Towards A Kapwa Church: Concept and Method

Abstract

While living out a church that is locally situated and that responds to their immediate needs and concerns, the absence-presence of the voiceless in the shaping of church and society is a continuing challenge.6 Today, the voiceless are those who are locked down in their square feet homes without food on their table. They are the ones who are forced to walk because of the absence of public transport and those who continue to wait for their flight to go back home. They are the ones considered dangerous to society and so are either arrested and incarcerated in overfilled cells or mercilessly killed. The stories of more than 30,000 victims of extrajudicial killings of the war on drugs and the post-traumatic wounds left on their families and communities speak powerfully about the voiceless.