Gulf, southern India, and their followers from several sultanates i ...
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Mga Awit sa Pagsamba
''Mga Awit sa Pagsamba'' (''Songs for Worship'') is an interdenominational Evangelical Protestant hymnal published by the National Council of Churches in the Philippines. It was first published in December 1959, and has had eight editions by 200 ...
References
External links
Official Website of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines
{{Religion in the Philippines
National councils of churches
Christian organizations based in Asia
Christian denominations in the Philippines
Christian organizations established in 1963
1963 establishments in the Philippines