Interviewee: Prof. Ho Kin-chung Glorifying God’s Environmental Mission Professor Ho Kin-chung is a deacon of Kowloon City Baptist Church, a director of Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary (HKBS), and the chairman of the School Environmental Research Group of the seminary. He and his wife have a daughter and a son. He is a senior environmental expert and has been engaged in environmental protection work for more than 40 years. He is also committed to promoting environmental education in schools, seminaries and churches. He takes the promotion of environmental protection as his mission and hopes to awaken more Christians to pay attention to environmental issues, viewing this as a testimony that glorifies God. ...

Interviewee: Prof. Ir. Steve Wong Professor Ir. Steve Wong has been attending and serving in Diamond Hill Baptist Church and Tai Kok Tsui Baptist Church for more than 50 years. He also actively participates in voluntary work for school-running organizations to spread the gospel. Professor Huang has been working in the architectural consultancy and environmental protection industry since 1991. The company he founded has now grown into a multinational corporation. Last year, he and several Christians founded a life science company to address the problem of population aging. He hopes to use the new company to promote environmental protection technologies and concepts and practice "environmental protection education". Professor Huang and his wife have three children, all of whom are Christians. ...

Interviewee: Mr. Edward Lam Brother Edward Lam is a member of Tsim Sha Tsui Baptist Church. He and his wife have two sons and two daughters. He has been engaged in environmental and conservation work for many years. His professional area and research interest is to integrate environmental protection and ecological conservation into urban development and planning through environmental assessment and audit work. Brother Lin is also committed to promoting environmental protection in the community and raising public awareness of environmental protection. In 2018, he was invited by President Cao to join the "School Building Environmental Protection Research Group" and accompanied the college in responding to many environmental challenges. ...

Celia Lam Juergens Dean of Administrative Affairs The Starting Point of Green Theological Seminary Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary has already begun to focus on environmental conservation in its early years. Initially, the college's environmental protection policy was centered around saving, mainly targeting energy saving and waste reduction. Measures taken included: adjusting lighting and air-conditioning systems according to actual needs, switching to energy-saving bulbs, setting up three-color recycling bins, selecting recycled paper, using well water to irrigate trees and flowers, greening the campus, etc. ...

Nathan Ng Professor of Christian Thought (Church History) Augustine's creationism is undeniable. From a historical perspective, "environmental protection" has never been a topic of concern to the early church fathers or religious reformers. It is only because of the increasing global pollution and the continued intensification of climate warming in modern times that environmental protection has received attention from the church community. However, this does not mean that past church history documents are worthless when discussing relevant issues. In fact, the Bible does not directly discuss environmental protection, but it is the main reference basis for Christians today. Likewise, church history contains many valuable documents that can provide inspiration for the modern church. The author here attempts to use the famous church father Augustine (Augustine,...

Andres Tang Professor of Christian Thought (Theology and Culture) Anthropocentrism? In recent years, Chinese church groups have become more and more concerned about the ecological environment, and many brothers and sisters have taken action to practice low-carbon green living in all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation. But why should we care about the ecological environment? Why should we live a low-carbon green life? Is this because the church has gradually realized that human beings should not only care about themselves, but also care about the ecological environment, and expand "love your neighbor" to "love the earth"? Is this because the church has gradually realized that Christianity, as a religion of love, should not be centered on humans, but should instead take other creatures into consideration? This is worth our consideration. ...

Wong Fook-kong Professor of Old Testament Natural Cathedral Over the years, many Christians have told me that they feel closer to God when they are in nature (such as camping, fishing, and hiking) than when they worship in church. I often wondered, were they busy taking photos while enjoying the cherry blossoms in Kyoto, or were they really singing praises to God? In any case, I imagine that the person who said that had a pretty good last year as church buildings were closed and worship was conducted online. Finally, we can worship via our smartphones while hiking or camping without feeling guilty! Seriously, though, it’s not without biblical basis that people feel closer to God in nature than in a church setting. Psalm 19:1-4 says: ...

Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary (HKBS) has been concerned about environmental conservation for many years and has been vigorously promoting it on campus in recent years. Therefore, this issue of "School News" invited several teachers to talk about environmental protection from the perspective of Christian faith, and also invited our Administrative Affairs Director, Mrs. Zhang Lin Xiaoya, to talk about how we promote and practice environmental conservation on campus. In addition, we interviewed several members of our School Environmental Protection Research Group to share their insights on HKBS’s promotion of environmental protection. ...

Wu Libin Th.D. Candidate Time flies for Libin and her husband. I entered the Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary in January 2016 to pursue a doctorate in theology. I have now completed the first draft of my doctoral thesis and am about to finish my studies. I have been studying at the Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary for more than five years. During this period, what I am most grateful for is that God has prepared for me a dedicated and loving mentor, Professor Huang Fuguang. It can be said that without Professor Huang’s dedicated help and guidance, the first draft of my thesis would not have been completed. ...

Yue Guangpu Th.D. Candidate Yue Guangpu and his wife In 2018, I came to Hong Kong to study at the Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary and studied systematic theology under Professor Deng Shaoguang. Professor Deng is rigorous in his academic research and tolerant in his personality, and his students have benefited greatly from his teaching. I studied at Nanjing Union Theological Seminary for seven years. Compared to Baptist Theological Seminary, the theological education at Jinling Theological Seminary focuses less on modern or contemporary theologians. Therefore, when I first came to Baptist Theological Seminary, I was very envious when I saw my classmates in the bachelor's program of theology reading the works of contemporary theologians. Baptist Theological Seminary has a strong faculty, which broadens the students’ knowledge and horizons. The teachers are impeccable in both academic quality and teaching skills, which is also the strength of Baptist Theological Seminary. ...