An Urgent Appeal

Programme Review and Programme Direction

Two key deliberative sessions during the 15th CCA General Assembly are the Programme Review and Programme Direction sessions.

The Programme Review and Programme Direction sessions will both be conducted in three groups relating to the CCA’s programme areas, namely, (i) General Secretariat (GS), (ii) Mission in Unity and Contextual Theology (MU) and Ecumenical Leadership Formation and Spirituality (EF); and (iii) Building Peace and Moving Beyond Conflicts (BP) and Prophetic Diakonia (PD).

Assembly participants will have the option to join one of three groups for both the Programme Review and Programme Direction sessions. For the sake of coherence, the assigned group will remain the same for both sessions.

General Secretariat

The General Secretariat oversees the coordination of programmatic, administrative, and financial activities of the organization. The GS comprises various departments such as church and ecumenical relations, relations with ecumenical partners, finance, administration, and communications, which provide crucial support and services for the implementation of programs and contribute to the overall functioning of the CCA.

Programmes: Relations with member churches and councils, ecumenical partners; advocacy at the United Nations; ecumenical responses to emerging issues in solidarity; income development and finance; and communications.

Mission in Unity and Contextual Theology (MU) and Ecumenical Leadership Formation and Spirituality (EF)

Under the MU programme area, the CCA accompanies Asian churches to strengthen their mission and witness in multi-religious contexts, revitalise and nurture church unity and the Asian ecumenical movement, and develop contextual theological foundations.

Programmes: Asian Movement for Christian Unity (AMCU); Congress of Asian Theologians (CATS); Asian women doing theology in the context of wider ecumenism; contextualisation of theology in Asia and ecumenical theological education.

The EF programme area focuses on nurturing and developing ecumenical leaders in Asia. The programme aims to enhance spiritual formation and theological understanding, enabling people to actively engage in ecumenical dialogue and collaboration.

Programmes: Ecumenical Enablers’ Training in Asia (EETA); Asian Ecumenical Institute (AEI); Youth and Women Leadership Development; Ecumenical Spirituality and Nurturing of Contextual Liturgical Traditions; Asia Sunday

Building Peace and Moving Beyond Conflicts (BP) and Prophetic Diakonia and Advocacy (PD)

The BP programme area is dedicated to promoting peace, justice, and reconciliation in Asia’s diverse contexts. Through training, advocacy, and dialogue, the programme addresses the root causes of conflicts, empowers communities, and fosters sustainable peacebuilding initiatives.

Programmes: Pastoral Solidarity Visits; Churches in Action for Moving Beyond Conflict and Resolution; Young Ambassadors of Peace in Asia (YAPA); Ecumenical Women’s Action Against Violence (EWAAV); Eco-Justice for Sustainable Peace in the Oikos.

The PD programme area focuses on promoting justice, human rights, and social transformation in Asia. Through advocacy, capacity-building, and raising awareness, the programme addresses systemic injustice, empowers marginalised communities, and advocates for prophetic actions and meaningful change.

Programmes: Human Rights advocacy; Migration, Statelessness, and Trafficking in Persons; Asian Ecumenical Disability Advocacy Network; Asian Advocacy Network on the Dignity and Rights of Children (AANDRoC); Ecumenical Solidarity Accompaniment and Diakonia in Asia (ESADA); Health and Healing; Good Governance; Action Together to Combat HIV and AIDS in Asia (ATCHAA).

No preference updated.

30 September 2009
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   A Letter from CCA  

No. 36/30 September 2009  

An Urgent Appeal

RE: Typhoon Ketsana (Philippine name: Typhoon Ondoy),
its victims and the pastoral ministry of the Churches in Asia

Dear Member Churches and Councils,
Brothers and Sisters in Christ:

It is with shock and sadness that we watched on television and read in the newspapers the destruction and havoc caused to lives and property of thousands of people in the Philippines. We are aware that it is a moment of challenge and a pastoral responsibility to all of us who acknowledge Jesus Christ as Saviour to minister to the victims and mourn with the bereaved, and accompany those who are still searching for missing friends and relatives.

These are times which test our faith and also empower us by God's grace to be with the Filipino people and witness to our faith either by word, action or by being a silent presence.

We believe this is also a time for us to pool our human and material resources and to work as far as possible ecumenically, and even with people of our sister faiths. It is at times like this that we can demonstrate to the world that our faith which is nurtured by the mind of Christ can transcend all divisions based on religion, class, caste, ethnicity, colour, gender and politics, to ease the pain and suffering of the people and become a beacon of strength and hope to those who have lost almost everything in life.

We are making an appeal to all member churches and councils to share their solidarity in this hour of pain and despair by contributing in cash, even in a small way, to the relief and rehabilitation work of the Philippine Churches through the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) which will commence immediately.

For your donations and support, please send them to:

REV. REX R.B. REYES
General Secretary
National Council of Churches in the Philippines
879 EDSA, West Triangle, Quezon City 1200
Tel.: + 63-2-9293745; Fax: + 63-2-9267076
Email: "Rex R.B. Reyes Jr." <[email protected]>

Account name: National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP)
Account No.: 3054-0162-89 (Dollar Savings)
Bank: Bank of the Philippine Islands
QC West Triangle Branch
1587 Quezon Avenue
Quezon City 1104 Philippines
SWIFT CODE: BOPIPHMM

Kindly send communications regarding donations/support to Rev. Reyes including your postal address so that NCCP can duly acknowledge receipt.

For NCCP's appeal and updates on the aftermath of the typhoon, visit http://nccplibrary.blogspot.com/

CCA assures you that all those who have become victims of Typhoon Ondoy and all who volunteer to minister to them are remembered in our prayers.

With peace and blessings,

Yours in Christ,

Dr. Prawate Khid-arn
General Secretary

Rev. Dr. Rienzie Perera
Associate General Secretary

Cc: Rev. Rex RB Reyes, General Secretary, NCCP
Member, CCA General Committee