The 15th General Assembly of the Christian Conference of Asia

The General Assembly is the highest governing body of the Christian Conference of Asia and normally meets every five years. It is a special event when representatives of the CCA’s member churches and councils as well as ecumenical partner organisations come together for a celebration of faith and to reaffirm the unity of the fellowship in the Asian ecumenical movement.

• As the supreme decision-making representative gathering of its member churches and councils, the General Assembly celebrates the unity of the churches in Asia in worship, study, and action.
• It provides the opportunity for the representatives of the CCA members to express the common vision of the churches for the direction and mission of the CCA.
• The General Assembly reviews the programmes and assesses the work carried out by the CCA through its programmes for the past years. It is also an occasion to enunciate general directions and a common vision for the future mission and programmes of the CCA.
• The General Assembly elects the leadership of the CCA for the upcoming years. This includes the Moderator, Vice Moderator, Treasurer, and 17 members of the Executive Committee.

The CCA 15th General Assembly will take place in Kottayam, a historic multi-religious city in the southern state of Kerala, India. The last assembly in India took place in Bangalore in 1981.

The city of Kottayam is an important centre of the St Thomas Christians in India, a community that traces their origins to St Thomas the Apostle, who is believed to have visited Kerala in 52 CE and established churches. Kottayam was also a centre of Church Mission Society which initiated pioneering missionary activities from 1816, such as the promotion of education among oppressed peoples leading to a social renaissance in the region.