The Christian Conference of Asia is a regional ecumenical organisation representing 15 National Councils and over 100 denominations (churches) in

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, Australia,

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, Laos, Japan,

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, Sri Lanka,

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and

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. These councils and churches are committed to working together in mission, leadership development, ecumenical relationships, and issues of social justice. The offices of the Christian Conference of Asia are located in

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, Chiang Mai, Thailand; 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 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'.

Member churches

* Aotearoa -

(5) ** Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia **

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* Australia (5) **

Anglican Church of Australia The Anglican Church of Australia, formerly known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania, is a Christian church in Australia and an autonomous church of the Anglican Communion. It is the second largest church in Australia after the ...

** Armenian Apostolic Church, Diocese of Australia and New Zealand **

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** Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Sydney & Affiliated Regions and SE Asia **

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(4) ** Bangladesh Baptist Fellowship ** Bangladesh Baptist Church Sangha **

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** Evangelical Christian Church *

SAR, China (4) **

Church of Christ in China The Church of Christ in China ( zh, t=中華基督教會, s=中华基督教会, first=t, p=Zhonghua Jidu Jiaohui) was a coalition of churches in mainland China, established in the early half of the twentieth century. After missionaries were expelle ...

Sheng Kung Hui The Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (abbreviated SKH), also known as the Hong Kong Anglican Church (Episcopal), is the Anglican church in Hong Kong and Macao. It is the 38th Province of the Anglican Communion. It is also one of the major denominations ...

(Anglican Church) ** The Methodist Church, Hong Kong ** The Salvation Army, Hong Kong and Macau Command *

(12) ** Church of North India ** Church of South India **

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** Hindustani Covenant Church **

Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church The Jacobite Syrian Christian Church (JSCC), or the Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in India also known as Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, the Jacobite Syrian Church, and the Syriac Orthodox Church in India, ...

Malabar Independent Syrian Church The Malabar Independent Syrian Church (MISC) also known as the Thozhiyur Church, is a Christian church centred in Kerala, India. It is one of the churches of the Saint Thomas Christian community, which traces its origins to the evangelical acti ...

** Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church **

Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar The Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, often shortened to Mar Thoma Church, and known also as the Reformed Syrian ChurchS. N. Sadasivan. A Social History of India'. APH Publishing; 2000. . p. 442. and the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar ...

** Methodist Church in India ** Presbyterian Church in India **

Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches (STBC), (Nellore) presently Headquarters A.B.M Compound, Markapur, Prakasham District, Andhra Pradesh( by its Add General Secretary Shri. Chilka David Prakash Rao ) by its Baptist Christian denomination in t ...

** United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India (UELCI) *

(31) ** Banua Niha Keriso Protestan (BNKP) ( Nias Protestant Christian Church) **

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(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 Protestant (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) ** Armenian Orthodox Church of Iran * Japan (3) ** Korean Christian Church in Japan ** Nihon Kirisuto Kyodan (

United Church of Christ in Japan The United Church of Christ in Japan (UCCJ; ja, 日本基督教団 ''Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan'', or ''Kyōdan'' for short) is the largest Protestant denomination in Japan. It is a union of thirty-three diverse Protestant denominations forcibly me ...

) **

Nippon Sei Ko Kai The ''Nippon Sei Ko Kai'' ( ja, 日本聖公会, translit=Nippon Seikōkai, lit=Japanese Holy Catholic Church), abbreviated as NSKK, sometimes referred to in English as the Anglican Episcopal Church in Japan, is the national Christian church rep ...

( Anglican) * Korea (7) **

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** Korean Evangelical Churches **

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** Salvation Army * Laos (1) ** Lao Evangelical Church * Malaysia (3) ** Church of the Province of South East Asia *** Diocese of Sabah ***

Diocese of Kuching The Diocese of Kuching is a diocese of the Anglican Church of the Province of South East Asia that covers Sarawak (in Malaysia) and Brunei. Founded in 1962, the see was originally established as the Bishopric of Sarawak linked to the Diocese of La ...

*** Diocese of West Malaysia **

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malaysia and Singapore The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malaysia or ELCM is one of the four Lutheran bodies in Malaysia. It currently has 21 congregations nationwide with a total of 3,650 members.Methodist Church in Malaysia The Methodist Church in Malaysia is a body within the Methodist tradition in Malaysia. With approximately 200,000 members in more than 1034 congregations (local and preaching points), it is the second largest Protestant denomination in the cou ...

* Myanmar (7) ** Myanmar Baptist Convention **

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** Independent Presbyterian Church of Myanmar ** Mara Evangelical Church ** Methodist Church, Lower Myanmar ** Methodist Church, Upper Myanmar ** Presbyterian Church of Myanmar * Pakistan (2) **

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** Presbyterian Church of Pakistan * Philippines (10) **

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(Evangelical Methodist Church in the Philippines) ** Iglesia Unida Ecumenical **

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(Philippine Independent Church) **

Apostolic Catholic Church (Philippines) The Apostolic Catholic Church (ACC) ( Filipino: ''Apostolika't Katolikang Simbahan'' or ''Simbahang Apostolika Katolika''; Spanish: ''iglesia católica apostólica'') is an Independent Catholic denomination established in 1992 by John Florentin ...

** The

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** Lutheran Church in the Philippines **

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(UCCP) ** The

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Philippines ** * Sri Lanka (3) ** Sri Lanka Baptist Sangamaya **

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** Methodist Church in Sri Lanka * Taiwan (3) ** Episcopal Church ** Methodist Church in the Republic of China **

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* Thailand (1) **

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(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 The National Council of Churches in India is an ecumenical forum for Protestant and Orthodox churches in India. History The Council was established in 1914 as the "National Missionary Council." In 1923, the Council constituted itself as the "Nat ...

Communion of Churches in Indonesia The Communion of Churches in Indonesia ( id, Persekutuan Gereja-gereja di Indonesia) is a national ecumenical body in Indonesia. It was founded in 1950. It is a member of the World Council of Churches The World Council of Churches (WCC) is a w ...

* National Christian Council in Japan * Kampuchea Christian Council * National Council of Churches in Korea *

Council of Churches of Malaysia The Council of Churches of Malaysia (CCM) is an ecumenical fellowship of Churches and Christian organisations in Malaysia. It is one of the three constituent members of the Christian Federation of Malaysia. It is affiliated with the Commission o ...

* Myanmar Council of Churches * National Council of Churches of Nepal *

National Council of Churches in the Philippines The National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP; tl, Sangguniáng Pambansâ ng mga Simbahan sa Pilipinas) is a fellowship of ten Protestant and non Roman Catholic Churches in the Philippines denominations, and ten service-oriented organ ...

* 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 The World Council of Churches (WCC) is a worldwide Christian inter-church organization founded in 1948 to work for the cause of ecumenism. Its full members today include the Assyrian Church of the East, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, most ju ...

World Student Christian Federation The World Student Christian Federation (WSCF) is a federation of autonomous national Student Christian Movements (SCM) forming the youth and student arm of the global ecumenical movement. The Federation includes Orthodox, Protestant, Catholic, ...

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.cca.org.hk Regional councils of churches Members of the World Council of Churches Christian organizations established in 1957