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Every effort towards preventive diplomacy for defusing tensions in the Korean peninsula needs to be ensured, says CCA General Secretary
27 July 2024Regional capacity building programme for increasing Asian youth participation in HIV Advocacy to begin
27 July 2024Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI – 2024) commences
22 July 2024Peace and conflict resolution facilitators from Kachin churches in Myanmar visit CCA headquarters
19 July 2024Asian Ecumenical Institute–2024 set to begin
17 July 2024CCA extends greetings to Ninth General Assembly of the Igreja Protestante Iha Timor Lorosa’e (IPTL)
04 July 2024CCA expresses condolences to the families of Asian migrants died in the devastating fire in the Mangaf area in Kuwait
17 June 2024Mar Thoma theological students conference reflects on good governance, integrity leadership and stewardship in parish ministry
10 June 2024CCA and Senate of Serampore joint programme aims at training prospective church leaders in good governance and stewardship in pastoral ministry
06 June 2024Asian Ecumenical Migrants Advocacy Network Consultation strategises Churches’ engagement with issues of migration and trafficking in persons
04 June 2024Christian Conference of Asia condemns the brutal violence against Christians and churches in Sargodha, Pakistan
26 May 2024Asian Theologians’ Summit CATS-X focuses on ‘Echoes of Nicaea: Enduring Faith and Embracing Unity - Asian Ecumenical Response’
26 May 2024Cambodian church leaders affirm commitment to strengthen ecclesial and ecumenical unity
24 May 2024Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI) – 2024 will jointly be facilitated by CCA and WCC
23 May 2024Ecumenical Youth Leadership Development Training in Lao People’s Democratic Republic
18 May 2024
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.
Ecumenical Resources
CCA Programmes
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
ATCHAA - Regional Consultation 0n ‘Let Communities Lead’ - Faith Perspectives to HIV response
5-7 April I Bangkok, ThailandNational Youth Leadership Programme - Indonesia
29 April - 1 May l Siantar, IndonesiaAsia Regional Consultation on 'Ecumenical Diakonia Consultation for Church Leadership in Asia’
29 April - 2 May l Medan, IndonesiaProgramme Committee
2 - 6 May l Medan, IndonesiaAsia Sunday
12 May l AsiaYouth Leadership Development Training in Laos
16-17 May l Vientiane, LaosConsultation on ‘Situation of Asian Diaspora Migrants in Arabian Gulf in Post-COVID-19 Era’
31 May - 3 June 2024 l Dubai, UAEGood Governance and Stewardship in Parish Ministry – National Consultation
3-5 June l BTESSC, SeramporeGood Governance and Stewardship in Parish Ministry – National Consultation
6-8 June l Kottayam, KeralaYouth Leadership Development Training in Cambodia
14-15 June l Phnom PenhThis is a test page