- Source: Christian Conference of Asia
The Christian Conference of Asia is a regional ecumenical organisation representing 15 National Councils and over 100 denominations (churches) in New Zealand, Australia, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand.
These councils and churches are committed to working together in mission, leadership development, ecumenical relationships, and issues of social justice such as human rights, peace and reconciliation, poverty alleviation, and interfaith dialogue.
The offices of the Christian Conference of Asia have been located in Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand; since 2006. In 2023, the General Secretary (since 2015) is Dr Mathews George Chunakara.
History
Representatives of churches, national council of churches, and Christian councils decided to constitute the East Asian Christian Conference during a meeting at Prapat, Indonesia in 1957. It was inaugurated at an assembly in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 1957 under the theme Witnessing Together. The fifth Assembly in 1973, meeting in Singapore, decided to change the name to Christian Conference of Asia (CCA). It established its regional offices in Singapore at Toa Payoh Methodist Church in 1974.
The organisation operated from Singapore until its expulsion from the country in 1987, when the Singapore government charged that it was engaging in political activities and had broken a promise of not doing so. The organisation's assets were frozen and eventually returned in 1988. Member churches and council in Singapore, the Methodist Church of Singapore, the Anglican Church of Singapore and Singapore's National Council of Church withdrew from the organisation, leaving it with no official representations from Singapore since. The organisation replied to the charges that there was a 'basic misunderstanding of the role of the Church in society and the way which church and state relate to each other'.
The CCA and the Catholic-run Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences worked together to found the Asian Movement for Christian Unity in 1994; the Evangelical Fellowship of Asia joined the movement in 2007.
In October 2017, the organisation celebrated its 60th anniversary with an event in Yangon.
Member churches
New Zealand (5)
Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
Christian Churches, New Zealand
Methodist Church of New Zealand
Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
Religious Society of Friends
Australia (5)
Anglican Church of Australia
Armenian Apostolic Church, Diocese of Australia and New Zealand
Churches of Christ in Australia
Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Sydney & Affiliated Regions and SE Asia
Uniting Church in Australia
Bangladesh (4)
Bangladesh Baptist Fellowship
Bangladesh Baptist Church Sangha
Church of Bangladesh
Evangelical Christian Church
Hong Kong SAR, China (4)
Church of Christ in China
Sheng Kung Hui (Anglican Church)
The Methodist Church, Hong Kong
The Salvation Army, Hong Kong and Macau Command
India (12)
Church of North India
Church of South India
Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India
Hindustani Covenant Church
Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church
Malabar Independent Syrian Church
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church
Methodist Church in India
Presbyterian Church in India
Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches
United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India (UELCI)
Indonesia (31)
Banua Niha Keriso Protestan (BNKP) (Nias Protestant Christian Church)
Gereja Batak Karo Protestan (GBKP) (Karo Batak Protestant Church)
Gereja Isa Almasih (GIA)
Gereja Kalimantan Evangelis (GKE) (Kalimantan Evangelical Church)
Gereja Kristen Indonesia (GKI) (Indonesia Christian Church)
Gereja Kristen Injili Di Tanah Papua (GKI-Tanah Papua) (Evangelical Christian Church in Tanah Papua)
Greja Kristen Jawi Wetan (Christian Church of Eastern Java)
Gereja Kristen Pasundan (GKP) (Pasundan Christian Church)
Gereja Kristen Protestan Angkola (GKPA)
Gereja Kristen Protestan Bali (GKPB) (Protestant Christian Church in Bali)
Gereja Kristen Protestan Indonesia (GKPI) (Christian Protestant Church in Indonesia)
Gereja Kristen Protestan Simalungun (GKPS) (Simalungun Protestant Christian Church)
