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2022 ATA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

September 26-30, 2022

Penang, Malaysia (Bayview Beach Resort)

Theme: The Digital Turn in Theological Education: Impact, Opportunities and Challenges

 

Key question as the challenge for the entire GA:

Shall the digital turn in TE lead to a new kind of TE or is it just an upgrade of the old?

Plenary Sessions

Plenary 1: Introduction: Overview of the Digital Turn

By a panel of resource specialists from the IT world, from the church, theologians, theological educators, offering different updates on context, digital world, www development, theological education.

Focus:

  • What are the important changes in digitality & technology that are happening in the world today?
  • How is it affecting the ways people interact/communicate with each other? Is it altering the sense of presence and relationships in digital communities?
  • Which of these changes will churches and religious communities need to pay attention to and actively engage?

 

Speaker:

Dr. Heidi A. Campbell

Professor of Communication, affiliate faculty in Religious Studies and a Presidential Impact Fellow at Texas A&M University. She is also director of the Network for New Media, Religion and Digital Culture Studies, and a founder of Digital Religion studies.

Panelists:

Ms. So-Young Kang, Founder and CEO, Gnowbe

Mr. Arun Kumar, Engineer, Trainer, Founder of Waymaker

Dr. Bernard Wong, President, China Graduate School of Theology

Dr. Kyungwha Hong, Counseling Faculty, Torch Trinity Graduate University

Focus:

  • Understanding the theology of holistic formation
  • Revisit and explore the role of theological education in holistic formation
  • Understanding the process/practice of holistic formation in the context of digital education or an increasing digital community.
  • Discuss some best practices, concrete examples?

 

Speakers:

Dr. Lai Pak Wah

Principal and Professor in Church History and Historical Theology at the Biblical Graduate School of Theology, Singapore.

Dr. Sarinah Lo
Program Director for graduate studies in Christian education at Bandung Theological Seminary in Indonesia.

Focus: Shaping a holistic theology of church in a digital age

  • What is the theology of “church?”
  • How is church done in the digital age and how does that inform or contribute to the present theology of “church’?

Resource material:

“Ecclesiology for a Digital Church: Theological Reflections on on a New Normal” edited by John Dyer and Heidi Campbell. John wrote the chapter “Exploring Mediated Ekklesia: How we talk about church in the digital age?”

Panelists:

Dr. Imad Shehadeh, President, Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary

Dr. Finny Philip, Principal, Filadelfia Bible College, North India

Mr. Rei Lemuel Crizaldo, Coordinator, WEA Theological Commission

Focus: Shaping a holistic theology and praxis of witness and discipleship in a digital community

and age. (Going beyond the default mode of using digital as a tool of mission, about the environment we are shaped in – being real for example).

  • What is a biblical and theological understanding of witness and discipleship currently?
  • How does this apply to the digital community?
  • What can we learn from discipleship and witness in the digital age that can inform our biblical and theological understanding of witness and discipleship?
  • How is witness and discipleship nurtured in the digital community?

Speakers:

Rev. Dr. James Hwang

DMin, MDiv. eq., MABS, Dallas Theological Seminary; Doctor of Engineering in Automation and Robotics, Lamar University; Post-Graduate studies, Faraday Institute of Science and Religion, St. Edmund College, Cambridge University

Dr. Ivor Poobalan

Ivor Poobalan, Principal at Colombo Theological Seminary (CTS) in Sri Lanka, and Co-Chair of Lausanne’s Theology Working Group.

Questions:

  • Who is your community?
  • How do we create a broader and sustainable learning community in Asia?
  • How do we expand our thinking and vistas and reshape the understanding of community and context in digital education?
  • Developing a theology of healthy partnership
  • How do we develop healthy partnerships, networking and collaboration within ATA?
  • What are some examples of practices of collaboration and partnership in the bible and in church history?
  • What are some present day healthy practices of collaboration and partnership?
  • With digital education, the geographies have changed. Seminaries can offer programs to students in other countries. Seminaries in the US are flooding the Asian context with online programs (not just extension programs). The reality also is that this is an uneven playing field. Established seminaries have more resources to develop digital education. What are the implications?

Speaker:

Dr. Calvin Chong
Associate Professor of Practical Theology at Singapore Bible College.

An analytical appreciation and critique of pre-digital age

An analytical appreciation and critique of Digital Age.

