About WACC
The World Association for Christian Communication
Mission
WACC promotes communication for social change. It believes that communication is a basic human right that defines people’s common humanity, strengthens cultures, enables participation, creates community and challenges tyranny and oppression. WACC’s key concerns are media diversity, equal and affordable access to communication and knowledge, media and gender justice, and the relationship between communication and power. It tackles these through advocacy, education, training, and the creation and sharing of knowledge. WACC’s worldwide membership works with faith-based and secular partners at grassroots, regional and global levels, giving preference to the needs of the poor, marginalised and dispossessed. Being WACC means ‘taking sides’.
Vision
The vision of the organisation is expressed in its document: Christian Principles of Communication.
Membership
WACC members receive news and information through its regular publications as well as occasional books, an annual report and other materials. Regional associations also produce newsletters. In addition, members are invited to participate in regional and global activities such as seminars, workshops and Congresses. Membership is open to individuals, churches, church-related agencies and media producers, educational institutions, secular communication organisations and anyone else sympathetic to WACC’s mission and to the Christian Principles of Communication. More about membership here.
Structure
WACC has corporate and personal members in 120 countries organised in eight Regional Associations. Its governing body is a Board to which the Regional Associations elect Officers and Directors.
WACC's Board meets once a year to determine priorities and commitments for the following year’s programme of activities. The Regional Associations also meet annually to discuss their communication needs and activities.
WACC is genuinely ecumenical in its membership and communication activities. It encourages co-operation between Protestant, Orthodox and Roman Catholic communicators and challenges denominations to seek the broadest possible base for their communication activities. WACC also promotes co-operation between people of other faiths and ideologies.
The work of WACC dates back to 1950 and the organisation was formally established in 1968.
Work
WACC offers professional guidance on communication policies, interprets developments in global communications, and discusses the consequences which such developments have for Churches and communities everywhere, especially in the South. WACC works towards the empowerment of women and assists the training of Christian communicators.
For a detailed summary of our work, download our Annual Report that shows the achievements and challenges of WACC and our members. To see details of recently supported projects see our annual Project List.
Supporters
WACC enjoys the support of many funding Partners and works closely with other organisations and movements in Alliances.