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What is the COALA Movement?
"United in the bond of the Spirit, we as representative MW national and regional mission leaders, church leaders, theologians and practitioners, affirm that COALA is to be 'a network of regional and national majority world mission movements.'"
— Panama DeclarationThe COALA Movement (Christ over Asia, Africa and Latin) is a collaborative mission network initiated by leaders from the Majority World (MW)—Asia, Africa, and Latin America—who seek to discern and embody a new direction for global missions in the era of World Christianity.
COALA is not a denomination, organization, or funding platform. It is a relational and missional movement that brings together MW mission leaders to reflect, listen, and act together. The movement affirms that global missions today must move beyond Christendom and Western-centered paradigms toward polycentric missions, where multiple regions share responsibility, voice, and leadership in God's mission.
At its heart, COALA seeks the recovery of biblical, Spirit-led, locally grounded, and mutually respectful mission practice, shaped by the lived realities of Majority World churches.
Participating Organizations and Networks
COALA brings together mission movements and networks across the Majority World, including:
KWMA
Korea (The Korea World Missions Association)
COMIBAM
Latin America & Iberian World
IMA
India
SCGM
Singapore & Southeast Asia
IAA
Chinese Diaspora (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, global Chinese communities)
House Church Networks
Restricted Nations
ALLUSIA
Indonesia
AEA Mission Leaders
Mongolia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
MANI
Africa (Movement for African National Initiatives)
Closing Vision
The COALA Movement does not seek power, control, or replacement of any existing mission structure. Its calling is to serve God's mission in humility, to foster mutual trust across regions, and to witness together to the work of the Holy Spirit among the churches of the Majority World.