11th Assembly: Tomohon, 2000

Presentations were made on ‘Time for Fullness of Life for All’, ‘For Such a Time as This: Our Moment in God’s Time’, and ‘New Communities in the New Millennium’.

Excerpt from the Report of the General Secretary:

“Like the pioneers of the ecumenical movement, the pressure of God’s calling and of changing conditions ask us to think again of the nature and character of the ecumenical movement, the leadership it needs and should have, its people and constituencies, its role in a vastly changed and changing world, and its structure and its relationship with the churches. What does it mean for the ecumenical movement to be “of the church” and of ecumenical life as an expression of “being church” amidst all of Christ’s churches? What does it mean for the ecumenical movement and the church to be “of Asia”, changing vastly and reinventing itself, as some have said? What does it mean to be ecumenical in an intensely religiously plural work…what does it mean to be “the people of God amidst all God’s people”?...What would it mean in terms of our fellowship, our structures, our perception of mission, and our relationships, our social witness and the sources of our support? What does it mean to be ecumenical and to be the church in Asia at a time when the geoeconomic and political map of the world is being redrawn and where Asia is becoming in fact “world”?