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Basic Ecclesial Communities In Mindanao: A Call to Continuing Missiological Relevance

Karl M. Gaspar

 

Abstract:

This essay revisits the history of the local Church of Mindanao-Sulu and how the BCC/BEC movement has evolved through the last fifty years. It follows 1) the history of the Local Church of Mindanao-Sulu from the late 1960s until today; 2) the setting up of the Basic Christian Communities (BCCs) as the core of missiological thrust; 3) the collapse of the MSPC framework owing to various reasons, primarily the ideological tensions and conflict that affected the Churches as martial rule became more repressive; and 4) the revitalization of the BECs following the mandate of the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines.