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CCA invites applications for staff position vacancies
12 March 2024CCA Statement on International Women's Day–2024
07 March 2024Capacity-building training on HIV in Lao People's Democratic Republic
05 March 2024Training in Theological Affirmation on Good Governance and Transperency
23 February 2024South Asia Sub-Regional Training on ‘Building Ecumenical Advocacy Networks for Combating HIV and AIDS’ begins in Colombo, Sri Lanka
24 January 2024CCA Executive Committee expresses concern over escalating conflicts and violence across Asia
19 January 2024CCA Executive Committee appoints new advisory committees for next quinquennium
18 January 2024Executive Committee adopts CCA’s strategic programme directions
18 January 2024General Secretary’s Report to Executive Committee highlights pressing challenges and future of Asian ecumenical movement
17 January 2024First meeting of newly elected CCA Executive Committee commences in Chiang Mai
17 January 2024Tenth Congress of Asian Theologians (CATS–X) in 2024 will focus on ‘Echoes of Nicaea: Enduring Faith and Embracing Unity – Asian Ecumenical Responses’
20 December 2023CCA extends congratulatory greetings on the occasion of the episcopal consecration in Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church
02 December 2023Blending local and global ecumenism in Asia
02 November 2023General Assembly concludes with Worship and Holy Eucharistic Service in a vibrant ecumenical atmosphere of quest for unity and common witness
03 October 2023General Assembly elects new Executive Committee and Officers for next quinquennium
03 October 2023
The Christian Conference of Asia is a regional ecumenical organisation and a forum of continuing cooperation among the churches and national Christian bodies in Asia, believing that the purpose of God for the church in Asia is life together in common obedience of witness to the mission of God in the world.
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As the General Secretary, Dr Mathews George Chunakara leads the CCA as its chief executive officer and is responsible for the overall coordination and supervision of the implementation and monitoring of all programme areas. The General Secretary is also tasked with the responsibility of strengthening relationships with member churches and councils, liaising with the governing board and advisory bodies, and building relationships with governments and intergovernmental organisations.
…Mission and witness belong to the very being of the Church. Mission of God cares and loves all God’s creation. God’s invitation is to all in the community to become God’s co-workers (1 Cor. 3:9) and participate in God’s continuing act of recreating and uniting the whole of creation. The churches and their members are called to be engaged in God’s mission and witness in unity according to the gospel’s principles. The unity of the church is an essential factor in carrying out God’s mission in all contexts. Unity brings to the world the power…
Ecumenical formation is an essential component for responsiveness to God’s call for unity. It is a gift of God’s grace, calling all Christians to have faith in the mystery of God and the Church, according to the design of God who wishes to bring humanity to salvation and unity in Christ, through the Holy Spirit. The unity we seek in the ecumenical movement and its vehicle of ecumenical formation is to receive the fruit of hope and realization of Jesus’ prayer, “that they all may be one”. Often the opportunities and requirements of…
Peace prevails where everyone has fair and equal access to justice and an atmosphere to live in security. Peace sustains only in a situation where everyone is able to participate in shaping their destiny and decision makers are accountable to the people. Peace is, therefore, a state of order, of freedom from fear and want, of being secure. In such a society as Prophet Micah says, “Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid” (Micah 4:4).
On the contrary, it is a matter of…
Diakonia is central to what it means to be the church and fulfilling the church’s mission and witness as servants. Diakonia is a core component of the gospel and is not an optional but an essential part of discipleship. Diakonia is a gift of the Holy Spirit and a manifestation of practical love for human beings. As such Diakonia reaches out to all persons, who are created in God’s image. While Diakonia begins as unconditional service to the neighbor in need, it leads inevitably to social changes that restore, reform and transform as well as…
Programmes and Activities
Executive Committee
16-19 January I Chiang Mai, ThailandProgramme Committee
Finance Committee
ATCHAA - South-Asia Sub-Regional Training on ‘Building Ecumenical Advocacy Networks for Combating HIV and AIDS’
24-26 January I Colombo, Sri LankaATCHAA - National Training Programme in Laos
February I Vientiane, LaosATCHAA - Regional Consultation
March I Bangkok, ThailandThis is a test page