Interviewee: Mr. Quan Baisui Brother Quan Baisui is a member of the Kowloon City Baptist Church and is enthusiastic about serving, especially evangelism and participation in community care ministries. He has served in the church mission for 20 years, expanding overseas and domestic ministries; he has served in the mission department for 15 years, responsible for local missions, caring for theological students, caring for the local community, and developing the Indian maid ministry. He also serves as the director of the Friendship Department and the mentor of the growth class. Brother Quan ran a business and opened a factory. He and his wife have a son and a daughter. ...

Interviewee: Deacon Kwan Wing-sing Deacon Kwan Wing-shing is a second-generation Christian. He has been attending church since he was a child. He has been growing up and serving in To Kwa Wan Baptist Church. He once served as the chairman of the church council and is currently the chairman of the deacon board. Deacon Kwan has been working in the financial industry since graduating from university and now works for a company related to stock indexes. He and his wife have two sons. ...

Interviewee: Mr. Ma Woming Brother Ma Woming is a member of Caiping Baptist Church and has been a Christian for nearly 40 years. Brother Ma was once the chairman of the church’s deacon board. After resigning more than ten years ago, he studied a diploma course in theology and has been serving in the church’s Sunday school department for many years. Brother Ma founded his own company thirty years ago. With God’s provision, it has achieved remarkable development. In gratitude for God’s grace, he and his wife established a fund in 2016 to support some early-stage gospel ministries. ...

Interviewee: Professor Wong Siu-fai Professor Wong Siu-fai has been attending church since he was a child. He has attended and served at Diamond Hill Baptist Church and Tai Kok Tsui Baptist Church for fifty years. In addition to serving in the church, Professor Huang also actively participates in voluntary work for school-running groups, setting up schools locally and overseas to educate and educate students and spread the gospel. Professor Huang is engaged in the construction consulting and environmental protection industries. The company he founded has now developed into a multinational enterprise. Professor Huang and his wife have three children, all of whom are believers in the Lord. ...

President Cao Wai-tung The "Dean's Council" ("Council") of Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary ("Baptist Theological Seminary") was established in the 1980s. Later, the development of the Senate Group slowed down, and the opportunities for members to meet and communicate with each other gradually decreased. It wasn't until 2009 that I reunited the members of the Senate and held regular gatherings every year, and the situation began to improve. After ten years, I am pleased to see that the relationship between members has become closer and closer, and they are increasingly able to play a consultative role. As the relationship between everyone is getting closer and closer, the discussion atmosphere at the gathering every year is quite lively and exciting. Members are enthusiastically engaged and teach each other everything they know and experience without hesitation. ...

The "Dean's Council" is an important advisory organization of Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary, supporting the dean and making valuable contributions to the development of the school. Therefore, this issue of "Academy News" invited Dean Cao Weitong to talk about this organization, and interviewed some members to share their feelings and thoughts.

Li Jiangyong, Master of Divinity Li Jiangyong and Dean Cao Weitong never forget their original intentions. They remember that when they first arrived at "Baptism in God", the teacher soon arranged for mainland students to introduce themselves. At that time, I introduced my purpose as follows: My purpose in coming to "Baptism" is to become a good preacher; to provide solid messages on the podium and to shepherd believers well. In the past two and a half years, my goal has been very clear; in line with the belief of "never forget the original intention and keep the mission in mind", I have continued to study hard and achieve comprehensive development in five aspects: spiritual, moral, intellectual, physical, and social. ...

Wang Jiahao, Master of Christian Studies, and other students looked back on more than three years of study and life. The theological equipment not only enabled me to gain knowledge, but also made me more effective in serving the church. The teachings in the seminary made me realize that “thinking about God seriously, preaching God seriously, and witnessing God seriously” are our responsibilities as created beings and are the true purpose of our creation. For the Christian community, theology is important because it is about how we know God and how we know others around us. ...

Deng Xuejun, Master of Divinity, is looking for answers to his faith. I still remember that when I was applying for the interview at "Baptism", the dean asked me why I wanted to enter the seminary and what my expectations were for studying in the seminary. Of course, the primary reason for enrolling was God’s calling on me. As for my expectations for learning, I remember having several questions in my mind at that time, hoping that studying theology would give me the answers. I vaguely remember two of the questions: "What is church? What should church be like?" and "What is fellowship? What should fellowship be like?" These questions were all triggered by my ministry and faith experience. Being young and having no theological training at the time, I thought that seminary must be the place to seek answers to these questions and that I would be able to find the answers here. ...

In order to respond to God’s call, my wife Yongmei and I started studying theology courses at Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary in August 2016. Time flies by, and now I am on the road to preaching. Looking back at the past three years, what traces has the gracious God left in it? If I were to describe these three years, I would say: the theological path is strange and dangerous; at the same time, the theological path is endearing and enriching. Without God's protection and care, I dare say that I would not have been able to embark on this theological path. ...