This issue of the CTC Bulletin contains the main papers presented at the Founding Meeting of the Congress of Asian Theologians (CATS) which took place at the Somang Academy House in Suwon, Korea, in May, last year. The papers constitute the major component of Part II of the Proceedings of the Congress. Part I of the Proceedings was published in the last issue of the Bulletin.

The papers cover a wide variety of topics, e.g., issues of theological methodology, hermeneutics and interpretation of texts, contextual theology, ethics and society, religion and culture, Church and mission, and various aspects of ecumenical life. They do not and were not meant to form a particular theological orientation, certainly not a “theological school.” They provide, on the contrary, a wide panorama of the theological scene in Asia, and a “sense” of what the theological mood might be. We are very glad to be able to share these with readers of the CTC Bulletin.

Philip Wickeri, who served for many years as Overseas Coordinator of Amity Foundation in Hongkong and who was one of the editors of the last issue of the Bulletin, left Hongkong in January this year to assume his new position as Professor of Mission at the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, California, USA. Dhyanchand Carr, who served sitice 1992 as Executive Secretary for Mission and Evangelism and Theological Concerns of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), also left Hongkong: in early June this year, to reassume his position as a member of the faculty of Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary in India. We thank both of these friends for their work with the Bulletin and for their contribution to theological concerns in Asia. We also wish them well in their new responsibilities and areas of work.

I want to thank Janice Wickeri for assisting in editing and in preparing the materials for publication, and Heddy Ha of the CCA Staff for putting them in final form.