Henry Fernandez, the Mission Director of Ang Ligaya Ng Panginoon in consultation with delagates from Singapore. As modern society moves into the third millennium, increasing concern is being expressed for regional and global cooperation and for socio-economic upliftment among peoples and nations. This stirs our hearts to come together and reflect on our Christian responsibilities as individuals and communities, living and serving in Asia. As Christian leaders and servants committed to serve the Lord, we end our four days of prayer, reflection and discussion, awed by the immensity and urgency of the task of bringing the gospel to Asia and pushed to greater reliance on the Holy Spirit for His grace and guidance for the Christian mission to which we have committed ourselves. For us, this task includes the building of covenant communities and evangelistic organizations into which the evangelized are integrated and helped to grow to Christian maturity so that they too can participate actively in our common mission.
Unity is a key witness of our life and work together.
Seeing the huge challenge we are facing in Asia, we are motivated to work more closely with each other by networking our communities and resources to the extent possible and for the greater good of our mission and service to Church and society. The Lord's agenda and guidance is of supreme importance to us more than our human goals and aspirations. Thus, we, individually and as a body, shall seek to listen regularly to God's guidance and inspiration with greater devotion even as our mission work intensifies. One hallmark of our common work in the international association is our corporate responsibility for our Christian workers and missionaries. To this end, we shall pursue with greater diligence their ongoing training and support so that they may be encouraged and refreshed and continue to function effectively.