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Church, the Roman Catholic Church and the other denominations -
currently represented by the English Methodist Church and the
Church of all Nations.
These committees have coopted the Communications Department for
clerical and professional recording assistance. The Co uncil is
happy to assist the Churches in this "air force" ministry of the
Hong Kong Churches. Nearly all of the programmes, Roman Catholic
and Protestant are produced in the council's professional recording
centre. This means that through the facilities of the Council,
the Christian Churches are daily reaching thousands of persons
with the gospel who otherwise would have no contact with the
gospel. This is one of the forms cf mission which helps the
local denominations to reach outside the walls of the familiar
and to reach those who otherwise would hesitate to come into
our buildings.
STAFF
Mr. Horatius Kwok, through the assistance of the World Association
for Christian Communications and the Intermedia of the National
Council of Churches USA has been sent first to the All Africa
Conference of Churches Communication Centre in Nairobi, Kenya
for a five months period of training, and now is completing
another 6 months course of communications training in the United
Kingdom. He is expected back in Hong Kong sometime in July.
Prior to his going to this training, he attended a special week's
Communication Workshop conducted by the Social Communications
Centre in Manila.
The Communications Department is continuing to give moral support
to the Communications Department of the Hong Kong Baptist
College through sharing the services of our staff member the
Rev. Thomas Lung to teach an audio visual course each semester.
During the summers, the department accepts two intern students
from Baptist College to give them practical communications