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… I am afraid I do n o t hav e tim e to w rite an y th in g a t th e m om ent. H ow ever in th e S eptem ber 1987 ed itio n of “News

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and V iew s”，h e re is an article by m e c alle d ，“A C h ristian C o uncil - P ro p h et o r S erv a n t? ”w hich sum s up w h at I th in k :
<4In th e m eeting o f th e E xecutive C om m ittee on th e d irec tio n o f th e C ouncil, th e re w as consid erable discussion as to
w h eth er th e C o uncil w as to be a pro p h et o r a serv an t. T h ere w as gen eral a g reem en t th a t th e re h as to be a balance
betw een th e pro ph etic and th e serv an t aspects. T he pro ph etic asp ect is to speak o u t on social issues, challenging
people to a deeper com m itm ent. As w ith all pro ph ets, th e d an g er lies in g e ttin g too far ah ead of th e average
C h ristia n a n d of bein g rejected as ra d ic al o r extrem e. T he se rv a n t a sp ect is to serv e th e p re sen t denom inations,
co-operating in c e rta in area s and en co u rag in g c o n v ersatio n s th a t can lead to c le a re r w itness an d deeper u n ity 1'.
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‘‘o r th e H K C C th ere is no sim ple answ er re g a rd in g th e rig h t b alan ce o f th e se rv a n t an d th e p ro p h etic roles. In each
situ a tio n , th e E x ecutiv e C om m ittee h as to seek th e rig h t b a la n c e as th ey a re guided by th e H oly S p irit.”
C labon J. A llen

It is h a rd to realize th a t th e H O N G K O N G C H R ISTIA N C O U N C IL w ill c eleb rate its 35th A n n iv ersary th is year. The
p u b licatio n of a Special B u lletin is a fittin g w ay to com m em orate th is occasion.
I c an w ell rem em ber th e early b eginning s of th e H .K .C.C. an d th e w on derful w ays o f th e v a rio u s lead ers an d m em bers
as we w ork ed to g e th e r to crea te a body fully re p re se n tativ e o f th e m any C h ristia n in te re sts in H ong K ong. B ishop R.〇.
H all w as a g re a t lead er and we ap p reciated him a g re a t deal.
It w as w onderful to go to th e v ario u s m eetings and p a rtic ip a te w ith th e m any m en an d w om en as th e H ong K ong
C h ristia n C o uncil found m any w ays to be o f service to th e ch u rch es try in g to find w ays th a t w ould help th e C h ristian s to
be o f use to th e w hole com m unity.
M y p re sen t com m itm ents h ere do n o t allow for a full a rtic le a t th is tim e. I p ray th a t c o n tin u ed blessings be on all of
you in th e days ah ead . C o n tin u e to striv e for a b e tte r H ong K ong an d w holly C h ristia n in all you do, an d keep grow ing in
C hrist!

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