The Community That Brings Healing to Life

Spiritual companions of Li Jialu, Master of Divinity (first on the right is Jialu) "Baptism" has become my spiritual home. I still remember that when I first entered school, I went to the freshman counseling day with trepidation, thinking that there will be more to come. I really don’t want to go to a camp with a group of people I don’t know, and it’s a spiritual training camp. Before we entered the camp, the dean shared with a group of us freshmen on the stage that he hoped that the seminary could become our second spiritual home. To me, this place and the people around me were very strange, but it was amazing. At that moment, the dean’s words made me feel very touched and warm. For me, who had been wandering in other places for a few years before entering school, a spiritual home was really what I longed for in my heart. I am grateful, because now looking back on my days of studying theology, "Baptism" has not only become the place where God re-established me, but has also become my spiritual home! ...
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The Only Response I Could Make…

Yuan Lihua, a first-year Master of Divinity student, was shocked by a car accident. In June 2011, my husband Guoxiong and I traveled to Bali. Not long after we got off the plane in Bali, we went to the market on our motorcycles. I was sitting on the back seat of my motorcycle, humming "The Most Beautiful True Love" relaxedly and happily, when our car suddenly lost control and overturned on the road. There are only these memories left in my mind: The motorcycle lost its balance for an instant. When I had no time to react, I only heard the sound of shattering glass and the sound of the helmet scraping the ground, while my eyes were looking at a person gliding forward rapidly at close range. ground……. As a result, a miracle happened to us. Guoxiong and I only suffered skin injuries, no fractures, and no life-threatening injuries. All I can say is: there is nothing but God’s power and protection. ...
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Have I Not Commanded You…

Good Friday from Chen Sicong, first year Bachelor of Theology: I didn’t feel anything at all in my heart. In my second year of high school, I was moved by God’s sacrificial love at a sermon and decided to believe in Jesus. However, my subsequent religious life was not stable, and I was deeply troubled by my frequent weakness and falls. After graduating from high school, I only attended church intermittently, and my relationship with God became increasingly alienated. Despite this, God’s love and grace have never left me. Time and time again, He listened to my calls from the valleys. When I was lost, He still taught me and led me without leaving. ...
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Loder and Life Transformation: How Does the Holy Spirit Work During Life's Changes?

Lin Guobin, dean, internship director and practical theology lecturer of our college. One day in 2011, while chatting with teacher Deng Shaoguang, I heard him mention an American scholar who taught in a seminary and specialized in the integration of theology and psychology. In the summer of the same year, Brother Shao Guang mentioned this scholar again when he was preaching at the spiritual training camp of the college. So, I began to study his works, and he is the Luda (James...
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HKBTS’s Morning Chapel ── Communal Worship and Spiritual Formation

The morning meeting is the collective worship of our faith community, which is part of spiritual exercise and spiritual development. The seminary inherits two traditions: on the one hand, as a theological education institution, we inherit the academic tradition, allowing students to gain a solid foundation in biblical and theological knowledge and receive multiple training and equipment for the ministry of preaching; on the other hand, we also Continuing the monastic tradition of the Christian church, it attaches great importance to the cultivation of the character and spiritual life of the entire group, and the morning meeting is a concrete manifestation of the worship and spiritual practice of the entire group. ...
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Stepping into the Sixteenth Year of Distance Education

The distance education course of our college was established in 1998. Last year we just held our 15th anniversary thanksgiving party, and this year we have entered our 16th year. The vision of "distance" is to break through the traditional learning model so that believers can receive theological equipment without being restricted by time and geography. It is an independent, self-study course where students can flexibly arrange their study progress according to their personal circumstances. ...
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God’s Grace Has Never Been Lacking

Zhang Ting's Master of Divinity Time flies, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye, and I have completed the course of the Master of Divinity. Recalling the time when I was chosen and called by God, bargained with God over and over again, and even dedicated myself to respond to God, put down my work and put on my schoolbag, worked late into the night to catch up on homework, and used God’s love to first demolish and then build up—there were laughter and some Tears, blood, and sweat. Looking back, it is indeed a path of grace! ...
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Living and Learning in a Disciple Community

Lin Xizhang, Master of Divinity, has studied the life of a group of disciples. During my three years at the college, I often heard the dean and teachers emphasize that "Baptism in God" is a group of disciples, and we must learn to live the life of a group of disciples. To me, the community life of disciples here is a process of getting used to theological students with different backgrounds and personalities. It is not easy to learn. But God allows us to discover each of us through group life, and our lives can be changed. This kind of learning not only brings about spiritual renewal, but also helps us build a community of disciples where we serve in the future. ...
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Going from a Businesswoman to Pastor

Lin Yingxin, a first-year Master of Divinity student, was overwhelmed by business. I made the decision to believe in the Lord at an evangelistic meeting when I was in high school. In 2003, I was baptized at Quarry Bay Baptist Church. For twelve years after graduating from college, I have been working in retail management, mainly managing frontline employees and helping them achieve the company's sales targets. In 2009, I left my company and started a business with a good friend whom I trusted very much, and became the general agent of a certain brand in Hong Kong and Macau. At this time, I was overwhelmed with business. Not only was I busy with socializing and opening a chain store, I also spent a lot of money on brand-name clothes, and even started to "speculate in real estate." ...
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