About Us

The scenic ambience of the South Pacific as portrayed in this photo looks so attractive to both locals and tourists from overseas.  Yet we know that behind the picturesque surface are the people who, in the process of development, feel the needs for more education and knowledge for themselves and their children, for more accurate and reliable news and information to help them make decisions that affect their daily lives and, above all, for building a community that they feel it's their own, that embraces values of human dignity, of peace, justice and reconciliation.

World Association of Christian Communication (WACC) is the organisation that aims to meet these needs through communication. It's composed of corporate and personal members who wish to give high priority to Christian values in the world's communication and development needs.  Its Pacific arm, the Pacific Regional Association, maintains a Secretariat in Suva, Fiji.  Through this regional office, regional affairs are run on a voluntary basis, under the leadership of its Executive Committee. The current Committee is composed of members from Tonga, Fiji and Niue.

One of the responsibilities of the Regional Secretariat is to keep in touch with its members in the South Pacific. This new homepage is a tool to achieve this goal.  The Secretariat also publishes an occasional newsletter called "Voice of the Pacific."

The majority of the members of WACC are communication professionals from all walks of life.  Others include partners in different communication activities, and representatives of churches and agencies. WACC is organised in eight regions which determine the composition of its governing body, the Central Committee.  The latter focuses on the regions' need for professional guidance and inspiration of members and Christian communicators in general.  It also funds communication activities which reflect regional interests and encourages ecumenical unity among communicators. As a professional organization, WACC offers guidance on communication policies, interpreting developments in communication worldwide, discussing the consequences which such developments have for churches and communities everywhere, especially in the South, assisting in training and networking.