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CCA condemns escalation of war in Iran, urges ceasefire
23 June 2025CCA calls for compassionate action for refugees on World Refugee Day 2025
20 June 2025CCA invites applications for Training of Young Peacebuilders in Conflict Transformation
17 June 2025The first Women’s Concerns Programme Secretary of CCA, Rev. Dr Elizabeth S. Tapia, passes away
06 June 2025CCA organises third workshop in India on Good Governance, Integrity Leadership and Stewardship in Parish Ministry
04 June 2025Asia Sunday 2025 observed by Korean churches at St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral in Seoul
03 June 2025Asia Sunday 2025 with focus on ‘Nicaea-1700: Enduring Faith and Embracing Unity’ observed at historic St. Paul’s Cathedral in India
02 June 2025Cambodian churches commit to end gender-based violence
30 May 2025CCA extends greetings as the Communion of Churches in Indonesia celebrates 75th Anniversary
30 May 2025“To lead, you may need to suffer,” says Metropolitan Yakob Mar Elias to young seminarians at CCA workshop
29 May 2025CCA mourns the passing of former Moderator of Church of Bangladesh, Most Revd Michael S. Baroi
19 May 2025Christian Conference of Asia congratulates new Pontiff Pope Leo XIV
09 May 2025CCA calls for de-escalation of conflicts and dialogue between India-Pakistan
08 May 2025CCA expresses grave concern over increasing persecution of religious minorities across South Asia
22 April 2025CCA mourns the passing of Pope Francis
21 April 2025
The Christian Conference of Asia is a regional ecumenical organisation and a forum of continuing cooperation among the churches and national Christian bodies in Asia, believing that the purpose of God for the church in Asia is life together in common obedience of witness to the mission of God in the world.
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As the General Secretary, Dr Mathews George Chunakara leads the CCA as its chief executive officer and is responsible for the overall coordination and supervision of the implementation and monitoring of all programme areas. The General Secretary is also tasked with the responsibility of strengthening relationships with member churches and councils, liaising with the governing board and advisory bodies, and building relationships with governments and intergovernmental organisations.
…Mission and witness belong to the very being of the Church. Mission of God cares and loves all God’s creation. God’s invitation is to all in the community to become God’s co-workers (1 Cor. 3:9) and participate in God’s continuing act of recreating and uniting the whole of creation. The churches and their members are called to be engaged in God’s mission and witness in unity according to the gospel’s principles. The unity of the church is an essential factor in carrying out God’s mission in all contexts. Unity brings to the world the power…
Ecumenical formation is an essential component for responsiveness to God’s call for unity. It is a gift of God’s grace, calling all Christians to have faith in the mystery of God and the Church, according to the design of God who wishes to bring humanity to salvation and unity in Christ, through the Holy Spirit. The unity we seek in the ecumenical movement and its vehicle of ecumenical formation is to receive the fruit of hope and realization of Jesus’ prayer, “that they all may be one”. Often the opportunities and requirements of…
Peace prevails where everyone has fair and equal access to justice and an atmosphere to live in security. Peace sustains only in a situation where everyone is able to participate in shaping their destiny and decision makers are accountable to the people. Peace is, therefore, a state of order, of freedom from fear and want, of being secure. In such a society as Prophet Micah says, “Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid” (Micah 4:4).
On the contrary, it is a matter of…
Diakonia is central to what it means to be the church and fulfilling the church’s mission and witness as servants. Diakonia is a core component of the gospel and is not an optional but an essential part of discipleship. Diakonia is a gift of the Holy Spirit and a manifestation of practical love for human beings. As such Diakonia reaches out to all persons, who are created in God’s image. While Diakonia begins as unconditional service to the neighbor in need, it leads inevitably to social changes that restore, reform and transform as well as…
Programmes and Activities
Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI) - 2025 'Enduring Faith and Embracing Unity'
August 3-30 l Chiang MaiHuman Trafficking, Forced Migration and Cyber Scam Operations in Asia : Church's Response
August 13-15Young Ambassadors of Peace in Asia (YAPA)
September 1-8 l Sri LankaGood Governance and Integrity Leadership (National)
September 15-17 l IndonesiaArtificial Intelligence and Posthumanism : Theological and Ethical Challenges
October 8- 10 l MalaysiaSustaining Peace in Asia through Religious Cooperation: Freedom of Religion and Rights of Religious Minorities
October l IndonesiaFor further information, contact [email protected]