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Editors' Note
The CCA-WSCF Joint Programme '95 comes at a time when the
whole World Student Christian Federation is celebrating its 100th year
anniversary. CWP '95, as it is briefly called, also comes at a time when the
need is felt stronger for assessment and renewal of student ministry,
especially in the Asia-Pacific region. It is therefore very fitting for this
traditional joint programme of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) and the
World Student Christian Federation Asia-Pacific Region (WSCF A-P) to focus on
the celebration and renewal of the SCMs in the
region.
The CWP '95 is scheduled on April 1-8, 1995 in Bangkok YMCA,
The CWP '95 has the following objectives: (1) to analyze the
change of student situations on campuses, especially with regards to the
ideological and intellectual climate among students and academics; (2) to
understand the present needs, concerns and problems of students in the context
of rapid socio-economic-political changes in Asia-Pacific societies; (3) to
envision new ways or aims of student ministry in the light of these changes;
(4) to strategize the mission of the church in the universities in view of a
more substantial and effective ministry among students; and (5) to celebrate
one hundred years of SCMs, bringing the different
generations together as one community.
Part of the preparation for this big event is the production
of dossiers or study papers for would-be participants and all the senior
friends and SCMs in the region. A number of people,
from among the senior friends and the present generation of SCMs,
have been asked to contribute their thoughts and reflections on various topics
related to the abovementioned objectives. Knowing how busy all of these people
are -- the senior friends in their present careers and involvements and the
students in their studies and SCM work -- we are indeed very grateful to those
who took time out to write their contributions.
We are also very grateful to Bong Angeles of CCA-Youth for
doing the overall layout design of this dossier.
This is just the first dossier. We hope to publish a second
dossier consisting of more papers from the movements and some other senior
friends. We do hope this will be helpful in your own assessment and reflection
on the student ministry in Asia-Pacific.
Wong Wai Ching
Hope S. Antone
Editors