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ACT members

All member churches and related agencies of the World Council of Churches and The Lutheran World Federation are eligible to be members of ACT International.

The list below includes all ACT members that are active in humanitarian response, either implementing or raising funds for an emergency program covered by an ACT appeal. The members may be individual member churches, national Christian councils, regional ecumenical organisations, or related agencies. The list also includes member churches and agencies of the ACT Emergency Committee 2003-2006.

Please note that all names are in English (translated from French, Spanish or other languages), but that the acronyms are kept in the original language.

 

NEW: please click here for the updated list (as of May 2007) of ACT members in their countries of origin, as well as other countries in which they are present (PDF version).

 

AFRICA

Angola
Angolan Council of Christian Churches (CICA)
Christian Aid (CA)
Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
Reformed Evangelical Church of Angola (IERA)

Burundi
Christian Aid (CA)
Church of the Province of Burundi (EEB)
National Council of Churches of Burundi (CNEB)

Burkina Faso
Association of Reformed Evangelical Churches in Burkina Faso (AEERB)

Congo (Republic of)
Council of Christian Churches in Congo Brazzaville/ACDA (COECC)

Congo (Democratic Republic of)
BOAD - "Ecumenical Office for Support to Development"
Christian Aid (CA) - Kinshasa & Bukavu
Church of Christ in Congo (ECC) – Kinshasa/Oriental Province Kis./North Kivu/South Kivu
DanChurchAid - Kinshasa
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Congo (ELCC) – Lubumbashi & Kivumaniena
Lutheran World Federation - Kisangani (LWF)

Eritrea
Dutch Interchurch Aid (DIA)
Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)

Ethiopia
Christian Aid (CA)
Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC)
Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)

Ghana
Christian Aid (CA) - accompanier

Guinea
Lutheran World Federation - Guinea Project (LWF)
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)

Kenya
All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC)
Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK)
Christian Aid (CA) - also serving Uganda & Southern Sudan
Church World Service (CWS)
DanChurchAid (DCA) - for Sudan operations
Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
Methodist Church in Kenya (MCK)
National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK)
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)

Lesotho
Christian Council of Lesotho (CCL)

Liberia
Christian Health Association of Liberia (CHAL)
Concerned Christian Community (CCC)
Diakonie Emergency Aid (DEA)
Liberian Christian Council (LCC)
Lutheran Church in Liberia (LCL)
Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)

Madagascar
Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar (FJKM)

Malawi
Church of Central Africa Presbyterian, Blantyre Synod (CCAP)
Church of Central Africa Presbyterian, Synod of Livingstonia (CCAP)
Churches Action in Relief and Development (CARD)
Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM)
DanChurchAid (DCA)
Lutheran World Federation - Malawi/Evangelical
Lutheran Development Program (LWF/ELDP)
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)

Mauritania
Lutheran World Federation (LWF)

Mozambique
Christian Aid (CA)
Christian Council of Mozambique (CCM)
Ecumenical Committee for Social Development (CEDES)
Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
Presbyterian Church of Mozambique (IPM)

Rwanda
Christian Aid (CA)
Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
Protestant Council of Rwanda (CPR)

Sierra Leone
Christian Aid (CA)
Council of Churches in Sierra Leone (CCSL)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra Leone (ELCSL)
Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
Methodist Church Sierra Leone (MCSL)
United Methodist Church (UMC)
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)

Somalia
Diakonie Emergency Aid (DEA) - c/o Stuttgart office
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) - c/o Kenya office
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) - c/o Washington office

South Africa
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa Development Services - South Africa (ELCSA)
South African Council of Churches (SACC)

Sudan
Christian Aid (CA) – Northern & Southern Sudan Programs
Church Ecumenical Action in Sudan (CEAS) - Nairobi
Lutheran World Federation (LWF) - c/o Nairobi office
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
Sudan Council of Churches (SCC)
DanChurchAid (DCA)

