The Meaning of the Church's Being in the World: Re-reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Ethics April Nok-Yan LAM The objective of this article is to provide a way of reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Ethics and shed light on his understanding of the...

Theories and Practical Models of Spiritual Formation in Theological Education Mei-Chuan CHU and Elijah LIANG Yi Li Yah In theological education, spiritual formation is regarded as an indispensable aspect of nurturing future church pastors and leaders....

The Role of Christian Spirituality Training in Christian Education: A Case Study on the Learners' Experience PUN Yuk Ping This article explores the role of Christian spirituality training in Christian education through a case study. The author...

The Disciples' Training of the United Church of Christ in Japan during the Pacific War SONG Jun To what extent can national ideology penetrate, transform, and even distort Christianity? This article takes the United Church of Christ in Japan during...

The Needs and Responses on Equipping Believers during the Reformation Nathan K. NG As Hong Kong society has faced various crises in recent years, the Hong Kong churches today face a significant need to equip their believers. During the era of the...

The Pursuit and Renewal of Faith Led by Lay Believers: The Late Middle Ages Devotio Moderna Movement IP Pui Shum This essay examines the Devotio Moderna movement, which emerged in late medieval Europe, focusing on how this lay-led initiative sought...

The Equipment of Disciples according to the Gospel of Matthew Simon CHOW In response to the popular phrase “equipping the saints” in today's context, this paper aims to explore how disciples are equipped in the Gospel of Matthew in order to...

Editor’s Notes by Wu Guojie Lord Jesus issued the Great Commission. In addition to instructing followers to bear witness to the Lord among the crowd and strive to lead people to the Lord, it also includes teaching believers to abide by everything the Lord has commanded. That is to say, we must equip believers so that they can become disciples who can understand the Bible and practice the true way. In recent years, there has been a wave of immigration in Hong Kong, and many church members have emigrated to other places. Some of them are even the next generation of leadership successors that the church has been cultivating. The number of spiritually mature believers in Hong Kong has dropped sharply, and those who can assume important ministry positions in the church have The leadership team gradually became inactive. Training more believers to take on the mission has become an emergency strategy for many churches to solve the current predicament. This issue of "Sandow Journal" is themed "Equipment of Believers" and hopes to bring enlightenment to the Chinese church through scholars' research on the Bible, history and practical theology. ...

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