Pacific Conference of Churches Assembly, 1976

Assembly papers collected together by Rev Bernard Thorogood [General Secretary, 1970-1980], including notes on the Assembly, minutes of the Third Assembly of the Pacific Conference of Churches, Jan 1976, reports, financial statements, Assembly programme, correspondence.


Order number: CWM/LMS/1971-1977, Box PAC/4
Date(s) of creation: 1976
Level: File
Format: Archive           

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scb_order_with CWM/LMS/1971-1977, Box PAC/4
callnumber CWM/LMS/02/07/415
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title Pacific Conference of Churches Assembly, 1976
scb_date_creation 1976
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scb_admin_history The Pacific Conference of Churches is a regional ecumenical fellowship of Christian churches.The roots of the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) go back to the first consultation of the Pacific Churches, which took place in 1961, at Malua, Western Samoa. The PCC as such was founded in 1966, at its first assembly, on the Loyalty Island of Lifou, New Caledonia. The Conference grew rapidly as new churches joined, in particular the Roman Catholic Bishops' Conferences of the Pacific, in 1976 and 1991. In 1976 the membership was opened also to national councils of churches. The programmatic activities of the PCC began after its second assembly, in 1971, in five areas: Christian education; Christian communication; family life; faith and action; church and society. The PCC has promoted the role and status of women and has devoted much attention to economic development rooted in the realities of village life. It has taken a lead in dealing with political problems in the region, and has spoken out against nuclear testing. In the 1980s, a drastic reduction of programmes and restructuring of the organization became necessary, because of the increasing dependence on external funding and other problems. The PCC has 27 member churches and nine member councils of churches in 17 island states and territories. The offices are in Suva, Fiji. [Source: World Council of Churches]
scb_acquisition Transferred to SOAS from Council for World Mission offices in 2008
description Assembly papers collected together by Rev Bernard Thorogood [General Secretary, 1970-1980], including notes on the Assembly, minutes of the Third Assembly of the Pacific Conference of Churches, Jan 1976, reports, financial statements, Assembly programme, correspondence.
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright owned by Council for World Mission.
language English
language_search English
scb_scripts_material Latin
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