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Past NCC General Assemblies:
2006: Orlando, Fla.
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2004: St. Louis, Mo.
2003: Jackson, Miss.
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Rev. Dr. Elizabeth S. Tapia

The Rev. Elizabeth S. Tapia, Ph.D. is a Filipina theologian, educator and pastor. She grew up in a Methodist home in a fishing village of Bulacan, near Manila, Philippines.

Trained as  deaconess, theologian and pastor both in the Philippines and the United States, Elizabeth has been active in promoting  ecumenism, Asian women's theologies, and human rights advocacy. 

From 2002-2005, Dr. Tapia was on the Staff of the World Council of Churches as Fulltime Lecturer in Missiology at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey in Switzerland. Prior to that, she taught  Systematic Theology for ten years at Union Theological Seminary, Philippines.

In June 2007, she started her work at Drew University and Theological School as Director of Christianities in Global Context.

She earned her Master of Arts and Ph.D. in Religion and Theology from Claremont Graduate University. Master of Divinity from  Pacific School of Religion. BA from Harris Memorial College in Manila. Her fields of research interest include cross-cultural reflection, mission and immigration.

Her spouse, Alan Cogswell, is also an ordained pastor, a counselor and healer. 

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