A Visit to Shek Pik Prison

A Cold Wave, a Warmth Student Union Mission Department received help from Pastor Zheng Junye of the Renewal Society and arranged for nine students to visit inmates at Shek Pik Adult Men's Prison on January 17. A cold wave had just hit Hong Kong that day. After the students took a bus from Tung Chung to Shek Pik, they faced the biting cold wind and walked for more than ten minutes on a slope to reach the heavily guarded Shek Pik Prison. The meeting was divided into morning and afternoon sessions and was attended by more than 40 inmates, most of whom were young people who had not yet believed in the Lord. The following is what one of the seminarians shared:...
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Campers’ Responses

Responses from Two Campmates Brother Yun and Sister Yan are a young couple. They attended the experience camp together because the wife was preparing to embark on the road of devotion, and the husband wanted to accompany his wife in the camp and seek God’s will together. As a result, how will they experience the two-day and one-night camp? ...
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Opening the Classroom Doors

Classroom Experience We divide the campers into groups and arrange for them to enter different classrooms to take classes with theological students. Each camper will have one or two classroom experiences. What exactly do they hear in the classroom? "These two lessons will tell the beginning of the English Reformation through the six legendary marriages of Henry VIII in the 16th century, thereby explaining the origin of the Anglican organization and system." (Teacher Wu Guojie: Church History). ..
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Collection of "Short Lectures" sermons: How does God use my life?

There were two powerful information sharing sessions in the experience camp, namely the "short lecture" on the first night and the "morning meeting" on the second day. Lin Guobin Pastoral Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Through the story of Samuel anointing David, Pastor Lin and the campers thought about how God views people and how he actively chooses servants who are after His own heart. He explained two paragraphs, verses 1 to 5 and verses 6 to 10, analyzing the two opposing themes of "rejection" and "election" from the scriptures, and then pointed out that "seeing" is another theme of the second paragraph. The first part of the sermon will be omitted below, and it will be compiled from the third theme "Seeing" to the end. ...
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Testimonies fo God’s Calling Meeting

Flesh and grace, one campmate described this "Call to Testimony Sharing Session" as "flesh and grace," and it was one of the most touching sessions. In this sharing session, one of our classmates and two alumni talked about their calling and their experiences in studying theology. The space here is limited, so I can only extract small paragraphs from three stories to share with readers. I hope that even though the paragraph is small, it still allows you to see the vastness of God’s grace. ...
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Experiencing Seminary Life Camp

The "Theological Student Life Experience Camp" we hold every year is designed for brothers and sisters who are preparing to receive theological equipment or are exploring God's call. It allows participants to have the opportunity to get to know our school and understand the life of theological students, and also through listening Taoism, meditation, testimony sharing, mutual intercession, etc., to receive more of God’s will. ...
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Aimed at Overcoming Shameful Status: Romans as a Missionary Letter

Professor Robert Jewett Our school specially invited the famous New Testament scholar Dr. Robert Jewett to be the morning lecturer on April 17, and invited Dr. Zhou Zhaozhen to be the response speaker. Dr. Zhu's message emphasizes that the elimination of distinction between superiority and inferiority is the keynote of Romans. This keynote is particularly relevant to this conflict-ridden era of the twenty-first century. This issue of "Academy News" has translated Dr. Zhu Weite's speech that day to share the information with readers. ...
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A Reflection on the Handling of Historical Data and Statistics of Hong Kong Churches from a Study of Hong Kong Denominations

Wu Guojie, Associate Professor of Christian Thought (Church History) From July 2006 to June 2007, the author published a series of articles in the "Tracing the Origin" series of "Times Forum" to trace the beliefs, doctrines, traditional rituals, and sectarian organizations of today's churches. and various reasons for the Chinese church. What received the most responses during the period was the introduction to the historical roots of each denomination; it showed that Chinese Christians were indeed troubled by the numerous denominations in Hong Kong and wanted to know more about them and clarify their relationship with each other. In order to meet the needs of the Hong Kong church in this regard, and as a publishing house happened to be requesting manuscripts, we decided to conduct in-depth research and write "A Tour of the Ten Major Denominations in Hong Kong" to comprehensively explore the origins and development, belief systems and current situation of the major denominations in Hong Kong. ...
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The Seminary-wide Prayer Meeting

May we start the new school year with prayer and break new ground. This is the first time that the college’s “Whole-School Prayer Meeting” was held in advance on the third day of the new school year. This year we are particularly "rushing forward" in prayer because we are especially eager for all the teachers, students, and co-workers of the school to start the new school year with prayer, praying that the benefactor will personally lead the way forward for the school when "Baptism" is facing changes, and also May the Lord use us, a group of humble and weak people, to work together to open up a new world in this land that will continue to glorify Him. ...
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