Christian Federation of Malaysia

The Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM) is an ecumenical umbrella body in Malaysia that comprises the Council of Churches of Malaysia (mainline Protestants and Oriental Orthodox), National Evangelical Christian Fellowship (Evangelicals) and the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia (Roman Catholic). Formed in 1985, the CFM brought together the major expressions of Christianity in Malaysia in a broad-based ecumenical body and a unified voice in dealing with the government as well as other religious and secular bodies in the country.

Ecumenical movements developed separately among the various expressions of Christianity in Malaysia with the Council of Churches of Malaysia being first established in 1947 amongst the mainline Protestant churches, followed by the organisation of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei for the Roman Catholic Church in 1964 and finally the National Evangelical Christian Fellowship in 1983 amongst the Evangelical Protestant churches. Prior to the organisation of the CFM, there was no single organisation that could claim to represent the Christian community as a whole in Malaysia when dealing with public matters that affected the community in the country.

On 6 February 1985, representatives from the three main ecumenical Christian organisations in the country formed the Christian Federation of Malaysia and the CFM was duly registered with the Malaysian government on 14 January 1986. To date, the CFM represents more than 90% of the churches in Malaysia.

According to its constitution, the stated objectives of CFM are as follows :

The component members of the CFM are:

The CFM has been led by representatives of various Christian denominations since its formation in 1985:

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