Pacific & East Asia
Spread throughout East Asia and the Pacific, this region is diverse, with many cultural differences. Despite this, national NCFs in the region have found much in common and have maintained close ties. The links that were formed when this first NCFI region was established in 1970 have been strengthened by regular conferences each four years, and additional conferences for national staff and leaders.
Member countries in Pacific & East Asia
NCFA began its work in 1913 at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and became one of the founding members of NCFI in 1957. After operating for many years as a state‑based organisation, NCFA moved to national administration in 2017. Our mission is to reach and teach nurses and midwives to follow Jesus Christ in their professional lives, integrating Christian faith with clinical practice, education and research.
We conduct workshops, conferences and training programs from a Christian perspective, including the SCAN course (Spiritual Care for Australian Nurses), endorsed by the Australian College of Nursing in 2021. This was renamed Spiritual Care for All Nurses, and launched in May 2026. We also publish Faith in Practice, host fellowship gatherings, and deliver Saline Process Witness Training in partnership with CMDFA, Health Serve Global and International Nepal Fellowship.
Fiji
President: Mrs Mereani Tukana
NCF Fiji is an interdenominational body, open to student and Registered Nurses.
It aims to: encourage nurses to accept Jesus Christ as personal saviour and Lord, live as His disciples; promote the growth in personal faith and love; promote Christian fellowship among nurses; encourage nurses to apply the Christian faith to nursing practice; help nurses to develop Christian attitudes to the social concerns that affect health; and encourage members to be involved in Christian missionary activities.
Hong Kong
View websiteHong Kong Christian Nurses Fellowship, referred to as HKNCF, was established on January 13, 1960. It joined the Hong Kong Christian Student Gospel Fellowship in 1968 and became a member; and in 1986 joined Christian Nurses Fellowship International.
Its goals were to: arouse and enhance the spirituality and communication between Christian nurses and medical staff, and be able to witness God in their posts; promote the meaning of “holistic care”; encourage and help group members to work faithfully and share the gospel with patients; discuss medical ethics from a Christian perspective, and serve the society in the spirit of Christ; and to liaise with and support Christian groups that are consistent with this fellowship.
Indonesia
Email: ncf.indonesia@gmail.com
Indonesia-Nurses Christian Fellowship, or Persekutuan Perawat Kristen Indonesia (PERWAKIN) as it is known in Indonesia, was established on December 8, 2003 as a Bible-based professional organization for Christian nurses in Indonesia. Our purpose is to spread the gospel of Christ’s love and Christian values through professional nursing care. Perwakin was established to strengthen unity and empower Christian nurses to assist in healthy growth and promote the Christ-centered professionalism of Christian nurses in Indonesia. Currently, we have two active chapters: Banten and Central Java.
Japan
President: Chieko Fukushima
Email: chiekojncf@gmail.com
ncf.indonesia@gmail.com
Japan Nurses Christian Fellowship (JNCF) began in 1982 after Chieko Fukushima returned from nursing studies in the USA, inspired by the care she received from Christian nurses. She felt called by God to support nurses in Japan, and the fellowship grew to 16 groups, joining NCFI in 1992. In recent years, younger nurses have actively taken part in JNCF and NCFI Congresses.
JNCF seeks to show God’s love in whole‑person care, helping nursing students and professionals integrate Christian faith with nursing through Bible study and prayer. The fellowship shares God’s grace through monthly newsletters, daily prayer lists, and regular online prayer meetings. JNCF conducts annual conferences on Zoom, and Faith Community Nursing seminars
Nurses Christian Fellowship NZ was re-born on International Nurses Day, 2015. The Board, a small fervent team serves all Nurses by holding regular Fellowship Activities, annual combined Reflect Conferences with Christian Medical Fellowship NZ, fellowship meetings with Fiji Nurses NZ, Christian Nurses Australia, and providing Saline Training for professional development in being the ‘Salt and Light’ in their work as nurses. We’re working with Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship to connect with the ‘next generation’ NCFNZ. Exciting changes are ahead in 2026 with a new website and membership platform.
Mongolia
Mongolia joined NCFI as a member country in 2020. It is a small fellowship with a vision to bring God’s love and healing to Mongolians through Christian nurses. NCF Mongolia works primarily in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. There is a small student group meeting in one of the local universities.
