Nurturing a New Generation of Asian Women Theologians Trinity Theological College, Singapore

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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07 September 2012
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3-6 September, 2012

A workshop on  Nurturing a New Generation of Asian Women Theologians brought together
nine Asian Women Theologians from China, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore to discuss and reflect on the theme “The Role of Women in the Asian Church: Perspectives from a new generation of Asian Women Theologians”. This was held at the Trinity Theological College, Singapore (TTC), from 3-6 September, 2012, and was organized by the Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia (CSCA), TTC. Two senior pastors were invited as ‘senior mentors’ to share their perspectives on the theme, namely Rev. Henriette Hutabarat Lebang, General Secretary of CCA and Rev. Cao, Shengjie a retired President of China Christian Council – who sent her paper but unfortunately could not be present due to her health condition.
Rev. Dr. Henriette Hutabarat Lebang, as a senior mentor, called for pastors in churches to accompany people in the congregations to read the Bible from the perspective of the marginalized, to incorporate gender justice from a biblical viewpoint in the educational materials used for local congregations; and to integrate Gender justice in the curriculum of Theological education as a compulsory subject, in order to promote the partnership of men and women in building the household of God, so that all can live together in a peaceful and just world.
This workshop aims to gather six to nine younger women theologians and seminary teachers in Asia, to get them to know one another and to explore ways in which they can encourage each another to reflect, teach, write and serve together in Asia on a long term basis. Priority is given to those who have recently returned to their posts from faculty development programs. Each participant, presents a paper addressing the issues relevant to her own local context and challenges (whether religious, social, or political) faced in her own particular field of expertise. Some papers take the form of a case study. Papers from the workshop are later edited and released as a CSCA publication.