Peace and Peoples' Security In North East Asia

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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10 March 2014
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Churches' Forum to Promote  Peace and People's Security in North East Asia  

Tokyo,  10 March 2014

The Churches’ Forum on Peace and People’s Security in North East Asia met at the Office of the National Council of Churches in Japan (NCCJ) in Tokyo, on 10th March 2014, to share emerging socio-economic, political and religious trends in NE Asian countries and to address common issues together with understanding and co-operation. They underlined the importance of international networking and working together for peace and people’s security.

Peace and related issues like Article 9, the triple disasters, 30th anniversary of the Tozanso process, reunification of the Korean Peninsula, nuclear power, School of Peace, and networking for peace, were discussed in detail. Growing disparity between the rich and the poor;  control of democratic processes like elections, education and good governance; deterioration in freedom of speech and the freedom of choice; military spending; migrant workers; LGBT and same sex marriages; and the definition and interpretation of the concept of Family; were some of the concerns of the sub-region that were shared.

The forum was of the opinion that the concept of Peace should be explained to the children early in life, and therefore planned on a “School of Peace” for younger children. It also thought about ways and means of coming together as an ecumenical forum to promote Justice, Peace and Life concerns in North East Asia.

The meeting was hosted by NCC Japan. Rev. Kim Young-Ju General Secretary (GS), NCC Korea and Moderator of the Forum, from 2013-2014; Rev. Shoko Aminaka, GS of NCC Japan; Rev. Po Kam-cheong, GS of Hong Kong Christian Council; Rev. Yeh Ching-an, Ecumenical Relations Presbyterian Church, Taiwan (PCT); Dr. Lai I- Chung, Consultant at Taiwan Think Tank, PCT; Rev. Byun Chang –bae, Ecumenical Relations and Planning, PC Korea; Rev. Kim Jong-goo  from the Korean Methodist Church ; Mr. Kim Young-jin, Vice- Moderator,  PROK ; Ms. Susan Jacob, CCA Communications and Mr. Toshiyuki Mineda Public Relations, NCCJ attended the meeting. Rev. Shoko Aminaka, NCC Japan was elected as the moderator for 2014-2015. Rev. Yoichi Noguchi Executive Director of NIWANO Peace Foundation and Rev. Hiroko Ueda, Director HELP, joined the meeting on concerns regarding Article 9. The meeting ended with dinner with other distinguished Ecumenical leaders in Japan.