An Interdisciplinary Exploration

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. ...

Chen Yuen, associate pastor and church music lecturer. In 2014, five teachers in total including Bible and Christian Thought and I taught "Church Worship Studies" together. Since this subject is an interdisciplinary study, it needs to integrate various aspects and pay equal attention to theory and practice. Before the class started, several of our teachers met together to discuss the goals, scope, key content, and homework requirements of the course, so as to help students learn from the Bible, theology, church history, church tradition and etiquette, church worship ministry and pastoral care, and ethical practice , modern cultural situation and other angles to think about the church’s worship ministry. In the classroom, teachers from various majors take turns teaching corresponding topics; I am mainly responsible for coordinating the class, observing each class at the same time, and teaching the second half of the class. I try to integrate the Bible, theology, history and other fields, and then apply them to church worship services to see how to apply and practice them. ...