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Rev. Bob Fu’s Speech for Accepting 2007 John Leland Religious Liberty Award
I would like to thank the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and the Southern Baptist Convention as well as the Congressional Human Rights Caucus for your dedication to promoting international religious freedom and for the great honor of receiving this award today.
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China: Most Severe Snowstorm in 50 Years Create Humanitarian Crisis
World Vision's emergency teams in China begin delivering aid to more than 80,000 storm survivors in four hard-hit provinces.
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Canadian Chinese Community Raising $100,000 to Help Relieve China Snow Storm Disaster
[Vancouver, Canada] Cultural Regeneration Research Society (Worldwide) Foundation, a Chinese Christian ministry, initiated a joint effort with various Canadian Chinese community groups to fund-raise $100,000 CAD by the end of Feb., as announced in a press conference on Feb. 5, 2008.
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Hong Kong Christians Reveal the Real Meaning Behind Christmas to Mainland Chinese Tourist
During the past Christmas and New Year’s season, numerous mainland Chinese tourists visited Hong Kong to get their shopping done. Hong Kong churches and ministries saw the large number of visitors as an excellent opportunity to preach the real meaning of Christmas to them.
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Newly Inaugurated President of Largest Christian Hospital in Taiwan to Inherit Commission of Medical Evangelism
Taipei, Taiwan – A Christian-based hospital with over one hundred years of history in medical evangelism held a thanksgiving inauguration ceremony for the presidency position to be passed down from the 16th president to the 17th president.
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Survey: Hong Kong teens generally identify with traditional Chinese cultural values
In order an effort to promote traditional Chinese culture, the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong, in collaboration with Macao YMCA, Guangzhou Suigang'ao Teenagers Institute, and the Teacher Chang Foundation of Taiwan, has conducted a survey on teens measuring their cultural awareness. They found that Hong Kong youths generally identify with and support the values of traditional Chinese culture.
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Global Lutherans celebrate Reformation Day, ‘trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time’.
Yesterday, October 31, was Reformation Day, and Lutherans around the world held various events in commemoration. In Singapore, the Lutheran Church advocated for Christian communion, while the German Lutheran Church encouraged believers to face the challenge of “trusting in the power of grace in a merciless time.”
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Many American churchgoers expect their pastors’ sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues
American churchgoers are looking for more than biblical explanation from their pastor each week. Many expect the sermons to help them understand and address modern cultural issues.
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2.1M Korean Christians estimated at joint worship service to affirm family, oppose gay marriage, pray for nation
In the afternoon of Reformation Sunday, Oct. 27, some 2.1 million Christians gathered for a joint worship service from 2pm to 5pm in Seoul, Korea to “unite for repentance, revival, and restoration of holiness in our society.” According to organizers, an estimated 1.1 million joined onsite despite the bad weather with another 1 million joining online. The unprecedented joint worship service brought together Korean churches across denominations as they affirmed traditional marriage and family and
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Willow Creek Community Church invites believers to write prayer cards for the next president
This past Sunday, Willow Creek Community Church based in Illinois invited believers to “pray for the next president” during the service. The church not only expressed its concern for the upcoming election but also emphasized the role believers should play in the process and the importance of offering prayers for the nation's leaders.
