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has been attributed and widely recognised that in the history of the ecumenical movement M.M It belongs to the generation of ecumenical leaders who have shaped not only ecumenical Thomas metamorphosis of the ecumenical thought of M.M Thomas was an outcome of his direct involvement The the ecumenical movement for more than six decades. He made remarkable contributions in the Indian, in and global ecumenical movement through various Christian, ecumenical and secular Asian and platformsincluding the Mar Thoma Youths Union, Student Christian Movement, Mar organisations Council youth forum, World Student Christian Federation, World Ecumenical Youth Christian International Missionary Council, Assemblies, Thomas started his international ecumenical journey by the usual route in the years preceding the M.M. of the WCC: through his leadership in the Indian Student Christian Movement and in the World creation capacitiesuntil 1953 operating from India. He was instrumental in preparing the study on ‘The various in the World Struggle’ together with David McCaughey, which Christian an influential guide to Christian student groups in that period.This study was the first ecumenical became to the "revolutionary changes" resulting from the worldwide political upheaval following the response Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church Dr. M.M. Thomas Birth Centenary Celebration Seminar S.C.S Campus, Tiruvalla, Kerala 31 August 2015 M.M. Thomas’ Contributions to the Worldwide Ecumenical Movement Mathews George Chunakara * Dr. Mathews George Chunakara currently serves as theGeneral Secretary of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA). He served the World Council of Churches in Geneva as Asia Secretary (2000-2009) and Director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs ( 2009-2014). theology but the global ecumenical movement itself. Thoma Youth League, Youth Christian Council ofAction, Inter-religious Student Fellowship, National World Council of Churches, East Asia Christian Conference (EACC) now known as the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) and the Christian Peace Conference. Student Christian Federation (WSCF). He was on the staff of the WSCF from 1947 to 1949 in Geneva and continued to work for WSCF in Second World War, and the national independence movements in Asia, Africa and Latin America.His
as a WSCF staff in the Geneva secretariat brought Thomas in contact with leading theologians position ecumenical leaders in Europe and North America allowed him to be part of the discussions of the and gained international recognition for his contribution to the first World Christian Youth Conference held He Oslo in 1947. M.M was invited the same year to take part in the preparations for the consideration of in and political questions at the first WCC assembly in Amsterdam. He was the only person from the social World who was part of the preparatory discussions on a sub theme of the Assembly, "The Third and the Disorder of Society". Five years later in 1952, M.M. chaired the second World Christian Church Conference held in Kottayam, Kerala, India - the first to be convened outside the Western Youth Immediately after the Kottayam Youth Conference, he was invited to be one of the leaders hemisphere. a WCC-convened study conference in Luknow on the church and socialissues in Asia. It was based of the LuknowStudy Conference report thatEvanston Assembly made a recommendation that the on should focus for the next seven years on the social and political questions facing the churches in WCC programme on "The Common Christian Responsibility towards Areas of Rapid Social six-year in 1955, M.M. was also selected as a member of the Working Committee and he became the Change" (CISRS). At the international Christian Conference on "Rapid Social Change" in Greece in 1959, Society and John Bennett of the USA co-chaired the section on "Christian Responsibility in Political Action", he work increased M.M.'s responsibilities and role inWCC. He presented the findings of the Rapid creative Change study at the New Delhi Assembly together with Egbert de Vries of the Netherlands. Social and secular ideologies. M.M was directly involved in the preparations for the First Inter-religious of the WCC in Amsterdam. He was made a consultant for various preparatory meetings of Assembly Assembly. He attended the first Central Committee meeting of WCC held in Whitby, Canada in the as a substitute for Juhanon Mar Thoma Metropolitan. At the Evanston Assembly Thomas spoke 1949 Religion and Ethics at the Union Biblical Seminary Pune, who made an effort to expound the Theology, of M.M Thomas, observes M.M’s presentation at Evanston was basically in agreement with theology understanding that the Church as the servant of the world. Sumithra says,as a layman, Thomas has the emphasised the secular witness of the Church and thus secularity came to stay in his views of always theology of mission. According to Sumithra, all the elements – “the necessity to express the ecumenical Faith in secular activities, the idea of participation, the inevitability of common struggles, the Christian as a speaker. In his presentation of a paper on the invited “The Christian Witness in the Society and Nation”, he anchored his thoughts and ideas based subject, a generalised thematic framework of his presentation at the Evanston Assembly and spelled out on the witness to Christ as redeemer of society and nation means. M.M.’s speech at the Ghana IMC what was seen as a decisive development in the theology of the WCC, namely a positive conference of evaluation formation of the World Council of Churches prior to its official founding in 1948. "developing" countries. When the newly created WCC department on Church and Society launched a staff representative in Asia for this project. At the same time his contributions to the wider ecumenical concepts and principles were demonstrated through the Christian Institute of Studies in Religion and producing a report which became a guide for worldwide Christian reflection and action.This kind ofa M.M.’s contributions in shaping WCC’s ideological and theological values were evident mainly through his direct involvement in various areas of WCC’s programs such as Mission, Church and Society and on “Christians in the Struggle for a Responsible Society in India”. Sunand Sumithra of the faculty of criteria of responsibility, human freedom and social justice and the ideal of secular society – have continued both in Thomas’ theology as well as in the theology of WCC”. 1 At the International Missionary Council (IMC) meeting held in Achimota, Ghana in 1957-58, M.M was
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