More than 350 church and Christian leaders and scholars from nine countries gathered in Indonesia to attend the second Impact Asia Alliance Summit, encouraging Christians to influence the world through their witnesses in different fields.
Featuring the theme of “Walking on Water,” the summit was co-hosted by the Impact Asia Alliance (IAA) and the Communion of Chinese Churches in Indonesia (COCCI) in Jakarta from November 1 to 4, after the first summit was initiated in Malaysia last year.
The summit envisions launching the “Asian Pearl Gospel Movement,” which connects nine Asian countries, including South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand, to exert impacts in “seven mountains”: religion, media, government, families, education, art, and business.
Tim Cheng, president of The Christian Tribune, Taiwan, and executive of the IAA, said in the opening ceremony that it was impossible to imagine this summit would attract more than 300 people, just as Peter thought he was unable to “walk on water,” but God made it. He appealed to the audience to regard each other as “brothers in the Lord,” an important relationship across all denominations.
The topics covered how to become a healthy church, church social service, ministries for the youth and men, Christian leadership, and the challenges and opportunities brought to the church.
The speakers included James Hudson Taylor IV, president of the China Evangelical Seminary; Dr. Peter Tan-Chi, founder and senior pastor of Christ’s Commission Fellowship in the Philippines; Rev. Paulus Wong, convener of IAA Malaysia; Yoshiko Ito, senior pastor of Shiroiie Fellowship Church in Japan; Rev. Dr. Caleb Soo Lee Chong, moderator of Singapore Life Church; and Andy Mills, co-chairman of the Grace & Mercy Foundation.
There was also an Indonesian-style performance carried out in the Church of Christ Jesus (Gereja Kristus Yesus), including traditional instrumental ensembles and folk song choruses.
During the performance, the participants were addressed, “Brothers and sisters, we need to know that there are still 240 unreached peoples who have not heard of the gospel among the total 787 ethnic peoples across Indonesia. There are yet 193 million people who do not know God among the nation’s population of 270 million. Let’s pray for the outreach ministry in Indonesia.”
2023年11月1日至4日，以《祂踏浪而来》为主题的第二届亚洲论坛影响力国际年会在印尼雅加达举行，大约共有350名牧者及基督徒领袖参加了这次年会。
该年会由台湾基督教媒体《基督教论坛报》和印尼华人基督教联会联合举办。
印华基联的陈保荃总干事介绍说，这次与会者来自美国，日本，韩国，台湾，菲利宾，香港，马来西亚，新加坡以及印尼，约350人与会。印尼共有167人与会，其中86位是传道人。台湾、香港以及亚洲别的国家与会人数是134人。
第一届年会是去年10月在马来西亚举办的，聚集了100位牧者领袖。同年1月，《基督教论坛报——马来西亚专刊》正式创刊。
《基督教论坛报》的执行长郑忠信分享说，举办今年这场超过300人聚会的论坛，刚开始觉得是不可能的事情，就像彼得一开始觉得自己不可能走在水面上一样，但是神做成了这件事情。并动情的呼吁与会者，“我们是主里的弟兄”，这是一种超越宗派的更重要的关系。
大会讲员邀请的是国内基督徒熟知的戴继宗牧师，时大鲲长老，还有在菲利宾开拓了10万人教会的华人牧者陈彼得，在日本成长的最快的三大教会之一的白之家教会牧者伊藤嘉子，以及多位来自不同领域的优秀讲员。
论坛内容丰富多样，涉及话题包括如何做健康的教会，教会如何有效的服务社会，老牧者和年轻牧者如何配搭侍奉，如何有效的服侍到青年群体，教会如何适应AI时代带来的挑战和机遇等。
大会的第二天晚上，印华基联邀请所有与会者移步到雅加达国语堂，国语堂的弟兄姐妹们献上了一场惊艳所有会众的“印尼之夜”，晚会包括印尼历史悠久的民乐甘美兰（Gamelan）以及昂格隆（Angklung）的竹筒乐器合奏，以及合唱团带来的传统民歌演唱。
陈保荃总干事在论坛接近尾声时对所有讲员和与会者表达感谢，特别提到这次论坛中的信息冲击：“你们带给我们新一代青年事工的蜕变，让我们印尼这么保守的基督徒群体，能知道下一次我们如何在青年事工上作出改变。”
下一届大会将于2024年在台湾南部城市高雄举办。
祂踏浪而来——第二届亚洲论坛影响力国际年会雅加达落幕
More than 350 church and Christian leaders and scholars from nine countries gathered in Indonesia to attend the second Impact Asia Alliance Summit, encouraging Christians to influence the world through their witnesses in different fields.
Featuring the theme of “Walking on Water,” the summit was co-hosted by the Impact Asia Alliance (IAA) and the Communion of Chinese Churches in Indonesia (COCCI) in Jakarta from November 1 to 4, after the first summit was initiated in Malaysia last year.
The summit envisions launching the “Asian Pearl Gospel Movement,” which connects nine Asian countries, including South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand, to exert impacts in “seven mountains”: religion, media, government, families, education, art, and business.
Tim Cheng, president of The Christian Tribune, Taiwan, and executive of the IAA, said in the opening ceremony that it was impossible to imagine this summit would attract more than 300 people, just as Peter thought he was unable to “walk on water,” but God made it. He appealed to the audience to regard each other as “brothers in the Lord,” an important relationship across all denominations.
The topics covered how to become a healthy church, church social service, ministries for the youth and men, Christian leadership, and the challenges and opportunities brought to the church.
The speakers included James Hudson Taylor IV, president of the China Evangelical Seminary; Dr. Peter Tan-Chi, founder and senior pastor of Christ’s Commission Fellowship in the Philippines; Rev. Paulus Wong, convener of IAA Malaysia; Yoshiko Ito, senior pastor of Shiroiie Fellowship Church in Japan; Rev. Dr. Caleb Soo Lee Chong, moderator of Singapore Life Church; and Andy Mills, co-chairman of the Grace & Mercy Foundation.
There was also an Indonesian-style performance carried out in the Church of Christ Jesus (Gereja Kristus Yesus), including traditional instrumental ensembles and folk song choruses.
During the performance, the participants were addressed, “Brothers and sisters, we need to know that there are still 240 unreached peoples who have not heard of the gospel among the total 787 ethnic peoples across Indonesia. There are yet 193 million people who do not know God among the nation’s population of 270 million. Let’s pray for the outreach ministry in Indonesia.”
The Second Impact Asia Alliance Summit Concludes in Indonesia, Calling for Churches' to Impact the World