As a larger/mixed group, NCF Mongolia meets periodically for fellowship and teaching 2-4 times each year. We are increasingly using social media as a means to encourage and stay connected with one another. Members are also invited to meet together in small groups for Bible study. NCF Mongolia has been active in teaching and participating in the Saline Process trainings along with the local ICMDA fellowship.
Papua New Guinea Nurses Christian Fellowship (PNGNCF) began in 1993 after the 1992 NCFI world conference in Fiji, with Margaret Street, an NCFI Board member, helping to establish the fellowship. Bing Titus became the first president and served for 25 years. Today PNGNCF has around 1,000 members nationwide, led by a volunteer national committee. Since 1996, regional and national conferences have been held every two years, drawing 150+ participants in the regions and 200–300 nationally. Many nurses involved in NCF leadership grow in confidence and often move into leadership roles in their professional careers. The fellowship is well recognised in the nursing profession, and at symposiums NCF leaders are regularly invited to lead morning devotions.
Philippines
View websitePresident: Denia P. Santos.
Email: NCFP@ncfphilippines.com
admin@ncfnz.org.nz
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/NCFPhilippines
Nurses Christian Fellowship Philippines, Inc. (NCFP) started as a student ministry of the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) among nursing students in the 1950s. It has become an autonomous ministry of IVCF and is now registered as a professional nursing organization and a professional interest group of the Philippine Nurses Association. The NCFP has been involved in developing nursing students and professional nurses to be caring, compassionate, and competent Christian nurses and leaders in different fields of nursing and even in non-nursing institutions. NCFP’s tagline, “There is no holistic nursing care without spiritual care,” embodies the application and integration of our faith in nursing practice, education, leadership, and research.
Singapore
View websitePresident: Ms Alice Phua
Facebook: Singapore Nurses’ Christian Fellowship (SNCF)
SNCF is an interdenominational Christian organisation founded in 1960 to strengthen Christian life and witness within the nursing profession in Singapore. SNCF is part of Nurses Christian Fellowship International and carries the motto “One in Christ.” SNCF seeks to bring Jesus Christ to nurses, equipping and helping them find meaning and purpose in their work.
The Malaysian Nurses Christian Fellowship (MNCF) is an interdenominational fellowship established in 1961 to unite and support Christians in the nursing profession throughout Malaysia. MNCF currently has approximately 100 members and is registered as a society governed by an elected Executive Committee. The Fellowship operates on a faith basis and relies entirely on the prayers, voluntary support, and contributions of its members and friends. Membership is open to practicing nurses, retired nurses, and student nurses who share the vision of serving God through the nursing profession.
MNCF is committed to encouraging spiritual growth, Christian fellowship, and professional support among nurses. Regular activities include monthly cell group meetings, seminars and fellowship gatherings.
South Korea
View websiteKorea joined NCFI as a member country in 1988. KNCF was founded in 1967 for nurses (Education and Practice) and nursing students. Our ministry is to enable them to recognize that they themselves need to be nursed by God’s Word and prayer before nursing others. In their daily lives which are like a warfield, we are helping them to recover from being defeated soldiers to mighty warriors and live as a channel of salvation by integrating nursing and faith.
Currently, we are not able to gather offline due to the pandemic, so we are using a different form of ministry for the next generation to rise up in the post-Corona era. We have online Prayer Meetings each week along with Daily Bible Reading groups through SNS.
NEF is an independent, non-profit evangelical organisation, dependent on God’s providence by faith. Uses faith and professional skills to network the resources of Christian nurses to spread the Gospel. Both nursing ethics and medical mission are discussed and supported, based on Biblical doctrines.
PACEA History
PACEA was a pilot for NCFI Regional work. The Region was was developed by Blanche Lindsay an Australian staff worker who was also a member of the NCFI Executive at that time. She was appointed as PACEA Coordinator and organised the first PACEA conference which was, held in Singapore in 1970. The regional work was developed further by the appointment of a regional staff worker, Naty Lopez of the Philippines. She worked with a small committee drawn from countries in the region. During those years there was rapid growth in the region as further national groups were formed and became members of NCFI.
A Regional Committee comprising representatives from each member country in the region was formed and Regional Coordinators (now known as Regonal Chairs) were appointed to lead the regional work. A committee has been elected each four years at a Forum held during the Regional Conference.