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Christ in China attended the Fifth Human Rights Train- gated the churches' needs in carrying out women's work

ing Programme organized by the Christian Conference and organized activities and seminars.
of Asia which was held in Thailand from December
(3) Conference on Feminist Theology in Chinese
14-19, 2001.
Contexts 2002
f. Church Women's Work Together with the Theology Division of the Chi-

(1) Christian Women Concerned with the Community nese University of Hong Kong, the Lutheran Theologi-
The women's development project supported by cal Seminary, and the Hong Kong Women Christian
the CWM-Nethersole Fund began in October 2000. It Council, the Hong Kong Christian Council organized
brought together Christian women willing to partici- the Conference on Feminist Theology in Chinese Con-
pate and having a concern for new arrivals from main- texts 2002.
land China. In groups of three to four they offered The Confer-
emotional support to newly arrived women through ence took
visits, telephone calls and introducing services. In this place at the
way they helped the newly arrived women to solve Chinese Uni-
difficulties of daily life and adaptation and gave wit- versity of
ness to the concern and love of Jesus Christ. Between Hong Kong
October 2001 to March 2002 the project has already from June 5-8,
gone through the third stage. Under the name of "Ngai 2002. The Conference on Feminist Theology in
Kiu Se" the group began to participate in and help the theme of the Chinese Contexts (June 5-8, 2002)
local church in organizing activities, giving opportu- Conference was "Women in Ministry, Ministering to
nity to develop individual talents. The newly arrived Women". The objective was to analyze the problems
women were invited to participate in the activities and faced by women in different Chinese communities, to

to enhance the linkage with the local church. In April evaluate the role of feminist theology in church and
2002 the fourth stage began. The group evaluated the theological education, to explore different models of
service and in May the group joined the ongoing ser- ministry to women, to renew leadership models in the
vice of the local congregations. In January 2002 we church, and to promote cooperation in partnership be-
organized a group of Christian women from three tween the two sexes.
congregations, developing their individual gifts and
The Conference was attended by church
raising their willingness to serve other women.
ministers, theological teachers and church members
(2) Participating in the Church Networks in from Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.

Shamshuipo, Taikoktsui and the Northern New Ter- Through the Conference we hope to enrich the partici-
ritories pants understanding and concern and to increase com-
Participating in the "Shamshuipo Mission Net- munication among them.
work to New Arrivals", the "Taikoktsui Church Net-
(4) Sharing on Women's Work of the Six Member De-
work of Concern to New Neighbours", and the church
nominations
network in the Northern New Territories, we helped
We invited the persons in charge of women's
the preparation and carrying out of district and mis-
work in the six member denominations to attend regu-
sion activities, including carnivals, competitions, gos-
lar meetings to share their work and communicate with
pel nights, evangelistic visits etc. We strengthened the
each other. On May 4, 2002 we organized a "Joint
relation of these networks to the local church, investi-
Meeting to Share Women's Work" and invited Chris-