CCA Leaders support Korean Churches’ opposition to navy base plan

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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14 September 2011
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9 September 2011

The Rev. Kim Young Ju
General Secretary
National Council of Churches in Korea
Seoul, South Korea

CCA Leaders support Korean Churches’ opposition to navy base plan

The Executive Committee of the Christian Conference of Asia, meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on 8 to 10 September 2011, reiterates and endorses the Statement issued by a CCA delegation that visited the Jeju Island, South Korea, in support of the opposition of Korean church leaders to the construction of a navy base.

We express our opposition to the navy base construction as it will pose a potential threat to peace and (human) security in the Korean peninsula and beyond in light of the growing contending powers in the region.  The navy base construction will also destroy the livelihood of farmers and fisher folk, along with the marine environment designated by the UNESCO as a biosphere reserve.  We also heard the voices of the Kangjeong villagers, who felt that their opposition to the navy base has not been heard.

We are alarmed at and deplore the arrest and detention of strong advocates of the opposition to the base.  We join the call that they be released immediately, especially the Rev. Song Young Sop, a pastor of the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK).

CCA will continue to support, monitor and follow up the case along with the member Churches and Councils in CCA.

On behalf of CCA, we humbly offer our prayers, support and solidarity to the Korean churches and enjoin all the Asian churches to do the same.

Yours in faith and solidarity,

HENRIETTE HUTABARAT LEBANG
General Secretary

cc.:  Members of the CCA General and Executive Committees
        CCA Ecumenical Partners