ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This booklet is an updated version of a paper presented by Bastiaan Wielenga at the Regional
Committee Meeting of the World Student Christian Federation Asia-Pacific (WSCF
A-P) region held on 27 June - 5 July, 1991 in
The paper poses many challenges to the Student Christian
Movements in the light of their very nature and being as movements for social
transformation as well as that of the changing realities worldwide —
socio-economic, political-ideological, cultural-ecological, etc. As the WSCF
begins to celebrate its centenary, we hope the SCMs will meet these challenges
courageously for the renewal of its life and mission.
We are grateful to Bastiaan Wielenga who shared his thoughts on this very relevant
subject and who also updated this paper for the purpose of sharing with a wider
readership.
We are also thankful to the WSCF A-P support staff. Iris Li
and Violet John; and friends Hope Antone and Lucy Tan
who all helped make the publication of this booklet possible.
Yong Ting Jin
December, 1992