Background of establishment of ATEA 

The Alliance of Training and Education in All-nations (ATEA) is based on Korean ministers who established and operated schools to foster leaders in the mission fields, and senior ministers who worked in each region for more than 20 years, was established in June 2004 with the start of the theological education forum and general assembly, led by Dr. Hwalyoung Kim.. In the course of research and discussions, ATEA has developed and implemented a new theological education plan for the mission field, and administered Chongshin International Graduate School (established in Manila in 2006), a program to cultivate the theological education leaders (professors) in the mission field, which was established by President EwiWon Kim's proposal of Chongshin Theological Seminary at the time. Then, it was operated for 3 years (2010-2013) by ATEA. Realizing the need for cooperation of participants and solidarity of educational institutions in the development of effective leaders in the mission field, they agreed to develop a joint program through consortium, and at the same time, decided to establish a graduate school with recognizing the need for a research 3 community of ministers aiming for the development of Korean missiology that can support this. Then, in February 2014, the ATEA Institute for International Studies (AIIS) became born at the 11th theological education forum and general assembly of ATEA in Athens, Greece. However, the provisional general assembly in Bangkok in 2019, it was finally reborn as the ATEA: Alliance of Training and Education in All-nations by integrating the accreditation organization(ATEA) and the ATEA Institute for International Studies(AIIS).