Swaziland
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa-Lutheran Development Service (ELCSA)

Tanzania
Christian Aid (CA)
Christian Council of Tanzania (CCT)
Tanganyika Christian Refugee Services/LWF – Tanzania (TCRS/LWF)

Uganda
Church of Uganda (CoU)
Lutheran World Federation (LWF)

Zambia
Christian Council of Zambia (CCZ)
DanChurchAid (DCA)
Norwegian Church Aid – Zambia (NCA)
Zambia Christian Refugee Service/LWF - Zambia (ZCRS/LWF)

Zimbabwe
Christian Aid (CA) - also serving Malawi
Christian Care (CC)
Lutheran Development Service (LDS)

ASIA

Afghanistan
Christian Aid (CA)
Church World Service - Pakistan/Afghanistan - (CWS)
Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA)
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)

Bangladesh
Christian Aid (CA)
Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB)
Church of Bangladesh (CoB)
Lutheran Health Care Bangladesh (LHCB)
KOINONIA – National Christian Fellowship of Bangladesh
Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS)
Social Health & Education Development Board (SHED)

Cambodia
Church World Service Cambodia (CWSC)
Lutheran World Federation (LWF)

China
Amity Foundation (AF)

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
Church World Service (CWS)
Diakonie Emergency Aid (DEA)

India
Christian Aid (CA)
Church's Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA)
DanChurchAid (DCA)
Lutheran World Service - India (LWSI)
Lutheran World Relief (LWR)
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India (UELCI)

Indonesia
Church World Service - Indonesia (CWS)
Yayasan Tanggul Bencana di Indonesia (YTBI)

YAKKUM Emergency Unit (YEU)

Japan
Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church (JELC)
National Christian Council in Japan (NCCJ)

Nepal
Lutheran World Federation (LWF)

Pakistan
Church World Service - Pakistan/Afghanistan - (CWS)
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)

Philippines
Christian Aid (CA)
National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP)

South Korea
Presbyterian Church of Korea (PCK)

Sri Lanka
Christian Aid (CA)
DanChurchAid (DCA)
National Christian Council of Sri Lanka (NCCSL)

PACIFIC

Aotearoa-New Zealand
Christian World Service (CWS)

Australia
Anglican Board of Mission – Australia Limited (ABM)
Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS)
Christian World Service (CWS)/National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA)

Cook Islands
Cook Islands Christian Church (CICC)

Fiji
World Council of Churches Office in the Pacific

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Council of Churches (PNGCC)

Tonga
Tonga National Council of Churches (TCC)

Western Samoa
Samoa Council of Churches (SCC)

EUROPE

Armenia
Armenian Apostolic Church-Catholicossate of All
Armenians (AAC)
Armenia Round Table Office WCC
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)

Austria
Diakonie Austria
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)

Bosnia-Herzegovina
Church World Service (CWS)
Diakonie Emergency Aid (DEA) - Diakonisches Werk
EKD (DW)
International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)

Croatia
Lutheran World Federation (LWF)

Czech Republic
Ecumenical Council of Churches in the Czech Republic (ECCCR)

Denmark
DanChurchAid (DCA)

Finland
Finnchurchaid (FCA)

Georgia
International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)

Germany
Diakonie Emergency Aid (DEA)/Bread for the World (BfdW)

Greece
International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)

Hungary
Hungarian Baptist Aid (HBA)
Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA)

Iceland
Icelandic Church Aid (ICA)

Macedonia (FYROM)
Macedonian Centre for International Cooperation (MCIC)

Netherlands
Protestant Church in the Netherlands/Kerkinactie-Global Ministries
Protestant Church in the Netherlands/Interchurch Organisation for Development (ICCO)

Northern Caucasus (Russian Federation & Ingushetia)
Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA)
Russian Orthodox Church (ROC)

Norway
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)

Poland
World Council of Churches - Eastern Europe Office (WCC-EEO)

