National Council of Churches in the Philippines
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The National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) or SANGGUNIANG PAMBANSA NG MGA SIMBAHAN SA PILIPINAS (in Filipino) is a fellowship of ten mainline Protestant and non-Roman Catholic Churches and ten service oriented organizations in the 
Philippines and established in 1963. It represents close to twelve million adherents who believe that the Christian faith must be lived out in the crucible of peoples daily experiences. From its inception, the NCCP has been a channel for united witness to the Good News of salvation through its prophetic role on issues affecting the powerless and its active engagement with the people in their struggle for social transformation. As such, environmental protection and the issue of large-scale mining is one of its core advocacies.[1] It is a fellowship of churches which confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the scriptures and, therefore, seek to fulfill together their common calling to the glory of the one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Christian organizations other than churches may be received as associate members. It is member of the World Council of Churches and the Christian Conference of Asia.
The NCCP was founded, it has its forerunners:
- Philippine Federation of Christian Churches in 1949,
- Philippine Federation of Evangelical Churches in 1939,
- National Christian Council in 1929,
- Evangelical Union in 1901,
- Missionary Alliance in 1900).
It is organized 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. [2]
The NCCP is located at 879 Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, West Triangle, Quezon City, 1104 Philippines, under the leadership of MS. SHARON ROSE JOY RUIZ-DUREMDES as Secretary-General.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] List of member Churches
| Emblem / Flag | Member Church Name |
| Apostolic Catholic Church (ACC) [1] | |
| Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches (CPBC) | |
| Episcopal Church in the Philippines (ECP) [2] | |
| Iglesia Evangelica Metodista En Las Islas Filipinas (IEMELIF) (Evangelical Methodist Church in the Philippines)[3] |
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| Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) (Philippine Independent Church)[4] | |
| Iglesia Unida Ekyumenikal (UNIDA) | |
| Lutheran Church in the Philippines (LCP) | |
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The Salvation Army (TSA) [5] |
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The United Methodist Church (UMC) [6] |
| United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) [7] |
[edit] List of associate members
- Association of Christian Schools, Colleges and Universities (ACSCU)
- Consortium of Christian Organizations in Rurban Development (CONCORD)
- Ecumenical Church Loan Fund, Inc. (ECLOP)
- Kaisahang Buhay Foundation (KBF)
- Manila Community Services, Inc. (MCSI)
- Lingap Pangkabataan, Inc. (LPI)
- Philippine Bible Society (PBS) [8]
- Student Christian Movement of the Philippines (SCMP)
- Union Church of Manila (UCM)
[edit] References
[edit] See also
- Christianity in the Philippines
- Buddhism in the Philippines
- Hinduism in the Philippines
- Islam in the Philippines
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