Pastoral letter to Myanmar.

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).

No preference updated.

31 March 2011
christian conference of Asia, Asia christianity

29 March 2011

Myanmar Council of Churches
Myanmar Baptist Convention
The Church of the Province of Myanmar
Independent Presbyterian Church of Myanmar
Mara Evangelical Church
Methodist Church, Lower Myanmar
Methodist Church, Upper Myanmar
Presbyterian Church of Myanmar

Beloved Sisters and Brothers in Myanmar -

We deeply grieve with the people of Myanmar as they suffer the aftermath of the 6.8 magnitude quake that hit near the borders with Thailand and Laos on March 24, 2011. Seventy-five people confirmed dead and perhaps even more, with many injured, missing and displaced, and without food and water. Slow rescue efforts and inaccessibility of the devastated townships add to this already great loss.

Sisters and brothers in Myanmar please know that the CCA family members hold you in their hearts and in their prayers, assured that our God is a refuge to the needy in their distress (Isaiah 25.4, NRSV). We convey our solidarity and plead to God Almighty, that resilience and abiding faith be ours as we uphold each other, help the needy and comfort the afflicted.

On behalf of CCA, I appeal to our members to lend support and offer prayers to our sisters and brothers in Myanmar. You may email or call the Rev. Saw Shwe Lin, General Secretary of the Myanmar Council of Churches (Tel: +95-1-513 579 / 723 376; Fax: +95-1-296 848 / 526 982; Email - [email protected]; [email protected]).

I reiterate here our appeal for CCA members and partners to continually support the CCA Emergency Fund. This is one way of affirming our being One Body in Christ in times of disasters and need. Let us not despair and fear. The God of love and compassion embraces us all.

Very sincerely yours,

HENRIETTE HUTABARAT LEBANG
General Secretary