Gereja Kristen Sulawesi Tengah (GKST) (Central Sulawesi Christian Church)
Gereja Kristen Sumba (GKS) (Christian Church of Sumba)
Gereja Methodis Indonesia (GMI)
Gereja Masehi Injili di Bolaang Mongondow (GMIBM)
Gereja Masehi Injili Halmahera (GMIH)
Gereja Masehi Injili Minahasa (GMIM) (The Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa)
Gereja Masehi Injili Sangihe Talaud (GMIST) (Evangelical Church of Sangir Talaud)
Gereja Masehi Injili di Timor (GMIT) (Protestant Evangelical Church in Timor)
Gereja Protestan di Indonesia Bagian Barat (GPIB)
Gereja Protestan di Sulawesi Tenggara (GEPSULTRA)
Gereja Punguan Kristen Batak (GPKB) (Batak Christian Community Church)
Gereja Protestan Maluku (GPM) (Protestant Church in the Moluccas)
Gereja Toraja (Toraja Church)
Huria Kristen Batak Protestan (HKBP) (Batak Christian Protestant Church)
Huria Kristen Indonesia (HKI) (The Indonesian Christian Church)
Kerapatan Gereja Protestan Minahasa (KGPM)
Persatuan Gereja Gereja Kristen Muria Indonesia (GKMI)
Sinode Gerejagereja Kristen Jawa (GKJ) (Javanese Christian Churches)
Sinode Gereja Kristen Oikoumene di Indonesia (GKO) (The Synod of the Oikoumene Christian Church in Indonesia)
Iran (1)
Armenian Orthodox Church of Iran
Japan (3)
Korean Christian Church in Japan
Nihon Kirisuto Kyodan (United Church of Christ in Japan)
Nippon Sei Ko Kai (Anglican)
Korea (7)
Anglican Church of Korea
Korean Evangelical Churches
Korean Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea
Presbyterian Church of Korea
Salvation Army
Laos (1)
Lao Evangelical Church
Malaysia (3)
Church of the Province of South East Asia
Diocese of Sabah
Diocese of Kuching
Diocese of West Malaysia
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malaysia and Singapore
Methodist Church in Malaysia
Myanmar (7)
Myanmar Baptist Convention
Church of the Province of Myanmar
Independent Presbyterian Church of Myanmar
Mara Evangelical Church
Methodist Church, Lower Myanmar
Methodist Church, Upper Myanmar
Presbyterian Church of Myanmar
Pakistan (2)
Church of Pakistan
Presbyterian Church of Pakistan
Philippines (10)
Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches
Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Filipinas (Evangelical Methodist Church in the Philippines)
Iglesia Unida Ekyumenikal
Iglesia Filipina Independiente (Philippine Independent Church)
Apostolic Catholic Church (Philippines)
The Episcopal Church in the Philippines
Lutheran Church in the Philippines
United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP)
The United Methodist Church in the Philippines
The Salvation Army Philippines
Sri Lanka (3)
Sri Lanka Baptist Sangamaya
Church of Ceylon
Methodist Church in Sri Lanka
Taiwan (3)
Episcopal Church
Methodist Church in the Republic of China
Presbyterian Church in Taiwan
Thailand (1)
Church of Christ in Thailand
East Timor (1)
Igreja Protestante Timor Loro Sae (IPTL)
Member Councils
Te Runanga Whakawhanaunga I Nga Hahi O Aotearoa
National Council of Churches in Australia
National Council of Churches in Bangladesh
National Christian Council of Bhutan
Hong Kong Christian Council
National Council of Churches in India
Communion of Churches in Indonesia
National Christian Council in Japan
Kampuchea Christian Council
National Council of Churches in Korea
Council of Churches of Malaysia
Myanmar Council of Churches
National Council of Churches of Nepal
National Council of Churches in the Philippines
National Christian Council of Sri Lanka
National Council of Churches of Taiwan
Associated bodies
Australian Student Christian Movement
National Council of Churches in Australia
World Council of Churches
World Student Christian Federation
See also
Religion in Asia
Christianity in Asia
References
External links
Official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Dewan Gereja-Gereja Asia
- CCA
- Gereja Masehi Injili di Minahasa
- Henriette Tabita Hutabarat
- Gereja Kalimantan Evangelis
- Didymos I
- Willem Tumpal Pandapotan Simarmata
- Madathiparampil Mammen Thomas
- Kitab Yudit
- Gereja Kristen Pasundan
- Christian Conference of Asia
- Freedom of religion in Singapore
- Philippines Central Conference (United Methodist Church)
- Kim Yong-Bock
- Methodist Church in India
- List of religious organizations
- Christianity in India
- Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences
- National Council of Churches in Australia
- Christianity in Thailand
