Chiang Mai, Thailand: Registrations for all categories of participants who are intending to attend the 15th General Assembly of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) have opened.
The General Assembly of CCA will be held in Kottayam in the southern Indian state of Kerala, from 27 September to 4…
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Asian church and ecumenical leaders’ summit closes with call for Asian Ecumenical Diakonia Forum
Posted On 12 May 2023Jakarta, Indonesia: Over 100 high-ranking heads of churches, bishops, general secretaries, moderators, and presidents of various member churches and councils of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), as well as ecumenical partners, adopted a Communique at the end of the week-long Asian Church and…
CCA General Secretary felicitates Obispo Maximo-Elect Joel O. Porlares the new Primate – of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI)
Posted On 10 May 2023The 15th General Assembly of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) held from 7 to 10 May 2023 elected Bishop Joel O. Porlares as the 14th Obispo Maximo. He succeeds the Most Rev’d Rhee M. Timbang, who has held the office of the Obispo Maximo since 2017. The Christian Conference of Asia…
Cambodia’s early Christian leader Pastor Sim Ten, who survived the Khmer Rouge genocide era, passes away
Posted On 08 May 2023Chiang Mai, Thailand: The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) mourns the passing away of Pastor Sim Ten, an early Christian leader in Cambodia who survived the Khmer Rouge genocide era in the country. He passed away on Sunday, 7 May 2023, at his residence in Kompong Cham province. He was 76 years…
Diakonia, inseparable from the Church, is movement of accompaniment and sacrifice, asserts Asian Church leader Ebenezer Joseph
Posted On 06 May 2023Jakarta, Indonesia: Delivering a Biblical-theological perspective on the final day of the Asian Church and Ecumenical Leaders’ Conference (ACELC), organised by the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), Rev. W.P. Ebenezer Joseph, the President of the Methodist Church in Sri Lanka, spoke on ‘Ecumenical…
Prophetic witness challenges churches to be heralds of God, agents of justice, and advocates of transformation suggests Filipino theologian Bishop Marigza
Posted On 06 May 2023Jakarta, Indonesia: At the Asian Church and Ecumenical Leaders’ Conference (ACELC), Bishop Reuel Norman Marigza from the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP), who is also the Acting Vice-Moderator of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), said that through prophetic witness the Church…
Asian ecumenists illustrate best practices and models to strengthen ecumenical diakonia
Posted On 05 May 2023Jakarta, Indonesia: At the Asian Church and Ecumenical Leaders’ Conference (ACELC) organised by the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), two separate panel discussions on ecumenical diakonia, featuring six prominent Asian church and ecumenical leaders, emphasised best practices and models to…
Transformative diakonia is incomplete without respect for human dignity, says Asian woman theologian Rev. Dr Mery Kolimon
Posted On 05 May 2023Jakarta, Indonesia: In a biblical-theological reflection on ‘Ecumenical Diakonia: Service to Humanity’ at the Asian Church and Ecumenical Leaders’ Conference (ACELC), Rev. Mery Kolimon, the Moderator of the Protestant Evangelical Church in Timor in Indonesia and a theological educator, emphasised…
“Diakonia must be inclusive—not merely doing acts of kindness to others from a position of wealth or privilege,” says Rev. Matthew Ross of WCC at ACELC
Posted On 05 May 2023Jakarta, Indonesia: At the Asian Church and Ecumenical Leaders’ Conference (ACELC), Rev. Matthew Ross, Programme Executive for Diakonia and Capacity-building with the World Council of Churches (WCC), delivered a presentation on ‘Ecumenical Diakonia: Called to Transformation’. Rev. Ross stated, “…
“Participation in struggle for social justice and advocacy is prophetic diakonia,” says CCA General Secretary
Posted On 04 May 2023Jakarta, Indonesia: The second part of the Asian Church and Ecumenical Leaders’ Conference (ACELC) began with the thematic presentation by Dr Mathews George Chunakara, the CCA General Secretary, on the topic ‘Ecumenical Diakonia: Ecclesial Action for all God’s People and all Creation’. Organised by…
