Future of Asian Missions
1. Artificial Intelligence
What changes will the development of AI and advanced technology bring to the Asian Church’s
mission paradigm? And what creative and innovative mission models and strategies can the Asian
Church imagine in this era?
2. Diaspora
What missional potential do diaspora communities—such as refugees, migrant workers, and other
immigrants—spreading across Asia possess? And through them, what new horizon of mission can the
Asian Church envision?
3. Religious Pluralism
What changes and challenges will the multi-religious society of future Asia (Buddhism, Hinduism,
Islam, Shamanism) face? And in such a society, how can the Church maturely and wisely proclaim the
Gospel beyond exclusivism and syncretism?
4. Justice
In the face of social justice issues emerging in Asia—such as the gap between rich and poor, inequality
of resources, stateless persons and refugees, oppression and human rights violations of minorities and
the socially marginalized—how can the Church raise a gospel-centered voice and practice the
righteousness of God?
5. Healing
To Asians living amid deep wounds such as depression, anxiety, and trauma caused by pandemics,
wars, disasters, and social violence, how can the Church fulfill the mission of holistic healing and
restoration?
6. The Created World
In an era of intensifying climate crisis and environmental destruction, what is the gospel-centered
response to God’s created world? And how can the Asian Church practice sustainable creation care and
proclaim the vision of restoration?
7. The Next Generation
What are the ways to continuously pass on the Gospel to Generation Z and Alpha—the digital-native
generations—and furthermore, to mobilize them for missions and nurture them as mission leaders?
various mission subjects
speakers from all over the world
Gospel and Future of Humanity
In the 21st century, we are entering a great period of transition in which existing values and social orders are being reorganized amid unprecedented changes such as those brought on by artificial intelligence, digital civilization, transnational economic systems, and the climate crisis. These changes are not merely a part of a temporal trend but part of a great wave that may fundamentally reconstruct the future of humanity.
At such a time, the Asian Church—which stands at the center of the world in terms of population economy, politics, and religion—must once again reflect on the essence of the Gospel and raise serious missiological questions regarding how the Gospel can present hope and answers to humanity within our rapidly changing society. The Gospel does not remain merely at the level of individual salvation but is the power of God that heals, restores, and transforms every area of human life. Therefore, based on the wholeness of the Gospel, the Asian Church must reestablish gospel-centered missiological theology and strategies suitable for the coming age.
The 15th Asia Missions Association Convention, under the theme “The Gospel and the Future of Humanity,” seeks to explore together the missiological alternatives for the rapidly changing society of Asia. In particular, this convention will discuss the missional calling of the Asian Church for the future centered on the following seven core areas.