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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Pray That God Will Raise Up Those Who Proclaim the Gospel

Tang Hanshen, a first-year Master of Divinity, and his wife Xiaolian started with a prayer. From October to December 2007, I read the Minor Prophets according to the church’s Bible reading plan and used these books as spiritual scriptures. Under the theme of "God's Judgment," I see a repeated message: God wants to destroy those who refuse to repent and follow Him, but God is really unwilling to destroy them. The message in the scriptures made me often pray for one thing: asking God to raise up more people who will proclaim the gospel for Him. ...
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What did Paul say...how did he say...? ——Rethinking Paul’s Language Training

In a recently published article discussing the Hellenistic movement by Shaolin Shum, Visiting Assistant Professor of New Testament, the famous New Testament scholar Graham Stanton made this conclusion when referring to Paul’s language training: “Paul’s first language Probably Greek [/Greek?], and when he was educated in Palestine, he also learned fluent Aramaic and Hebrew. Since his birth, he has been influenced by Greek culture and has a taste for Greek poetry. Have a certain understanding and be able to quote its words when necessary (Acts 17:28; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Titus 1:12)." 1...
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The Challenge of Theological Education in the 21st Century

R. Alan Culpepper, Dean Cao of McGaffey Theological Seminary, Mesa University, United States, faculty members, professors, colleagues, classmates and guests, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the new dean of Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary for his inauguration It is a great honor to be invited to serve as a speaker at this grand event. On behalf of Mercer University (Mercer...
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Inauguration Greetings from Seven Seminary Presidents

Yu Tat-sham, President of the China Theological Seminary. As the Chairman of the Hong Kong Theological Education Association, on behalf of my colleagues in the association, I would like to congratulate Professor Cao Wai-tung on his appointment as the sixth president of the Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary. I would also like to extend my best wishes to him on behalf of my colleagues at the China Theological Seminary. Warm congratulations, and the school board of directors is very happy to have such a great success. ...
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A Beginning and a Future that I Can See

It is my honor, my unworthiness, and God’s grace for Cao Weitong to stand in front of you today and become the sixth president of Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary. I thank God for the grace of selection and thank you for coming to this inauguration ceremony. I believe that you are here together, not just for the installation of the new dean, but more importantly, for this seminary that has a history of fifty-eight years - you are willing to witness together, pray together, and praise together, Declare together the wonder of God’s power. ...
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