The mosaic mural “Jesus washes the disciples’ feet” at Hong Kong Baptist University.

Welcome to the 13th annual Christian Forum for Reconciliation in Northeast Asia. This year, we gather at Hong Kong Baptist University, a place where East meets West and where the church has long stood at the crossroads of Chinese and global Christianity. As we engage with the theme “Resilience as Reconciliation: Cultivating the Wisdom of the Heart in Times of Crisis,” we invite you to join apilgrimage of deep listening and embodied learning.

Date: July 27-August 1, 2026

Venue: Hong Kong, SAR

Plenary Session Speakers
Edgardo A. Colón-Emeric (Duke Divinity School), I Sil Yoon (Yonsei University), Gracelynn Lau (Imagination Care Studio), Tomoko Arakawa (Asian Rural Institute), Sangwoo Kim (Duke Divinity School)

Host: Duke Divinity School Center for Reconciliation, Mennonite Central Committee, and colleagues and institutions in Northeast Asia

We are excited to gather again this year for the 10th Christian Forum for Reconciliation in Northeast Asia. Despite the challenges of the pandemic and the deepening divides over political tensions in the region, we believe that it is important to come together to listen to God’s call to engage with the broken world and renew our commitment to the ministry of reconciliation.

Theme: Post-COVID World and the Ministry of Reconciliation

Date: June 5-10, 2023 (Please arrive by 5:00 pm on Monday, June 5th and depart on Saturday, June 10th)

Venue: Sacred Heart Spirituality Center, Paju, Korea 

Registration Fee: $450 USD in cash
                              $150 USD in cash (Young people 35 years old or younger)

Host: Northeast Asia Reconciliation Initiative 

Partners: Duke Divinity School and Mennonite Central Committee

Plenary Speakers: Dr. Douglas Campbell (Duke Divinity School, USA), Dr. Tom Sakon (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan), Dr. Paulus Widjaja (Duta Wacana Christian University, Indonesia), Dr. Nina Balmaceda (Center for Reconciliation, Duke Divinity School, USA), and Dr. Chris Rice (Mennonite Central Committee United Nations Office, USA) 

Pilgrimage: On Wednesday, after the morning session, onsite participants will visit the Unification Observatory, the North Korean Cemetery, Displaced People’s Cemetery, and the Catholic Church of Reconciliation and Repentance. After dinner that evening, we will have a prayer meeting.

Registration due date: 
Onsite participants Saturday, May 13th
Online participants Wednesday, May 31st
Zoom link for the plenary sessions will be emailed to the online participants.

9th Christian Forum for Reconciliation in Northeast Asia

Soong-Chan Rah (Fuller Theological Seminary)