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The NCCA gathers together Churches and Christian communities which confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according to the Scriptures. We commit to deepen our relationship with each other and to work together towards the fulfilment of common witness, proclamation and service, to the glory of the one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Members of the Ecumenical Indigenous Peoples Network reference group, December 2025, Photo: WCC

The World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Indigenous Peoples Network Reference Group met in December 2025 at the invitation of a WCC member church, the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan. Dr Anne Pattel-Grey participated from Australia. 

Participants emphasized that Indigenous peoples must not be treated as a thematic concern at the margins of church life, but as partners shaping theology, mission, and public witness. The role of churches and national councils of churches was repeatedly named as essential, particularly in accompanying Indigenous leadership in contexts where political representation exists but structural inequality persists.

For more on the meeting.