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Mission and Ministerial

Formation Committee Mission

Rev. Po Kam-cheong chairs the Committee. The Theological Seminary joined this Program from June 10
Executive Staff is Rev. Dr. Chan Kim-kwong. till August 9. and
Dean Dr. Bob Lo Cho-ching, Committee member, Rev. Kwong Tin-chi, Student Intern Ms. Olivia
together with Dr. Chan Hiu-tung of the Tao Fong Shan Cheung and Rev. Dr. Chan Kim-kwong provided Ministerial
Christian Centre, visited the Taiyuan Church, Shanxi theological courses at the Jiaotong Pastoral training
Province, on September 10, 2008 and provided Center, Jiaotong City, Yunnan Province, from June
pastoral training. Later, Dean Dr. Bob Lo Cho-ching 16-26. They have also visited the Miao national minority
visited Zhejiang Provincial Theological Seminary from churches, established a century ago by the Methodist
September 14-16, and delivered some lectures there. missionary Rev. Samuel Pollard, in Guizhou Province. Formation
Committee member Rev. Kwong Tin-chi, voluntary
trainer Dr. Stephen Sam, and Rev. Dr. Chan Kim-kwong,
provided pastoral training at Lanzhou, Gansu Province
from October 27-31. Later, they visited Churches in oommittee
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region from November 1-4
and preached at several churches.
On the November 30, Rev. Po Kam-cheong and
Rev. Dr. Chan Kim-kwong met with the President of
South Evangelical Church of Vietnam, Rev. Truong
Phuoc Thai in Hong Kong, and discussed the proposed
Rev. Kwong Tin-Chi shared in Miao nationality church.
visitation to churches in Vietnam originally scheduled
February 3-10, 2009. The Council later decided to Committee Member Pastor Li Siu-po, Student
cancel this trip due to insufficient number of participants. Intern Ms. Olivia Cheung, Voluntary Trainers Rev.
Raymond Lee and Mrs. Priscilla Lee, conducted pastoral
On the December 1, Rev_ Dr. Chan Kim-kwong
training at Lanzhou, Gansu Province, from July 20-26.
traveled with Rev. Barnabas T. H. Lo and Rev. Lee Yun-
sing of the Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in On the July 30, Dean Dr. Bob Lo Cho-ching
China to Zhoukou Pastoral Training Center at Zhoukou, met with staffs from the Zhoukou Pastoral Center in
Henan Province for visitation and planning for future Shenzhen to discuss future training projects.
training projects.
The Executive staff of our committee is co-
Rev. Dr. Chan Kim-kwong went to Xishuangbanna, coordinating a church rebuilding project at Wen County,
Yunnan Province, to inspect several projects funded Gansu Province for those churches affected by the 2008
by our Council member Union Church Hong Kong from Minchuan Earthquake. This project involves the Lutheran
March 12-16, 2009. Church, Tsung Tsin Mission, Anglican St Stephen's
Church, CNEC Macau Church, and Kowloon Baptist
Rev. Dr. Chan Kim-kwong was invited to give
“Knowing China and the Chinese Church” Seminar at Church to re-build 11 churches.
the Anglican St. Stephen's Church on April 26. He later
The Committee and the Hong Kong Council of
traveled with a Church Delegation of St. Stephen's
the Church of Christ in China co-sponsored a Pastoral
Church to visit Christians from the national minorities in
Seminar “Internet Usage in Mission and Pastoral Care”
Yunnan Province from May 12-30.
on September 12. The speakers were Mr. Charles Mok,
The Committee initiated a Summer Internship Chairman of the Hong Kong Internet Society, and Ms.
Program and Ms. Olivia Cheung of the Lutheran Fion Rei, pastor of the Kennedy City Baptist Church.

Summer intern Ms. Olivia Cheung (Right 1) with the "Internet usage in mission and pastoral care" seminar
training students in Yunnan 23