Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI) - 2017 will focus on Ecumenism and Mission in Asia’s pluralistic context

Programme Review and Programme Direction

Two key deliberative sessions during the 15th CCA General Assembly are the Programme Review and Programme Direction sessions.

The Programme Review and Programme Direction sessions will both be conducted in three groups relating to the CCA’s programme areas, namely, (i) General Secretariat (GS), (ii) Mission in Unity and Contextual Theology (MU) and Ecumenical Leadership Formation and Spirituality (EF); and (iii) Building Peace and Moving Beyond Conflicts (BP) and Prophetic Diakonia (PD).

Assembly participants will have the option to join one of three groups for both the Programme Review and Programme Direction sessions. For the sake of coherence, the assigned group will remain the same for both sessions.

General Secretariat

The General Secretariat oversees the coordination of programmatic, administrative, and financial activities of the organization. The GS comprises various departments such as church and ecumenical relations, relations with ecumenical partners, finance, administration, and communications, which provide crucial support and services for the implementation of programs and contribute to the overall functioning of the CCA.

Programmes: Relations with member churches and councils, ecumenical partners; advocacy at the United Nations; ecumenical responses to emerging issues in solidarity; income development and finance; and communications.

Mission in Unity and Contextual Theology (MU) and Ecumenical Leadership Formation and Spirituality (EF)

Under the MU programme area, the CCA accompanies Asian churches to strengthen their mission and witness in multi-religious contexts, revitalise and nurture church unity and the Asian ecumenical movement, and develop contextual theological foundations.

Programmes: Asian Movement for Christian Unity (AMCU); Congress of Asian Theologians (CATS); Asian women doing theology in the context of wider ecumenism; contextualisation of theology in Asia and ecumenical theological education.

The EF programme area focuses on nurturing and developing ecumenical leaders in Asia. The programme aims to enhance spiritual formation and theological understanding, enabling people to actively engage in ecumenical dialogue and collaboration.

Programmes: Ecumenical Enablers’ Training in Asia (EETA); Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI); Youth and Women Leadership Development; Ecumenical Spirituality and Nurturing of Contextual Liturgical Traditions; Asia Sunday

Building Peace and Moving Beyond Conflicts (BP) and Prophetic Diakonia and Advocacy (PD)

The BP programme area is dedicated to promoting peace, justice, and reconciliation in Asia’s diverse contexts. Through training, advocacy, and dialogue, the programme addresses the root causes of conflicts, empowers communities, and fosters sustainable peacebuilding initiatives.

Programmes: Pastoral Solidarity Visits; Churches in Action for Moving Beyond Conflict and Resolution; Young Ambassadors of Peace in Asia (YAPA); Ecumenical Women’s Action Against Violence (EWAAV); Eco-Justice for Sustainable Peace in the Oikos.

The PD programme area focuses on promoting justice, human rights, and social transformation in Asia. Through advocacy, capacity-building, and raising awareness, the programme addresses systemic injustice, empowers marginalised communities, and advocates for prophetic actions and meaningful change.

Programmes: Human Rights advocacy; Migration, Statelessness, and Trafficking in Persons; Asian Ecumenical Disability Advocacy Network; Asian Advocacy Network on the Dignity and Rights of Children (AANDRoC); Ecumenical Solidarity Accompaniment and Diakonia in Asia (ESADA); Health and Healing; Good Governance; Action Together to Combat HIV and AIDS in Asia (ATCHAA).

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13 June 2017

Gp-2Participants AEI – 2016. 

The Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI) - 2017, a month-long annual ecumenical formation and leadership training course, offered by the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), will focus on Mission and Ecumenism in Asia’s pluralistic context.

The AEI will take place from 25 September to 20 October 2017 in Yangon, Myanmar.

The participants of this year’s AEI will have the opportunity to attend the Asia Mission Conference (12-16 October) and the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the CCA (15 October), which will also take place in Myanmar.

Focusing on the theme, ‘Prophetic Witnessing to the Truth and Light, in Asia’, the AEI - 2017 aims to train young ecumenists and prospective church leaders in Asia.

The AEI - 2017 is designed with a focus on providing in-depth insights and training for 30 selected young ecumenists who are interested in learning about ecumenism, the ecumenical movement and wider ecumenism on the foundation of one’s own Christian faith, tradition and heritage.

The training and opportunities for interactions will enable the participants in crossing boundaries across the denominational / confessional, cultural, social, economic and political strata. The course contents of this year will specially focus on CCA’s Asia Mission Conference theme, and will assist participants to learn about an ecumenical vision based on biblical and theological undergirdings in Asian contexts.

The opportunity to live together, worship and learn together in an inter-cultural and inter-denominational setting in Myanmar, as well as collectively finding ways of developing ecumenical responses to emerging Asian realities will be an enriching and unique experience for each participant of the AEI - 2017.

The participants will be selected from the applicants nominated by CCA member churches and councils.

The deadline for submitting applications is 15 July 2017.

To download the AEI – 2017 application form, please click here.

To read the AEI – 2017 notice to member churches and councils, click here.