CCA Invites Applications for Asian Ecumenical Institute - 2016

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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24 August 2016

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The Christian Conference of Asia will be organizing a month-long intensive ecumenical formation training - an Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI), which will be held at the Payap University, Chiang Mai from 24 October to 23 November 2016.

The AEI – 2016, focusing on the theme ‘Shaping a New Paradigm for Wider Ecumenism in Asia’, will aim at training a new generation of young ecumenical leaders in Asia and equipping them to be committed to ecumenism and contributing to the Asian and global ecumenical movement in the coming decades.

Through the Asian Ecumenical Institute, CCA will assist the Asian churches to train their prospective church and ecumenical leaders with a wider ecumenical vision as well as theological and  socio-political perspectives to understand the ethos and values of ecumenism in Asia’s geopolitical and interfaith contexts.

The course is designed to provide in-depth analyses and insights on pertinent issues and themes relevant to ecumenical contexts including biblical, theological, geopolitical, and interfaith perspectives. The course content will help participants to learn about a wider ecumenical vision based on biblical and theological undergirding in Asian contexts.  It will help prospective and budding leaders in churches to develop effective ecumenical leadership in domestic as well as international levels.

Participants will be selected from among the applicants recommended by heads of churches or ecumenical bodies.  Selection will be based on competence, gender and confessional balances, national and sub-regional representations, and ability to participate and contribute to the mutual learning process while engaged in capacity enhancement.

Completed applications for the AEI -2016 should be sent to CCA no later than 13 September 2016.

For more details about AEI and the Application Form, please click here

Asian Ecumenical Institute Application Form - 2016

Letter to Member churches and councils