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Churches in Asia challenged to initiate new, innovative approaches to health and healing ministry
Posted On 10 October 2022
Participants of the CCA's International Consultation on ‘Faith, Health, and Healing: Christian Response in Asia’ Chiang Mai, Thailand: The…
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CCA to hold International Conference on Asian Christian Response to Faith, Health, and Healing
Posted On 07 October 2022
‘Faith, Health, and Healing: Christian Response in Asia’ Chiang Mai, Thailand: An International Conference on ‘Faith, Health, and Healing: Christian Response in Asia’ will be held from 10 to 12 October 2022 at the Payap University Campus in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The three-day international…
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Asia Regional Consultation on combating human trafficking pledges to enhance advocacy
Posted On 07 October 2022
Participants of the CCA's Asia Regional Consultation on 'Developing Effective Responses to Combat Human Trafficking in Asia', held from 28–30 September in Kuala Lumpur…
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Timor Leste Prime Minister applauds ecumenical accompaniment and solidarity during the country’s long years of struggle for right to self-determination
Posted On 03 October 2022
CCA General Secretary Dr. Mathews George Chunakara receives a gift from Timor Leste Prime Minister José Maria Vasconcelos…
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CCA Trains Ecumenical Enablers in Timor Leste
Posted On 03 October 2022
Participants of the CCA's Ecumenical Enablers Training Programme in Dili, East Timor A training programme organised by the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA)…
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High prevalence of gender-based violence a major challenge in Timor Leste, observe participants of CCA programme
Posted On 03 October 2022
Participants in session at the CCA's Ecumenical Women's Action Against Violence (EWAAV) Programme in Dili, East Timor Dili (Timor-Leste): The high prevalence of gender-…
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CCA’s month-long Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI)-2022 is to begin focusing on the theme, ‘God of Hope, Sustain Your Creation in Harmony’
Posted On 17 September 2022
AEI–2022: God of Hope, Sustain Your Creation in Harmony The Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI), the annual ecumenical leadership development…
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CCA observes Asia Sunday 2022 at CCA headquarters in Thailand
Posted On 23 August 2022
The staff members stationed at the CCA Headquarters in Chiang Mai, Thailand This year’s Asia Sunday was observed on 21 August 2022, on the theme ‘Christ's love reconciles and…
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Indonesian church and ecumenical leader Rev. Simon Tarigan passes away
Posted On 23 August 2022
Rev. Simon Tarigan The Rev. Simon Tarigan, a prominent Indonesian church and ecumenical leader and the former General Secretary of the Karo Batak Protestant Church (GBKP),…
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CCA trains Asian youth leaders as Young Ambassadors of Peace
Posted On 17 August 2022
YAPA–2022 participants on the Payap University Campus, the venue of the programme The week-long training programme, Young Ambassadors of Peace in Asia (YAPA), organised by the…
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Sri Lanka’s alarming crises of economic bankruptcy, political turmoil, and social upheaval warrant international intervention, opines CCA’s ecumenical solidarity team
Posted On 09 August 2022
Ecumenical solidarity team meets with inter-religious leaders in Sri Lanka An ecumenical pastoral solidarity team that visited Sri Lanka from 3 to 7 August 2022, organised by…
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Churches in Southeast Asia region strategise advocacy measures to uphold rights and dignity of people living with HIV and AIDS
Posted On 09 August 2022
Participants in a workshop session at the Southeast Asia capacity-building programme of ATCHHA, 2-4 August 2022 The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) organised a capacity-…
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Asia Sunday–2022 focuses on theme 'Christ's Love Reconciles and Unites'
Posted On 02 August 2022
The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) will observe the Asia Sunday–2022 on the theme 'Christ's Love Reconciles…
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Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI)–2022 to offer training for prospective ecumenical leaders
Posted On 14 July 2022
The month-long ecumenical course Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI), designed to train prospective young Asian ecumenists and church leaders, will be held from 19…
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CCA to organise online memorial service in honour of Archbishop Willem T.P. Simarmata
Posted On 28 June 2022
The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) will organise a virtual memorial service in honour of the late lamented Archbishop (Ephorus) Willem T.P. Simarmata, who was the…
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CCA invites applications for ‘Young Ambassadors of Peace in Asia’ (YAPA) Training
Posted On 27 June 2022
The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) invites applications for the Young Ambassadors of Peace in Asia (YAPA) programme, which will take place in person at the CCA…
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Asian churches mourn passing away of CCA Moderator Archbishop Willem T.P. Simarmata
Posted On 18 June 2022
Archbishop Willem T.P. Simarmata at the CCA Executive Committee meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2019 The Christian Conference of Asia (…
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CCA's Statement on World Environment Day–2022
Posted On 05 June 2022

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Metropolitan Dr Gennadios passes on to glory, leaving a great vacuum in the global ecumenical movement, says CCA General Secretary
Posted On 04 June 2022
Metropolitan Dr Gennadios of Sassima, vice moderator of the Central Committee of World Council of Churches (WCC), has been one of the towering…
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A doyen Asian ecumenist Prof. Dr Kim Yong-Bock passes away
Posted On 07 April 2022
Prof. Dr Kim Yong-Bock, doyen of Asian ecumenism and prominent theologian, passed away in the afternoon of 7 April 2022 in Seoul, Korea. He was 84…
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