On Team Teaching at HKBTS

Lin Guobin, pastor, internship director, and lecturer of practical theology. The first subject I taught together with a teacher was "Basic Preaching" taught with Teacher Sun Baoling in the spring of 2008. Teacher Sun is in charge of the master's class, and I am in charge of the bachelor's class. For the first four classes, the two classes were taught together. Teacher Sun is responsible for the first and second lectures, and I am responsible for the third and fourth lectures. In class, the two of us had a lot of interactions, and my classmates also reported that they benefited a lot. Four classes passed, the bachelor's class and the master's class were taught separately, and the students began to practice preaching in class. ...

Lu Yunxi, Assistant Professor of New Testament Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary has a group of talented teachers, each with different gifts and majors; "co-teaching" allows us to use our unique talents and cooperate with each other to move towards a common goal. According to Ephesians 4:11-13, this goal is “…to equip the saints for the work of service, to build up the body of Christ, until we all come to the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, Grow up to the stature of the full stature of Christ” (Union Version, Revised Version). The body of Christ is unified in diversity; the role of the seminary is to teach students love, peace, and harmony while encouraging them to pursue their unique identities, passions, and gifts. We must embrace diversity, because only in diversity can we achieve true unity; only through true unity can we grow and experience the full stature of Christ. ...