January 2014 archive

SO AFFIRMED BY THE PHILIPPINE CHURCH IN THEIR SUPPORT OF THE PEACE PROCESS

We are so thankful for the explicit, official public support of the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) to the tail-end of the peace negotiation between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The PCEC statement of support was quoted in major media outfits in the Philippines, especially in …

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WHY WE BELIEVE THE NEW BANGSAMORO IS AN INCLUSIVE POLITICAL ENTITY

Joji and I are so happy that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was able to negotiate the ‘Bangsamoro’ with the Government of the Philippines (GPH). In the road map released by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), step 10 says there will be an election of the Bangsamoro Government …

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PRAYING THAT PHILIPPINE CHURCHES WOULD STOP MIMICKING AMERICAN CHURCHES

I’m touched by this hope-full message for the Church in America by Dr. Walter Brueggemann, one of my most favorite American theologians. Sadly, most Filipino pastors and churches mimic the current form of American Christianity that Brueggemann is talking about. Filipino churches do not have to mimic American Christianity that contributed to the United States’ colonial rule …

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OUR GLOBAL PEACE COMMUNITY

We are sent by Mennonite Church Canada Witness in partnership with our international community.