Jean Lee

Associate Professor (Theological Studies)Dean

2017Oct-Dec

Vision for China Mission to the World

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I n t h i s a g e o f r a p i d c h a n g e a n d technological advancement, our world has become increasingly complex and diverse. China Graduate School of Theology (‘CGST’) strongly feels the need to transform our approach to theological education in response to the changing t imes. We need a new curriculum that better equip the next generation of K ingdom servants who can integrate academic excellence, spirituality and the ability to enact holistic mission.

In the previous issue of CGST Bulletin, President Stephen Lee mentioned how the CGST curriculum review began with reshaping our ‘Vision and Mission Statement’. We then continue to collect and assimilate the opinion of different CGST stakeholders, including students, alumni and board members, on our overall curriculum and the various programs. During our annual teacher-student forum, students have expressed their wish to increase the number of elective courses, to allow more time for reflection, and to have integrative subjects that are more relevant to actual contexts. We also consulted alumni through questionnaires and focused groups, and communicated with board members to obtain their opinion on the curriculum review.

The 2018 Graduate School New Curriculum is thus the result of reflective and collaborative efforts among our Faculty team and other stakeholders. During the process, we worked together in reflecting upon the current church and societal contexts, making reference to the latest pedagogical innovation, taking note of the opinions collected, balancing the views from different stakeholders, as well as considering factors such as time constraints within the programs.

The new curriculum is designed based on an integrative approach between knowledge and practice. It aims at nurturing reflective collaborators with the ability to reflect in-depth and to collaborate with others. Indeed, to face an increasingly complex era, future pastors and church leaders ought to be reflective at all times, integrating academic knowledge with life experiences to derive practices that live out the gospel faithfully. They need to effectively respond to societal, familial and workplace matters. Besides, whether at church or in society, the cultural ethos nowadays no longer embraces single authority, but seeks team leadership in accordance with the calling and vocation of members involved. Within the team there will be scholar pastors as well as other

Reflect ∙ Collaborate ∙Integrate – 2018 Graduate SchoolNew Curriculum

In the Old Testament time, land was essential for living, a resource that nations fought over, and often the source of social conflicts. The incident of Naboth’s vineyard (1 King 21) can perhaps be viewed as the biblical version of forceful occupation. Isaiah angrily rebuked the Israelites for their sins and foremost they “join house to house; they add field to field” (Isaiah 5:8), leaving no space behind while their properties increased, profiting from possessing other people’s inheritance – such is the ancient Israel’s version of ‘property hegemony’.1 Naboth was not the only victim of such oppression – only the Bible keeps few narrative accounts of such.

The root problem of the land supply

Psalm 37 might be a forgotten treasure that documents one of the accounts of land injustice in ancient Israel society. The psalm mentions “inherit the land” five times (verses 9, 11, 22, 29 and 34), and verse 3 invites the audience to “dwell in the land”. In fact, a similar counsel is also found in verse 27. Though some Bible translations (such as the NIV) make dwelling a result (“then you will dwell in the land forever”), whereas it would be more appropriate to make dwelling a parallel to “depart from evil.” Hence, “and dwell forevermore” is also an orientation given by the psalmist, associated with “inheriting the land”.

What was the root cause of those land problems? One of the most startling verses in this psalm is verse 11: “But the meek shall inherit the earth”, adapted by Matthew to be included in his third Beatitude, “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth” (Matthew 5:5). However, the Hebrew word rendered into ‘meek’ ( ענו ) is not usually about virtues but ‘poverty, hardship’ – a term describing an economic condition. There are quite a number of economic terms in the middle section of the psalm, i.e. verses 16-24, such as ‘the little’ and ‘the riches’ (v. 16), ‘satisfied’ (v. 19), ‘borrows’ and ‘lends’ (vv. 21 and 26), ‘repay’ and ‘gives’ (v. 21) and ‘begging bread’ (v. 25). All these wordings also appear in the instruction of the psalm. Through comparing the righteous with the wicked, it shows that people’s wealth cannot guarantee security, but rather choosing between good and evil determines whether they receive the LORD’s blessings or curses.

From these we can see that the root cause of the land problems is the result of an imbalanced distribution of economic powers – some powerful economic institutions, through oppressive means, take the land which should belong to the powerless.

More specifically, the victims in the psalm might well be small farmers in ancient Israel. ‘Land’ was their livelihood.2 Yet those covetous

missional practitioners with all types of gifts and talents. They have to embrace each other’s differences and collaborate towards a common goal. Together, they can make a greater impact.

