What is ATA?

What do we do?
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OUR MISSION

The Asia Theological Association (ATA) is a body of theological institutions, committed to evangelical faith and scholarship, networking together to serve the Church in equipping the people of God for the mission of the Lord Jesus Christ. 

OUR VISION

The vision of the ATA is to see member institutions effectively serving churches in fulfilling God’s global mission. 

Accreditation

Commission on Accreditation and Educational Development (CAED)

Accreditation

ATA seeks to facilitate the improvement of the quality of educational programs of its members through accreditation of programs, whether residential, extension, and other combination of systems. A manual is available for anyone interested.

Value Added Services

As an educational development agency, ATA seeks to help institutions beyond accreditation.

Value Added Services

ATA’s partnerships with other global bodies enable a wider pool of resource persons to provide consultancy in various areas. Other services are offered as part of seminars and workshops.

Publications

Especially designed for readers in Asia, South Pacific and West Asia

Publications

Asia Bible Commentary Series, Monographs, Journals and books from ATA Theological Consultations.

AGST

As a result of ATA’s vision to provide relevant education for Asians, the AGST was conceived.

Asia Graduate School of Theology

AGST is a consortium of accredited institutions that offers advanced theological degrees. A program is usually hosted by one of the institutions, but all participating institutions make their resources-faculty, facilities, library, etc. available for the various programs.

Theological Consultations

An avenue by which member institutions gather to dialogue on relevant themes and topics

Theological Consultations

An avenue by which member institutions gather to dialogue on relevant themes and topics, but they have also served as a mean by which stronger collaboration and shared resources happens among member institutions.

Membership

We now have 380 member institutions from 32 nations across Asia, South Pacific, West Asia (Middle East) and beyond.

There are two types of membership in ATA, which are:

An Associate Member is a theological educational institution serving Asians, which abides by the World Evangelical Fellowship Statement of Faith.

An Accredited Member is a theological educational institution that has programs accredited by ATA. Associate members are encouraged to later become accredited members. Over 90% of ATA members are accredited members. Both associate and accredited members pay an annual membership fees.

380
members
32
nations

ATA Publications

Producing resources for pastors, Christian leaders, cross-cultural workers, and students in Asia that are biblical, pastoral, contextual, missional, and prophetic.

Asian Christian Theology: Evangelical Perspectives

Asian Christian Theology provides a survey of contextually reflective, robustly evangelical theology for students to engage with the core doctrines of Christianity and their outworking in different cultures across Asia.

ATA News

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November – December 2024 Issue
Gallery

November – December 2024 Issue

ATAnews is a bi-monthly publication of the Asia Theological Association

A•CROSS

Asian Christian Reflections on Society and Spirituality

A•CROSS is ATA’s online forum. It aims to provide a space for ongoing dialogue on key issues in Asian societies and how the church through Theological Education can address them.