Romania
Ecumenical Association of Churches-AIDROM
International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)

Serbia & Montenegro
Church World Service (CWS)
Ecumenical Humanitarian Office (EHO)
Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA)
International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)

Kosovo
Christian Aid (CA)
DanChurchAid (DCA)
Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
Macedonia Centre for International Cooperation (MCIC)
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)

Slovakia
Ecumenical Council of Churches in the Slovak Republic (ECCSR)

Sweden
Church of Sweden (CS)

Switzerland
HEKS/EPER
Lutheran World Federation (and its field offices)

U.K. & Ireland
Christian Aid (CA)
Methodist Relief & Development Fund (MRDF)

LATIN AMERICA CARIBBEAN 

Argentina
Argentine Federation of Evangelical Churches (FAIE)

Bolivia
Evangelical Methodist Church in Bolivia (IEMB)
Lutheran World Relief (LWR)

Brazil
Ecumenical Coordination of Service (CESE)

Colombia
ACT Netherlands (Kerkinactie & ICCO) - Project Counselling Service (PCS)
Christian Aid (CA)
Church World Service (CWS)
Diakonie Emergency Aid (DEA)
Lutheran World Federation (LWF)

Costa Rica
Costa Rican Lutheran Church (ILCO)

Cuba
Council of Churches of Cuba (CCC)

Dominican Republic
Procaribe/Lutheran World Federation (PROCARIBE/LWF)
Social Service of the Dominican Republic Churches (SSID)

Ecuador
Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI)

El Salvador
Christian Aid (CA)
Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA)
Salvadoran Lutheran Synod (SLS) - Church "La Resurrección"

Guatemala
Guatemala Evangelical Conference of Churches (CIEDEG)
Lutheran World Federation (LWF) - c/o El Salvador Office
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)

Haiti
Christian Aid (CA)
Lutheran World Federation (LWF)

Honduras
Christian Aid (CA)
Christian Commission for Development (CCD)
DanChurchAid (DCA)
HEKS
Lutheran World Federation (LWF) - c/o El Salvador Office

Nicaragua
Christian Medical Action (AMC)
Council of Evangelical Churches for a Denominational Alliance (CEPAD)
Interchurch Center for Theological and Social Studies (CIEETS)
Lutheran Church in Nicaragua (ILN)
Lutheran World Relief (LWR) – Central America Office

Peru
Centre for Studies and Disaster Prevention (PREDES)
Evangelical Lutheran Association for Aid to Community Development (DIACONIA)
Lutheran World Relief (LWR) - Andean Regional Office
ACT Forum Peru

Trinidad & Tobago
Caribbean Conference of Churches (CCC)

MIDDLE EAST

Cyprus
Middle East Council of Churches (MECC)

Egypt
Middle East Council of Churches (MECC)

Iran
Middle East Council of Churches (MECC)

Iraq
International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
Middle East Council of Churches (MECC)
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)

Israel/Palestinian Territories
International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
Middle East Council of Churches/Department on Service to Palestine Refugees (MECC/DSPR)
Young Men’s Christian Association-East Jerusalem (YMCA)

Jordan
Middle East Council of Churches (MECC)
Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)

Lebanon
Middle East Council of Churches Headquarters (MECC)

Syria
Middle East Council of Churches (MECC)

Turkey
ACT Netherlands (Kerkinactie & ICCO)
Near East Mission, Wider Church Ministries (NEM-WCM)

NORTH AMERICA

Canada
Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR)
Presbyterian World Service & Development (PWSD)
The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF)
The United Church of Canada (UCC)

USA
Christian Church/Week of Compassion (Disciples of Christ) (CC/WoC)
Church World Service (CWS)
Episcopal Relief and Development (ER&D)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
Lutheran World Relief (LWR)
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance PDA-PC(USA)
United Church of Christ - Wider Church Ministries (UCC-WCM)
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)