Living Together in the Household of God

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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11 June 2014
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The 14th CCA General Assembly

Jakarta, Indonesia

20-27 May 2015

The General Assembly is a special event in the life of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), when representatives of the CCA members -which consist of 101 member churches and 17 national councils and related ecumenical organizations come together for a celebration of faith, reaffirm their fellowship, review and plan program of CCA and elect the leadership of CCA for the next 5 (five) years.  The 13th General Assembly was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2010. The 14th General Assembly will be held from 20-27 May 2015, in Jakarta, Indonesia, hosted by the Huria Kristen Batak Protestant, HKBP, Indonesia.  

The General Committee that met in Chiang Mai from 26-28 February 2014, decided to accept the invitation of the Christian Protestant Church in Indonesia (Huria Kristen Batak Protestant, HKBP), one of the 32 CCA members in Indonesia, to host the 14th General Assembly of CCA. This Assembly will be held in Jakarta from 20-27 May 2015.  The theme of this Assembly is, “Living Together in the Household of God.” In the midst of escalating conflicts and the growing threats to peace and human security in the region as well as the increasing challenges of environmental disasters, churches in Asia are called to reaffirm the sanctity of life of all people and to commit themselves to be co-workers of God in protecting and sustaining the life of all creation. The world that was created by God is the abiding place or the ‘house’ where all God’s creatures live together: people of different backgrounds as well as all of God’s creatures. Therefore all shall continue to live together in harmony. Human beings are mandated to be the good stewards of God’s creation, to take care of the garden of God and all its inhabitants.

Following the tradition of the HKBP which is the host church, the Installation Service of the Local Arrangement Committee (LAC) of the CCA General Assembly was held on Sunday, 12 May 2014, during afternoon worship at HKBP Rawamangun, a congregation of the HKBP in Jakarta.  The Installation was conducted by Rev. Willem Simarmata, the Ephorus or Archbishop of HKBP, well attended by the Executive Board of HKBP, and the leadership of the Communion of Churches in Indonesia (or PGI, Persekutuan Gereja-gereja di Indonesia), Rev. Dr. Andreas Yewanggoe, General Chairman and Rev. Gomar Gultom, the General Secretary. The CCA Assembly Planning Committee (APC) comprising Rev. Retno Ngapon, Rev. Dr. Pradit Takerngrangsarit, Rev. Dr. Hermen Shastri,  Rev. Gomar Gultom and Rev. Dr. Henriette Hutabarat Lebang,  appointed by the CCA General Committee from among its members,  were special guests at this significant event. Rev. Dr. Soritua Nababan, former president of CCA and former Ephorus to HKBP, was also present.

On behalf of the General Committee, the CCA General Secretary, Rev. Dr. Henriette Hutabarat Lebang conveyed deep gratitude to HKBP for their invitation and generous offer to host the Assembly and the participants of the Assembly. The Ephorus of HKBP, Rev. Simarmata expressed his appreciation and gratitude to the CCA General Committee for having entrusted HKBP to host this momentous event in the life of CCA. Dr. Yewanggoe said that the Communion of Churches in Indonesia will do its best to provide any assistance needed to make this Assembly a successful one.

This was followed by the first joint meeting of the LAC and the CCA Assembly Planning Committee, thus officially launching the Assembly preparations in ecumenical fellowship and co-operation.

 H H Lebang