ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH RECEIVES MEMBERSHIP INTO CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE OF ASIA
SYDNEY, APRIL 8, NOYAN TAPAN. Primate of the Diocese of Australia &
New Zealand, His Eminence Archbishop Aghan Baliozian returned on April
8 from the 12th General Assembly of the Christian Conference of Asia
(CCA) held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 31 March to 6 April. According
to the Press Release of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of Australia
& New Zealand, the theme of the conference was “Building Communities
of Peace For All”. The CCA is a regional ecumenical organisation
representing 15 National Councils and over 100 churches in Aotearoa-New
Zealand, Australia, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, China, East Timor,
Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand. The Armenian
Apostolic Church of Australia was received as a new member of the CCA
at the General Assembly and joins sister churches from Australia –
Anglican Church, Uniting Church and Churches of Christ – as a full
member. Guest speakers at the conference included Dr Sam Kobia,
General Secretary of the World Council of Churches; Dr James Haire,
President of the National Council of Churches in Australia; and other
notable leaders of different faiths and scholars of public policy.