Norlan Julia acknowledges the prominence which the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) and the late Filipino Bishop Francisco Claver, S.J., accorded to basic ecclesial communities (BECs). However, he also questions the long-term viability and efficacy of BECs in contemporary Asian contexts that are characterized by multi-religious and multicultural realities, and proposes that other forms of communio could be explored in the light of emerging networks of communication. – from the Editor’s Preface