NEWS
News from our member churches and the wider ecumenical movement, with our monthly roundup and a library of stories from ecumenical bodies around the world.
Churches and mental health
On World Mental Health Day, the Christian Conference of Asia encouraged churches to challenge the stigma around mental illness and to offer pastoral care in which people can talk about their struggles without shame.
WCC commissions meet in Chiang Mai
The World Council of Churches’ commissions and reference groups on life, justice and peace opened their joint biennial meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on 5 October.
A Presbyterian visit to North India
The Moderator, Right Rev.
The Christian Conference of Asia greets Asia’s Catholic bishops
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A new general secretary for the Christian Conference of Asia
Rev.
Asian church leaders call for a renewed ecumenical vision
More than 70 church and ecumenical leaders met in Chiang Mai from 31 May to 3 June for a Christian Conference of Asia consultation on ecumenism in Asia, and were joined by representatives of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences and the Asia Evangelical Alliance.
Young Anglicans at the Asian Ecumenical Youth Assembly
Six young adults from all three tikanga of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia joined about 200 young Christians at the Christian Conference of Asia’s Asian Ecumenical Youth Assembly in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from 17 to 21 April, sharing in Bible study, worship and seminars on the pressures facing their generation.
Asia Sunday 2026
Member churches and councils of the Christian Conference of Asia kept Asia Sunday on 17 May, with the theme “Hope for Redemption of Groaning Creation Amidst Bondage to Decay”.
A Taizé gathering for young people in Hong Kong
More than 330 young Christians from mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia and Europe met at St Benedict Parish in Sha Tin from 30 April to 3 May for a Taizé Asian Youth Gathering, held for the eightieth anniversary of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong.
Young Christians in Asia gather in Chiang Mai
The Asian Ecumenical Youth Assembly in Chiang Mai, Thailand, brought young people from across the region together under the call to “break every yoke” from Isaiah 58:6.
An Easter message from Nepal
The Lutheran World Federation’s Easter message for 2026 was written by Rev.