PROGRAMS AND MINISTRIES
Evangelism and Church Development
Evangelism and Church Development is an affirmation that the church exists for mission. Generally, it serves to help nurture and equip local churches to respond to the call for discipleship, witness and service. The various initiatives undertaken by the local churches and conferences will increase the number of congregations, as the commitment of the church to the mission and ministry of Jesus Christ.
* Evangelism Training Manual
* Evangelism Consultation
* Church Growth Development Programme
* Project Tulay
* FEET Programme
Christian Education and Nurture
CEN is the educating and nurturing arm of the Church. From conceptualization towards publication, this ministry provides materials for the local church, and supports technically the ECE centers with training and equipping of ECE teachers in teaching skills and handling children properly.
* Sunday School materials (Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3)
* Liturgical Guide (Advent, Lent, others)
* ECE Materials
* Hymn books and other hymnal published
* Education and Training Workshop
The UCCP believes that primary locus of the mission is the local church, therefore local churches need to be nurtured and equipped to carry our various forms of ministries in areas that include advocacy for human rights, justice and peace, children and youth ministry, community integration and service, and the protection of the environment and God’s creation. This ministry implies developing and sustaining ministries that are meaningful, appropriate and relevant to the communities where local churches are located.
Health, Environment and Socio-Economic Development (HESED), which is under of the Community Ministries Program, primarily focuses on HIV awareness and advocacy campaign in the Visayas, the Guinsaugon Housing project, disaster management, renewable energy, community integration, and partnership with non-government organization and people’s organizations.
Human Rights, Justice and Peace (JPHR) provides assistance to the victims of variable human rights violations and forms such as harassment, abduction, arrest, detentions, disappearance and killing of UCCP pastors, and other church workers. This ministry provides legal assistance to victims and their families including scholarship assistance.
* HRJP has an international network with international partners:
* UNHR Council
* Permanent People’s Tribunal
* US Senate Hearing on Extra-Judicial Killings in Washington, D. C.
* UN Meeting in New York
* HR Forum
* UCCP-PNP Dialogue
Partnership and Ecumenical Relation
Partnership and Ecumenical Relation program is based on the premise of the mission of the church that the church is running on a global scale. Binding with other faith communities globally conveys the response on global challenges and issues.
* Housing and Building Projects
* Exchange Programme
* Internship Programme
* Joint Partnership Programme and Projects
* Mission Co-Workers for Migrant Ministry
Stewardship and Resource Development
Developing the capability of the local churches, conferences and church-related institutions to develop and manage properties is one of the main concerns of the Church. SRD serves in stimulating and accelerating the stewardship capability at all leves in developing properties towards sustainability and self-reliance.
* UCCP Resource Center
* Endowment Fund
* Wider-Mission Support
* Shalom Center
* Proposed UCCP Ecumenical Center
* Safekeeping and Church Property Management
The Office of the Ministry and Lay Empowerment
This program focuses on the development and finalization of what is envisioned to be a Magna Carta for Church Workers. The Magna Carta compiles and synchronizes all the policies of the Church related to its church workers. It is an encompassing document covering the church workers’ recruitment, training, recognition and status, terms of settlement, benefits, and retirement.
It supervises the work of the conferences in ministerial formation, examination and ordination and Settlement.
Church-Recognized Organizations
CROs are semi-autonomous organizations with the role in the total life and work of the Church essentially as implementing and consultative bodies (GA 2002). They serves as helping hand in the various ministries of the Church and maintains harmonious relationship at all level. The Church Recognized Organizations with national character are as follows
* National United Church Men
* National Christian Women Association
* National Christian Youth Fellowship
* National Young Adults Fellowship
* United Church Workers Organization
