An Urgent Appeal for Peace and Reconciliation of Korea

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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09 August 2010
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The 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 3-10, 2010. Among many items of business and issues, the Assembly adopted "An Urgent Appeal for Peace and Reconciliation of Korea." We are deeply concerned about the increased tensed situation on the Korean peninsula. People of Korea have suffered over 60 years of division, tension and separation and alienation since the devastingwar of 1950-1953. Korea is in the state of war, and the the Korean war has not ended yet. In order to ending the war in Korea, we believe strongly the armistice agreement which signed in 1953 must be replaced with a just and lasting peace treaty between North and South Korea, brokered by the United Nations, and endorsed by the United States and other powers with interests in the region. Attached below is the Appeal statement of PCUSA.
-Insik Kim-

Whereas Jesus Christ came into the world as the Prince of Peace, and Jesus calls us to be peacemakers; and

Whereas, the people in North and South Korea have suffered over 60 years of division, tension, separation and alienation since the devastating war of 1950-1953; and

Whereas, we are deeply concerned about the precarious situation in the Korean Peninsula following the recent hostilities and the decision of South and North Korea to cut off all communications links; and

Whereas, Korea remains in a state of war, and the current crisis of confrontation between North and South Korea carries the great potential to ignite a major conflagration on the Korean peninsula and beyond; and

Whereas, in order to bring a lasting resolution to the fundamental issues on the Korean peninsula, the present armistice agreement on Korea, the truce signed in 1953, should be replaced with a peace agreement that brings an end to the Korean War and provides a foundation for lasting peace on the Korean peninsula; and

Whereas, PC(USA) partner churches in South and North Korea and ecumenical bodies support strongly the peace and reconciliation of the Korean peninsula.

Therefore, the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.):

1) Expresses its solidarity with the people of Korea in their search for peace, reconciliation and reunification on the Korean peninsula.

2) Renews its commitment to pray and work for peace, justice and reconciliation in Korea for the well being of all Koreans.

3) Urges the governments of South and North Korea to reopen communications with each other and to engage in genuine dialogue that reduces tensions on the peninsula, and leads to concrete steps toward peace and reconciliation.

4) Calls for an end to inflammatory rhetoric by all parties and any suggestion that the conflicts can be resolved by a resort to military action.

5) Supports strongly the replacement of the present armistice agreement with a just and lasting peace treaty between North and South Korea, brokered by the United Nations, and endorsed by the United States and other powers with interests in the region.

6) Prays for the day when the people of Korea will live as one family in a reunified, free and peaceful nation.

7) Directs the Stated Clerk of the PC(USA) to convey our convictions to the President of the United States, the Congress, the United Nations, the governments of North and South Korea, the Presbyterian Churches of Korea, and our ecumenical partners.