The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) having its headquarters in Singapore and whose jurisdiction extends from Pakistan to New Zealand, is having its seventh Assembly in Bangalore from May 18 to 28. CCA is a regional ecumenical fellowship of Protestant Christian churches. There are 86 member churches belonging to about 20 countries. The CCA Assembly meets once in four years and it is the supreme policy-making body.
The theme of the Bangalore Assembly is “Living in Christ with People”.
The Dalits of India are proud that the CCA has chosen India for its 7th session and Dalits of Karnataka are prouder still that it is their capital city that is playing host to this historic session. India has a Christian population of about 2.5 percent and constitute one of the persecuted minorities of this country.
But it is a fact of history that no body has done so much for the Dalit awakening and emancipation as the Christians. Untouchables and Tribals in particular must be grateful that they have been the biggest beneficiary of the Christian work.
While welcoming the delegates, we wish to assure the Church leaders that the Dalits of India shall ever remain grateful for then help. However, the Dalits have still a long way to go for liberation and, therefore, we call upon the CCA leaders to continue to work for the Dalit liberation.
