French mission organization - Cevaa

The Cevaa – “Community of Churches in Missions” -- was started in Paris in 1971, as a post-colonial successor to the Mission de Paris. It brings together 36 Protestant Churches which are implanted in Africa, Latin America, Europe (France, Italy, and Switzerland), the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific.

The Cevaa’s diverse activities are centered mainly on the exchange of persons, as well as projects of theological reflection and development initiated by the member Churches.

At its most recent General Assembly, the organization redefined the two aspects of ministry that are at the heart of its community-wide cooperation and outreach:

“First of all, the heart is the community in missions and all that gives life to a community in missions: sharing, exchanges, visits, prayer. The General Assembly delegates defined the Cevaa as a community, a community that is alive, that moves, that exchanges, that takes part in the movement of God’s mission.

Secondly, the Word of God is the basis of all that makes us a community. Thus, it is theological empowerment of the people in our Churches that is the essence of the community. Theological empowerment is what animates us; it is what gives meaning to our community-wide action.”