Jason Tong (M.Div. 1) Jason Tong and his wife JianyanThe Lord in Charge of LifeI grew up in the church and participated in different ministries. The Form 5 HKCEE made me realize that God is the Lord who controls our lives, so I was willing to be baptized and commit myself to following Him. Later, God inspired me to learn to serve outside the church, so I served in the fellowship of the middle school and the Campus Crusade for Christ in the university. I received discipleship from Campus Crusade for Christ and began to take part in the believers’ courses at different seminaries. I gradually discovered that I had a heart that was willing to learn the truth in depth, and a desire to grow together with my brothers and sisters and to build up each other. ...

Craig Ho Visiting Associate Professor of Old Testament A book without God? It is obvious that the Book of Esther does not mention God. Most believers and scholars believe that this is just a rhetorical technique of the author, because they infer that the author must be a Jew; if he is a Jew, he must be a monotheist; therefore, he may just use some puzzling narrative method to tell the story in order to express a novel theological viewpoint. The Old Testament used seven names to refer to God. The English transliteration of these seven Hebrew names is...

Nurturing young pastors and teachers in the "waiting room" agree that young people are important assets to society and the church, and are an important group that the college must face. Both Dean Cao and Pastor Lin hope that the college can continue to hold camps for young people every year in the future, and even invite them to participate in "focus groups" to have meaningful faith conversations and continue this ministry. ...

Rethinking Youth Pastoral Care. Dean Cao mentioned Lu Enzhe’s thoughts on youth pastoral care many times in the last issue of “House News”, “Dean’s Words”, and thought it was worthy of reference and could be compared with the situation of the Hong Kong church for reflection. . Lu Enzhe in "The End of Youth Ministry?" 》(The...

Seeing the need and opportunity, President Cao Weitong said that the college has been talking about practical theology in the past few years, and youth ministry is an important part of practical theology. He started meeting with alumni a few years ago, when society was in turmoil. Young people are actively involved and have different views and feelings on the current situation, which require people to respond. He deeply felt that the current situation required guidance and support for alumni serving young people. ...

How did the first "Youth Theological Education Camp" of "Baptist God" come about? What is “waiting room” pastoring? “Waiting Room” Theological Education? What imagination does "Baptist" have for youth theological education? … The first “Youth Theological Education Camp” of Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary (“Baptist Theological Seminary”) was held on September 18 last year, and achieved ideal results that exceeded expectations. The college has always attached great importance to theological education of young people, and in recent years it has paid more and more attention to it. On November 28 last year, during the thanksgiving service for the 70th anniversary of the college, Dean Cao Weitong used the youth pastoral theologian Andrew...

Lam Chi-yeung Assistant Professor of Christian Education Elijah’s Legendary Life When we read the stories about Elijah in 1 Kings chapters 17 and 18, we will find that Elijah was a true legend. Elijah’s name first appeared in 1 Kings 17:1: "And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of Gilead, said to Ahab, ‘As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I serve, there will not be dew or rain these years, except at my word.’" Elijah’s appearance and his first words show a very vivid image of a prophet with a strong "aura" that touches the hearts of every reader. ...