Rebecca Asedillo
Rebecca served as Area Liaison for Asia and the Pacific for the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church. This work put her in touch with mission partners in countries such as China, India, Philippines, Pakistan, Indonesia, Nepal, Myanmar, Japan, as well as Fiji. Her work also involved providing support and supervision for missionaries serving in the region, including short-term young adult mission fellows.
Rebecca has also worked in ecumenical settings, such as a Peace with Justice Educator seconded to the National Council of the Churches of Christ, U.S.A.; as Project Director for the Ecumenical Center for the Philippines People’s Theology project; as Children’s Church School Curriculum Project Director for the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP).
With her husband, Doug Cunningham, Rebecca worked in Washington, D.C. (1985-1990) with the Church Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (CCHRP) on human rights education and advocacy during the Martial Law years in the Philippines, urging the U.S. government to stop military aid to the Marcos dictatorship.
Assigned by Global Ministries to work with the Institute of Religion and Culture, Philippines (IRCP) from 1990-1994, Rebecca facilitated the development of seminar modules that introduced Protestant church women to feminist theology and hermeneutics, and taking a critical look at the precolonial status and role of Philippine women, lifting up the liberational aspects of such history and tradition.
Rebecca was Co-Editor of the Ecumenical Mission Study book on the Philippines titled Rice in the Storm (Friendship Press, 1989); author of Women of Faith. Bible Studies for Women’s Groups (IRCP, Philippines, 1996); and compiler of Pananampalataya sa Pakikibaka (Faith in the Struggle) (Ecumenical Center for Development, Philippines, 1984).
Rebecca has a Master of Arts degree from Pacific School of Religion (Theology and Education), and from Silliman University, Dumaguete City, Philippines (Creative Writing).
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