Moving forward holistically in a digital age.

Answering the key question: Shall the digital turn in TE lead to a new kind of TE or is it just an upgrade of the old?

Speaker:

Dr. Alexander Chow is co-director of the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, co-editor of the journal Studies in World Christianity (Edinburgh University Press), and editor of the Liu Institute Series in Chinese Christianities (Notre Dame Press).

Responder:

Dr. Stephen George 

He is president of Asian Christian Academy-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Hosur, India

Several schools will share about their journey in online TE.

Focus:

  • Impact of the digital turn
  • Challenges
  • Opportunities
  • Best practices

Presenters:

Dr. Peter Ho, Head of EduTech and Asst. Prof of Old Testament, Singapore Bible College

Dr. Manoch Jangmook (with Teerakorn), President, Bangkok Bible Seminary

Dr. Joanna Soberano, Academic Dean, Asian Theological Seminary

Dr. Prabu Singh, President, South Asia Institute for Advanced Christian Studies, India

Rev. Victor Sadek, Executive Director, Program for Theological Education by Extension, Jordan

Ask THE question:

Shall the digital turn in TE lead to a new kind of TE or is it just an upgrade of the old?

HEAR from what people are saying

Summary conclusion:  Steve Chang.

Communion and close.

ATA GA Conference Fee

Stay-in Single room

US$41000Conference fee
  • Hotel room/meals : US$ 290.00
  • Registration fee: US$ 120.00
  • Inclusive of meals starting dinner on 26th September to lunch on the 30th.
  • No dinner on the 28th, Wednesday as participants are free to go for sightseeing after lunch
Register here

Stay-in Twin sharing

US$32500Conference fee
  • Hotel room/meals – US$ 205.00
  • Registration fee: US$ 120.00
  • Inclusive of meals starting dinner on 26th September to lunch on the 30th.
  • No dinner on the 28th, Wednesday as participants are free to go for sightseeing after lunch
Register here

Non stay-in participants

US$19000Conference fee
  • Inclusive of lunch & snacks starting on 27th September to lunch on the 30th, without dinner
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These are the ways by which you can pay:

By telegraphic transfer: 

ATA Bank Information for Wire transfers-Metrobank US Dollar account

Account Name: Asia Theological Association International (ATA), Inc.

ATA Address: 77-B Bible St. Karuhatan, Valenzuela City, M.M. Account Type: US Dollar-Savings Account 

Bank: Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.- Karuhatan, Valenzuela branch
Account Number: 441-2-44100323-9 

Swift Code: MBTCPHMM
Bank Address: 235-I McArthur Highway, Karuhatan Valenzuela, Metro Manila Philippines

By sending a US Dollar check via registered mail: 

US$ check or international bank draft payable to: Asia Theological Association 

Please mail payment via registered mail to: Marlene Riate 

Asia Theological Association International 
Unit 702 Centro Plaza Condominium
49 Scout Madriñan cor Sct. Torillo St. Quezon City 1103 Philippines 

Kindly inform us once the payment is sent by emailing: atafinance@gmail.com

Registration deadline: August 1, 2022

Note:
As of May 1, the Malaysian government has lifted travel restrictions. Fully vaccinated travelers are exempted from pre-departure and on-arrival tests.

FAQs for the GA

When does the GA officially begin and end?

The GA will officially begin with dinner on the 26th at 6pm for stay-in participants.  It ends on September 30 after the closing ceremony. Lunch is included for stay-in participants.

May I extend my stay in Bayview Beach Resort beyond the GA and how much would each extra night cost me?

Yes, of course, you may extend your stay in Bayview Beach Resort even after our GA is done! It’ll cost you only US$ 55 per room, per night- and is incluhttps://www.ataasia.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=15904&action=edit#sive of breakfast. And should you choose to extend your stay, ATA will do the booking for you! You just need to let us know the details of your arrival and departure.

Will we be given copies of the papers presented?

Yes, you will be given copies of the presentations.  But since we’ve gone fully paperless, we will no longer be printing them and instead we will be sending you a link to access them.

Will we have an opportunity to go around Penang during the GA?

Yes, we have left Wednesday afternoon open for those who may wish to go on tour. The tour is not mandatory nor is it pre-arranged though.

Does the registration fee include airport transfers?

Unfortunately, the registration fee does not include airport transfers. We will send instructions to get to the hotel from the airport.