The National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) 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 people’s daily experiences.

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  • The National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) 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 people’s 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. 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. The NCCP is located at 879 Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, West Triangle, Quezon City, 1104 Philippines, under the leadership of Rev. Fr. Rex Reyes of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines as Secretary-General.
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  • The National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) 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 people’s daily experiences.
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  • National Council of Churches in the Philippines
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