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The Papua New Guinea Council of Churches (PNGCC) is a Christian ecumenical council in
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
. The Council has four major programs: *Social Concerns Desk *Women's Desk *Theological programs *Administration Its members comprise: *
Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea is a province of the Anglican Communion. It was created in 1977 when the Province of Papua New Guinea became independent from the Province of Queensland in the Church of England in Australia (officially ren ...
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Gutnius Lutheran Church The Gutnius Lutheran Church, formerly the Wabag Lutheran Church, is a Lutheranism, Lutheran body existing in Papua New Guinea. ''Gutnius'' means "Good News (Christianity), Good News" in Tok Pisin. It was established by the Lutheran Church–Missou ...
(affiliated with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod) * Union Baptist *
Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
* Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea *
United Church in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands The United Church in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands is United church in Methodist and the Reformed tradition. It was formed in 1968 by merging the efforts of the London Missionary Society (operating exclusively in Papua), the relatively ma ...
* Salvation Army


See also

* National Council of Churches in Australia *
World Council of Churches The World Council of Churches (WCC) is a worldwide Christian inter-church organization founded in 1948 to work for the cause of ecumenism. Its full members today include the Assyrian Church of the East, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, most ju ...
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