AMCU IV on the Way
An excerpt from the website of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA):
Preparations are on for the joint consultation "Asian Movement for Christian Unity (AMCU)". The program is coordinated by Dr Hope Antone and will be held from June 11-14, 2007 at Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Around thirty participants representing Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), Federation of Asian Bishop's Conferences (FABC) and Evangelical Fellowship in Asia (EFA) will take part in the event.
Dr Hope reflects that the theme "Our Common Witness in Contemporary Asia" echoes the theme of the GCF in Asia ("Affirming Our One Savior in Common Witness") while being conscious of our grounding in our regional context in Asia where we are called to witness to our one Saviour. Our context presents to us challenging realities in socio-economic, religious-spiritual and political-cultural dimensions. All these call for our response as Christians in Asia. You may read more about this in the CCA website.
What is interesting about this forthcoming AMCU IV is the participation of friends from the Evangelical and Pentecostal churches under the EFA which reflects our hope for unity of the whole Christian family that we are all parts of the one body of Christ.
I'm slotted to represent the Christian Conference of Asia to share a brief paper on "Living Our Faith in Asia's Social Context". The very first problem in this consideration is the definition of Asia's social context itself, which is frightfully varied.
But this is, on all accounts, an effort worth making, for it concerns the unity of the church. A participation of such nature reflects one's desire to partake in the prayer of our Lord Jesus that those people who follow him "may be one".







Comments (3)
sk,
This sounds very interesting. I look forward to reading your paper.
Blessings
Posted by Alex Tang | May 31, 2007 4:13 PM
can mortals like us come?
Posted by Sivin | June 6, 2007 2:35 PM
Hahaha... what lah you...
Actually I'm so new to this whole arena, I don't know what the format of the seminar is or whether it is open to the public. But hey, you're the one with all the strings to pull - show up if you can and make my day! :)
Posted by sk | June 6, 2007 2:43 PM