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• Seminar on "Life with Dignity and Together with Nature"
The life of the Tribal/Adivasi/Indigenous peoples in India is always an intertwining of struggles and celebrations. It is a struggle against the forces of certain elements that come in various forms under the broad umbrella of development with the anti-t

• National Study Conf. on Integral Mission:Rethinking Mission Today
The National Council of Churches in India celebrates its centenary in 2014 which is five years from now. The Centenary Celebration has been lauched during the National Ecumenical Youth Assembly held at Kolkata from the 6-10 January 2010. It is appropria

• Rethinking Future of Humanity: Interfaith Youth Summit 2011
The future of humanity is often viewed as a topic for idle speculation. Yet our beliefs and assumptions on this subject matter shape decisions in both our personal lives and public policy decisions that have very real and sometimes unfortunate consequenc

• Revisiting WCC Assembly 1961, New Delhi: Rethinking Mission in India
In the context of 2010 50th Anniversary of WCC Assembly 1961 celebration of the Third World Council of Churches Assembly and the Integration of International Missionary Conference to WCC, this conference is being organised to have fellowship with differen

• Freedom of Religion & Anti-Conversion Laws: Threat to Secularism?
India celebrates her diversity and yet she faces the problem of Religious Pluralism. How certain should one be when it comes to Religion and Religious Conversion! Conversion generates and fosters a rift in the society and leads a stable society into a d

• Tenth Quadrennial Assembly of AICCW
The All India Council of Christian Women, NCCI will be celebrating its X Quadrennial Assembly from 20-23 January 2011 in Hyderabad. The theme of the Assembly is Women:Channels to Change for a better World and this Assembly we will be reflecting on 5 sub

• Light a Lamp - Pledge for Right
It is significant that we observe the World AIDS Day within the context of the Advent. The world AIDS Day is observed and an important moment of 'kairos'or opportunity, when faith organizations, community organizations,and individuals around the world

• Tribal and Adivasi Sunday
The National Council of Churches in India, in the Meeting of its Annual General Body held on 17th September 2010, decided to request all its constituents to observe the Sunday closest to 9th August 2010 (International Day of the World's Indigenous People

• Dalit Liberation Sunday 2010
Sixty years of justice denial, not being covered under the SC and ST Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989 due to which there has been rampant attacks and continued violence on Dalit Christians, no space for equal political representation and the plights of t

• National Ecumenical Conference on Justice for Dalits 2010
The stratification of Indian society into layers of caste has been a common phenomenon, where the nexus of power, caste, class & patriarchy together dominate and oppress those that are born outside the caste system, the Dalits. Over the years the discrimi

• Ecumenical Institute of Youth on Ecological Concerns
Nature, in its original, un-tampered state, is perhaps the most impressive masterpiece of the Creator. It is noted not only for its amazing immensity, awe-inspiring majesty, captivating beauty and breath-taking variety, it was also remarkable as a self-su

• Inter-faith Round Table on 'Peace and Justice, Faith and Culture'
Seek you first the Reign of God is a faith mandate to any Church. In order to be part of the establishment of the RoG and its realization, the Indian Churches need to work with another faith based communities. Justice, Peace and Love are the key-values of

• Census on Caste Lines
One Day Seminar on ‘Census on Caste Lines’ with the Ecumenical Clergy Forum for Human Rights on the 10th June 2010. This Seminar is initiated to critically study and review the caste based census in order to study any adverse impact on opportunities avail

• Workshop on Operationalising the Code of Leadership
A one-day workshop on operationalising the Code of Leadership for Leaders of Churches, Church-related Organizations and Christian Institutions in India ('Truth and Peace through Corruption-free Churches - Plan of Action on Corruption') adopted during th

• Writer's Workshop in Nagaland
Every reader does not become a writer and not every writer becomes an author. However, from time immemorial writings has been an agent to educate, communicate and translate, inform, entertain and relate with one another. Therefore, an art of writing is

• Towards National Ecumenical Dalit Solidarity Network: A Meeting of Dalit Co-ordinators
Though there has been a concern by the Churches for Dalit cause, either it is not projected or not shared with the other churches. Each Church’s work has been dichotomized and sometimes there is a duplication of work on the one side and on the other there

• Poster:Dalit Liberation Sunday 2009
Dalit Liberation Sunday has become an important feature in the calendar of the Indian ecumenical movement as NCCI and CBCI have been observing it jointly for the last three years. The recently concluded General Body meeting of the NCCI has resolved to obs

• Liturgy:Dalit Liberation Sunday 2009
Greetings from NCCI, the Commission on Dalits. Once again, we are back with the Dalit Liberation Sunday Liturgy for the year 2009 with the theme: "Crossing Boundaries & Building Bridges: Overcoming Prejudices" to be observed in your Parishes/Organisati

• Ecumenical Youth Assembly, 2010
NCCI's Commission on Youth plans to organise National Ecumenical Youth Assembly from 6-10 January 2010 in St.Thomas School, Kolkata on the theme COME, LET'S BE FRIENDS.

• One day Symposium on Indian Church & Section 377
The NCCI-Commission on Justice, Peace, Creation is taking an initiative to study the Section 377 of the IPC which deals with the criminalization of unnatural sex offence

• A Study and Public Debate on the Indian Church and Section 377
The NCCI - Commission on Justice, Peace Creation is taking an initiative to study the Section 377 of the IPC which deals with the criminalization of unnatural sex offences from the light of recent suggestion from the Federal Law minister to take views bef

• Asia Communication Sunday 2009
We all desire peace, but few are willing to Communicate for Peace. Violence does not necessarily mean-bloodshed. Going by Gandhian principles, even hurting someone’s feelings is tantamount to violence. With ubiquitous communication gadgets we sometimes i