After Graduation…

Interview with Rev. Ip King-tak. Alumnus Ip King-tak serves as a voluntary internship supervisor in our college and just returned to school last month to deliver a special lecture. He has been on the road to ministry for more than 20 years. In 1984, when he was about to complete the Master of Divinity program at the Baptist College, he had already started working as the Liaison Officer for Christian Student Activities in the Chaplaincy Office of Hong Kong Baptist College. Three years later, he applied for a leave of absence and went to the United States to study for a master's degree in theology. One year after graduation, he continued to study in the UK. Unexpectedly, after obtaining his doctorate there, he would return to this institution to teach. He also did not expect that after more than ten years of trouble-free teaching career, God would lead him back to his original campus pastoral office last year─this time. , but he became a school chaplain. This time, he faced challenges he had never encountered before...

Jerry E. Moye Professor of Old Testament and Spirituality As preachers and as teachers of the Bible and theology, we are faced with an inevitable problem, and it is also a good problem, that is, we must go back and forth between between theoretical academic research and practical application of knowledge. These two aspects are complementary to each other. As a Bible teacher, consultant pastor, and preacher, the author has tried to connect issues of Bible study and exegesis with spirituality, and has received a lot of help from them. On the one hand, we pay attention to correct biblical exegesis to prevent the abuse of the basic tool of the faith community. On the other hand, we also pay attention to a sound and fulfilling spirituality, so that we can have more fear of God and be upright. ...