Sharing with You the “Graduating Preaching”

For graduating students, having the opportunity to stand on the podium at the morning meeting of the college and preach a message in front of teachers, classmates and a group of co-workers in the college is a major life event. This important event makes every graduating student tremble and even tremble, but it also gives them training, allows them to experience the grace of the Lord, receive many encouragements, blessings and reminders, and never forget the instruction of their alma mater throughout their lives: Preaching is Preachers have an extremely important ministry. They must be loyal to their calling and do their best to undertake the ministry of preaching. ...
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TEFL-- A Mission Field Comes to Us

Jerry E. Juergens, Professor Emeritus of Our College and Director of the Theology Course for Filipino Believers’ Leaders. Ten years of hard work: Alternative practices of missionary work. Because of a mission field, our college has experienced a wonderful role reversal. In missionary work, Make alternative practices at work. There are currently more than 150,000 Filipinos working and living in Hong Kong, most of whom are female domestic helpers. Some of this group of overseas workers became Christians in Hong Kong, and some have believed in the Lord in their hometown and are themselves believers in the Philippine church. In the Filipino Baptist Church in Hong Kong, a group of believers were raised up by God. They were called to become church leaders and were in urgent need of leadership training and theological equipment. Because of this need, in the past ten years, our school has cooperated with Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary (Philippine...
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The Spiritual Growth Journey of Walking with God

Yang Yongjia, Master of Divinity, Yongjia, his wife Shiling, and their daughter Wei En. The unexpected answer. My life as a seminary student in the past three years has been a journey of spiritual growth with God. During this time, I discovered God’s deeds—He passes me through The support of my family, as well as the teachings of my teachers and the watchfulness of my classmates, led me step by step to become His servant, so that I could serve Him and serve others in the years ahead. ...
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The Community That Brings Healing to Life

Spiritual companions of Li Jialu, Master of Divinity (first on the right is Jialu) "Baptism" has become my spiritual home. I still remember that when I first entered school, I went to the freshman counseling day with trepidation, thinking that there will be more to come. I really don’t want to go to a camp with a group of people I don’t know, and it’s a spiritual training camp. Before we entered the camp, the dean shared with a group of us freshmen on the stage that he hoped that the seminary could become our second spiritual home. To me, this place and the people around me were very strange, but it was amazing. At that moment, the dean’s words made me feel very touched and warm. For me, who had been wandering in other places for a few years before entering school, a spiritual home was really what I longed for in my heart. I am grateful, because now looking back on my days of studying theology, "Baptism" has not only become the place where God re-established me, but has also become my spiritual home! ...
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The Only Response I Could Make…

袁麗華 道學碩士一年級 Yuen Lai-wah (M.Div. 1) 車禍帶來了愛的震撼   2011年6月,我和丈夫國雄到峇里旅行。在峇里下飛機不久,我們便駕電單車前往市集遊玩。我坐在電單車後座,正輕鬆快樂地哼著〈最美的真愛〉時,我們的車子卻突然在路上失控翻倒。腦海只餘下這些記憶:電單車一剎間失去平衡,我來不及反應的同時,耳邊只聽到玻璃粉碎聲、頭盔磨擦著地面的聲響,而眼睛則是近距離望著一個向前急速滑行的地面……。結果,神蹟發生在我們身上,我和國雄僅是皮外傷,沒有骨折,沒有生命危險。我只能說:除了上帝的大能及保守外,別無其他。...
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Have I Not Commanded You…

陳思聰 神學學士一年級 Chan Sze-chung (B.Th. 1) 受難節:我心裡完全沒有感覺   中學二年級那一年,我在一個佈道會上被神犧牲的大愛所感動,決志相信耶穌。可是,隨後的信仰生活並不穩定,我為自己經常軟弱、跌倒而深受困擾。在中學畢業後,我只會很間斷地上教會,與神的關係愈來愈疏離。雖然如此,神的愛和恩典卻從沒有離開我,祂一次又一次垂聽我從低谷發出的呼求;在我迷失時,祂依然不離不棄地教導我、牽引我。...
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Loder and Life Transformation: How Does the Holy Spirit Work During Life's Changes?

林國彬 本院院牧、實習主任兼實用神學講師 Rev. Brian Lam (Chaplain, Director of Field Education and Lecturer of Practical Theology)   2011年某天,我跟鄧紹光老師閒談間,聽他提起美國一位任教於神學院、專門研究神學與心理學整合的學者。同年夏天,紹光兄在學院的屬靈操練營宣講時,再提及這位學者。於是,我開始研讀他的著作,他就是本文要介紹的盧達(James...
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HKBTS’s Morning Chapel ── Communal Worship and Spiritual Formation

The morning meeting is the collective worship of our faith community, which is part of spiritual exercise and spiritual development. The seminary inherits two traditions: on the one hand, as a theological education institution, we inherit the academic tradition, allowing students to gain a solid foundation in biblical and theological knowledge and receive multiple training and equipment for the ministry of preaching; on the other hand, we also Continuing the monastic tradition of the Christian church, it attaches great importance to the cultivation of the character and spiritual life of the entire group, and the morning meeting is a concrete manifestation of the worship and spiritual practice of the entire group. ...
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Stepping into the Sixteenth Year of Distance Education

The distance education course of our college was established in 1998. Last year we just held our 15th anniversary thanksgiving party, and this year we have entered our 16th year. The vision of "distance" is to break through the traditional learning model so that believers can receive theological equipment without being restricted by time and geography. It is an independent, self-study course where students can flexibly arrange their study progress according to their personal circumstances. ...
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