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4. A n Inter-F aith dialogue by the C olloquium o f 9. T he D ivision o f M ission sponsored four
Six R eligions L eaders to w ork for sem inars betw een A pril and Septem ber:
understanding w as held and a C hinese N ew ‘M ission T rends o f the C hurch in H ong
Y ear jo in t statem ent w as issued. K ong” ； ‘he Stance o f C hristian C hurch
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T ow ards the Problem o f C hinese
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1979-1980 Im m igrants”‘he C hurch and the G ospel for

the Poor”and ‘eflections on the C hurch and
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1. D uring the W eek o f Prayer for C hristian Student M inistry." A lso, a series o f six half­
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U nity, a sem inar and a jo in t service w ere day sem inars on ‘tim u latin g Personal
organized by the R om an C atholic E cum enical G row th in Y oung People55 w as conducted.
C om m ission and the U nity Com m ittee. T he 10. T he C onsultation on the M ission o f the
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R .C.C. B ishop and our chairperson B ishop C hurch in H ong K ong in the 8 0 ’ w as held
G ilbert B aker also issued a jo in t pastoral from N ovem ber 5-8 at the C hurch o f C hrist in
letter. C hina Shum O i C hurch.
2. T he W orld D ay o f Prayer C om m ittee
organized three services, at St. Jo h n 's 1980-1981
C athedral, C hina C ongregational C hurch and
the C entral H all o f the Salvation Arm y. 1. O n N ovem ber 17-20, m em ber churches and
3. T he H K C C again launched the annual Five agencies cam e together for a once-a-decade
Loaves and Tw o Fish fund-raising cam paign consultation on C hristian M ission in the 8 0 ’s.
collecting m ore than H K $350,000. T he T ogether w ith C atholic and som e evangelical
m oney w as sent to K am puchea via the W CC. participation, the consultation w as attended by
4. T he W om en’ W ork C om m ittee published a 120 church leaders, both ordained an d lay,
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bim onthly bulletin ‘hu rch W om en” and w om en and youth. Input o f the consultation

officers for the W om en E vangelists w as valuable and sharp, including the
Fellow ship w ere form ally appointed. T he findings of a sm aller m eeting in the previous
C om m ittee also held a C hinese N ew Y ear Tea
year, o f a youth consultation and a w hole
Party for C hristian W om en and hosted
package o f docum ents on church m ission in
quarterly luncheon m eetings for C hristian
H ong K ong. T he consultation cam e to three
professional w om en.
m ajor consensus points for m ission in the
5. T he Y outh W ork C om m ittee sponsored a 80's: (1) E vangelism am ong low -incom e

‘outh R epresentative C onference”in June people, (2) C hristian participatio n in public
Y
1980.
policy m aking, (3) stronger ties w ith the
6. B ecause o f the reopening o f the churches in
C hurch in C hina.
M ainland C hina, m any church leaders from
2. A lay train in g program for local
the W est w ere visiting C hina via H ong K ong.
congregations w as conducted in W ong Tai
A s a result, H K C C received m ore visitors than
Sin, Sham Shui Po, H ung H orn and M ong
ever before. Increasingly, staff m em bers w ere
K ok for 150 lay people from thirty local
also asked to participate in church conferences congregations. In order to facilitate
overseas. cooperation and m utual support am ong
7. D uring the year, participation continued in the pastors, pastors' m onthly fellow ship m eetings
tw ice-a-year m eeting betw een leaders o f m ajor w ere held.
religious faiths in H ong K ong and the Joint
3. T he Faith and L ife” religious education

C hinese N ew Y ear statem ent. series w as published. T here w ere also
8. In observance o f the International Y ear o f the innovative retreats and cam ps for secondary
C hild, the C ouncil sponsored a rally at the students.
City H all T heatre in A pril w ith the them e: 4. T he Y outh C om m ittee organized a Y outh
'C h ild ren - O ur H ope and O ur C onsultation in N ovem ber 1980 w ith a special
R esponsibility” .
em phasis on social responsibility. The
C om m ittee also planned the form ation of
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