Baptist Convention of Hong Kong

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Baptist Convention of Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese 香港浸信會聯會
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin xiāng gǎng jìn xìn huì lián huì
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping hoeng1 gong2 zam3 seon3 wui6 lyun4 wui6

Mission work among the Cantonese was temporarily halted in 1845 when Shuck returned to the United States although Chaozhou language work continued among transient emigrant coolies with the Deans who were later joined by John W. Johnson and William Ashmore in 1860. With the help of one of the first baptised convert, Chen Dui, a second Chaozhou congregation was established in Cheung Chau Island among the permanent residents.

With the transfer of the Chaozhou mission to Shantou in 1861, the older congregation in Queen's Road closed down but the Cheung Chau congregation remained open, led by local Chinese leaders. [7] Work was resumed among Cantonese speakers with the return of Johnson to Hong Kong in 1880 and by 1901, the Self-Governing Hong Kong Baptist Church (香港浸信自理會) was established. [1]

BCHK established

On 27 March 1938, the Caine Road Baptist Church (香港浸信教會), Cheung Chau Baptist Church (長洲浸信會), Aberdeen Baptist Church (香港仔浸信會), together with the outreach points at Yau Ma Tei (油麻地佈道所), Hung Hom (紅鋤佈道所) and Kowloon City (九龍城佈道所), together established the BCHK. [8]

With the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, many refugees entered Hong Kong, including Christians from the Baptist churches in China. This helped in the expansion of the work of the BCHK. This included Chaozhou speaking Baptists affiliated with the mission established by William Dean who set up the Hong Kong Swatow Baptist Church in 1948. In 1954, Chaozhou speaking missionaries were sent by the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society at the request of local workers to help in the work and the Chaozhou speaking churches, collectively known as the Swatow Baptist Churches (later Shantou Baptist Churches) joined the BCHK. [2] According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 164 churches and 114,016 members. [9]

Ministries

Schools

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Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary.

The first school was established by Henrietta Shuck but it did not survive her death. In 1933, a branch of Canton's Pui Ching Middle School was established in Ho Man Tin (何文田). [8] [10] By 1998, a total of 31 kindergartens, 7 primary schools, and 8 secondary schools have been established by the BCHK.

In September 1956, the Hong Kong Baptist College was established as a successor institution to the Kwangtung and Kwangsi Baptist University [8] and classes commenced from borrowed facilities at the Pui Ching Middle School. [11] Dr. Lam Chi-Fung became the college's first president. In 1959, the groundbreaking ceremony was held for the college's permanent campus at Waterloo Road. In 1966, the campus was finally completed and named the Ho Sin Sang Campus (善衡校園). [12] In 1994, the college was granted university status and became known as the Hong Kong Baptist University, making it the first church operated university in China since 1949. [8]

The Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary was established in 1951. [13] The Revd. Lau Yuet-sing served as the seminary's first president. The campus was originally located in Pok Oi Estate but was relocated to larger premises at Ho Man Tin in 1958. It relocated to its current campus in Sai O, Shap Sze Heung, Sai Kung (North) in 1999. [14]

Medical

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Hong Kong Baptist Hospital.

The convention founded the Hong Kong Baptist Hospital in 1963. [15]

Affiliations

The BCHK is a member of the Baptist World Alliance and the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation.

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