About us

“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 Declaration)

The 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 movementthat 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 paradigmstoward 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.