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C h ristian S ervice on A pril 1,1987. issued by the Council’ U nity Committee and the
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15. M ay 1987, th e Five L oaves an d Tw o F ish C am paign Rom an C atholic Diocesan Ecum enical Commission.
la u n ch ed a fun d-raising drive for th e victim s of th e There was also an English-speaking unity service at
fo rest fire o f H eilo n g jian g P ro v in ce in N o rth -E ast the H K U nion Church.
C hina. 6. T he W orld day o f P ra y e r W orship S ervice w as held at
16. T he C o uncil assisted in a rran g e m e n ts for th e m eeting th e A n g lican All S a in ts C h urch. M any C hristians
of th e G en eral C om m ittee of th e C onference of A sia. a tten d e d an d a ll offerings w en t to th e Fullness
17. T he P e n te c o stal H oliness C h u rch and th e H K -M acau C h ristia n V o catio n al T ra in in g C enter.
C onference o f S eventh D ay A d v en tists decided to 7. T he d o n a tio n s o f th e F ive L oaves and Two Fish
w ithd raw th e ir m em bership. T he form er's w ith d raw al C am paign received th is y e a r to talle d HK$1.32
w as du e to th e d isapp rov al of its G en eral A ssem bly, m illio n. T he funds w as used to sup po rt: em ergency
w hile th e la tte r w as due to th e d isag reem en t of re lie f for H eilo n g jian g fire d isa ste r in N. C hina; a day
B iblical principles and th eo lo g ical p o sition s w ith th e c are c e n te r for ch ild ren suffering from h ep a titis in
C ouncil. G uang ho u; basic com m unity h e a lth in C onghua
C o unty, G uangdong; S ah el food p ro ject; M ozam bique
fem ine relief; B ang lad esh food relief; re lie f for victim s
o f ra c ia l strife in S ri L an k a; an d th e CCA A sian
E m ergency F und.
1987-1988 8. T h e C ouncil a g a in org an ized th e Sum m er W ith a
1. In ord er to prom ote C h ristian social co n cern an d th e P u rpo se pro gram , from J u ly 25-Aug 20, 1987, to help
ta k in g up of civil resp o n sib ility , th e E d u c atio n y o u n g people im prove th e sta n d a rd o f th e ir E nglish
C oncerns C om m ittee organized a C h ristian Y ou th an d also explore th e re a lity o f th e C h ristia n F a ith in
C ivic E d u catio n P ro ject w hich w as a four series of th e ir lives. T he E d u c atio n C o ncern s C om m ittee also

C h ristian s’civil resp on sibility. It w as received w ith organized a sem in ar. M ore th a n 200 people atten ded.
enth usiasm . 9. The Asia Sunday w ith the them e “The M ission of God
2. T he H K CC E d u catio n C o ncern C om m ittee also in the Context of the Suffering and Struggling Peoples
organized a n ex h ib itio n on civic E d u c atio n w hich w as of A sia”was prom oted by translating prayers from

displayed a t v ario u s venu es th ro u g h o u t H K. different A sian countries provided by CCA and
3. U nd er th e spo nsorsh ip of th e C h ristian C onference o f distributing them for use by the churches.
A sia (CCA), th e E d u catio n C oncerns C om m ittee 10. T h e H K C C C om m ission on M ission and Theology
org an ized a series sem in ars and w orkshops on Civic organized tw o th eo lo g ical forum s, “C ity-w ide E vange­

e d u c a tio n e n title d , “C iv ic E d u c a tio n fo r listic C ru sades - a M issiolog ical A ssessm ent”and “A
C ontem porary H K in th e T ra n sitio n P erio d .” V ision and S trate g y for W orld M ission and
4. In o rd er to show keen in te re st in th e d ra ftin g and E v an gelism ”，on M arch 4 an d 5， 1988, a t C h eu ng Lo
c o n su lta tio n process o f th e B asic Law , th e H K CC C h u rch . T he tw o addresses w ere given by R aym ond
C om ission on P u blic P olicy organized a series of F u ng , th e S ecretary for M ission an d E vangelism of
forum s w hich looked at: th e W orld C o uncils o f C h urches.
“T he R elatio n sh ip betw een th e C en tral G ov ern m ent 11. T he Com m ission on M ission and Theology also invited
of C hina and th e Special A d m in istrativ e R egio n” ， Rev. S h en Y ifan, th e V ice-P resident o f th e C hinese
“T he B asic Law and Social S ervices” ， C h ristian C ouncil to give tw o ta lk s on Ju n e 16-17,
uT he P o litic al System of th e H K S pecial A dm inis­ 1988 a t W ard M em orial C h urch. T he th em es of th e tw o
tra tiv e Region**, and ta lk s w ere “T he C h inese C h u rc h in th e P rocess of

“R eligious Freedom and th e B asic H um an R ig hts and T h eo log ical R eflectio n M and uT h e C hinese C hurch
O blig ations o f H K R esid en ts.” and th e C om m unist P a rty .”T he a tte n d a n c e w as high.

A bout 200 people atten d e d each forum . 12. A d ele g a tio n o f te n C h ristia n lead ers from Jia n g su
5. D u rin g th e W eek of P ra y e r for C h ristian U nity , from C h ristian C ouncil w as in v ited to v isit H ong K ong in
Ja n u a ry 18-25, th e C ouncil held an ecum enical N ovem ber 1987.
com m union service a t th e C h u rch o f C h rist in C h ina 13. O ur re p re se n tativ es, to g e th e r w ith o th e r religio us
(CCC) C h eu ng Lo C h urch, follow ed by a b re a k fa st lead ers, m et w ith B asic Law D raftin g C om m ittee
fellow ship hosted by th e CCC. A jo in t statem en t w as m em bers from m ain lan d d u rin g th e ir v isit in HK.

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