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==Member Councils== |
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Revision as of 05:05, 26 June 2023
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.[1]
The offices of the Christian Conference of Asia are located in Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand;[when?] the General Secretary (since 2015) is Dr Mathews George Chunakara.
History
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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).[2] It established its regional offices in Singapore at Toa Payoh Methodist Church in 1974.[3]
The organisation operated from Singapore until its expulsion from the country in 1987,[4][5] when the Singapore government charged that it was engaging in political activities and had broken a promise of not doing so.[6] The organisation's assets were frozen and eventually returned in 1988.[7] 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,[8][9][10] leaving the organisation 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 they way which church and state relate to each other'.[11]
Member churches
- Aotearoa - New Zealand (5)
- Australia (5)
- Bangladesh (4)
- Hong Kong SAR, China (4)
- 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
- Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar
- 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 Protestant Christian Church)
- Huria Kristen Indonesia (HKI) (The Indonesian Christian Church)
- Kerapatan Gereja Protestan Minahasa
- 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)
- Japan (3)
- Korean Christian Church in Japan
- Nihon Kirisuto Kyodan (United Church of Christ in Japan)
- Nippon Sei Ko Kai (Anglican)
- Korea (7)
- Laos (1)
- Malaysia (3)
- Myanmar (7)
- Pakistan (2)
- Philippines (10)
- Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches
- Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Filipinas (Evangelical Methodist Church in the Philippines)
- Iglesia Unida Ecumenical
- 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)
- Taiwan (3)
- Thailand (1)
- East Timor (1)
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
References
- ^ Eun-Young Cho, The Christian Conference of Asia's Contributions to Promoting Human Rights in Asia
- ^ "CCA History - Christian Conference of Asia". Christian Conference of Asia. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
- ^ "Thanksgiving, dedication service". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "Protestant body shut down for engaging in political activities". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "singapore dissolves christian conference of asia deports its leaders". ucanews.com. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "Singapore expels Christian organisation". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "$1.5m assets returned to expelled church group". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "Methodists to quit group". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "S'pore Anglican Church quits regional body". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "Council of Churches to cut ties with regional body". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "Christian body replies to charges". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2022-01-29.