The pursuit of strenuous scholarship has always been a learning ethos upheld by CGST. Under the new curriculum, s t u d e n t s w i l l d e v e l o p a s o u n d theological and biblical foundation, while at the same time cultivate an ability to integrate different knowledge and respond to actual contexts. In order to do this, all graduate school students will go through a set of foundation courses including biblical studies, theology, church history, spir itual formation, collaborative ministries, etc. in their first year. Students in the Master of Divinity program are also required to study functional biblical Greek and Hebrew. Our purpose is for students to build a solid foundation, examine their calling, plan their own theological journey, and prepare for collaborative learning. After building a foundation knowledge base, integrative courses will help students to learn how various concepts apply to actual contexts from different points of view. In their final year, students will choose their own topic for a capstone project according to their calling and future direction. The new curriculum intentionally reserves space for more elective courses. Students can choose study tracks in the area of biblical languages, pastoral care, Christianity and culture, and marketplace theology, or other elective courses for in-depth learn ing in the Bib le, theo log ica l doctrines, history or other practical subjects.

CGST has always been a movement in theological educat ion from the very beginning. We are unwilling to mindlessly follow a routine or become complacent. Instead, we endeavor to continuously renew and transform in response to the changing times. Our wish is to educate a new generation of servant leaders more relevant to the modern era, who can lead the Chinese church community to more closely follow and enact the will of God.

Translated by

Sophia Chan

MCS 2001

Written by

Simon CC Cheung

Associate Professor (Biblical Studies)Associate Dean

Faculty

for the ActivistsAn Hortatory Psalm

Choosing to hold onto the first love

From the above we see that this land-fighter seems to be at the tipping point. He did not belong to ‘the righteous’ in the psalm because the psalmist addressed the righteous and their company in the third person, whereas he addressed this fighter always in the second person singular. Perhaps this ‘you’ was torn between the good and evil. When this ‘you’ faced a powerful economic interest groups who rallied against the poor and their supporters, ‘you’ would debate whether evil should be repaid tit for that. In the end the psalmist talks about an ending for a ‘man of peace’ (v. 37), making us wonder if ‘you’ is entertaining the idea of using violence to resolve the crisis.

Once again, the psalmist reminds ‘you’ that the end does not justify all means – a lofty ideal does not grant the permit for the use of evil means. Even when land problems are so real, attacks of the wicked also pressing, ‘you’ is not to tread on a road of no return of ‘doing evil’ and becoming the same as the wicked.

In the psalmist’s eye, prosperity of the wicked would not last long (vv. 2, 10, 20 and 35-36). Neither could their riches guarantee lasting advantages (vv. 16-24). Land problems would ultimately be resolved according to the LORD’s promise of ‘inheriting the earth’, but if this fighter became a replica of the wicked, then ‘you’ would end up like them ranked amongst those cursed by the LORD (v. 22).

It is certainly a calling for the children of light to enter into a wicked and twisted world, correcting the wrongs and defending the weak in the frontline. Yet, where vice is rampant, how are we to hold onto our first love and doing the Lord’s will by His Word? The psalmist seems to be telling us that we must keep an ever-trusting heart, allowing God’s Word to shape our thoughts, not allowing the circumstances determine our present decisions, but instead let God’s Kingdom to come determine our choices today.

Our new director of Theological Education by Extension, Kelvin Yu, was not only a graduate of our Master of Divinity (MDiv) program in 2009 and our Master of Theology (ThM) program in 2013, but also the first graduate of our Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program jointly awarded by the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and the China Graduate School of Theology (CGST).

Seeking knowledge from books and through pastoral ministry

The jointly awarded PhD program was launched in 2013. This was when Kelvin just finished his ThM study. He had intended to continue his studies but he did not at that moment. “I was a bit exhausted after the ThM study, so I took a one-year break.” Isn’t it true that much study wearies the body? In fact, Kelvin has always been outstanding in his academic performance. Taking courses, and writing papers should not be difficult to him at all. It is how to cope with his extremely high self-expectation that wears him out. “I finished the thesis quickly and smoothly, but the process of writing the paper was very stressful. I still remember when I started to write, I kept saying to myself, ‘I must write a very good one.’ This is something I need to deal with and I am still working on it.”

During that gap year, Kelvin continued to serve as a volunteer pastor at The Church of Christ in China Quarry Bay Church. He has been serving there since the practicum of his MDiv study. He then served at the same church full-time, and later as a volunteer pastor until today. “I reckon that my gifts are indeed in studies and research, pastoral ministry may not be suitable for, or even a challenge to me. Yet, I really wanted to serve as a pastor in the church,

1. A phrase coined to describe the dominance of the leading property tycoons of Hong Kong in recent years, not only in real estate aspect but also across major sectors of the Hong Kong economy.

2. One scholar holding this v iew is El len F. Davis, Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009), 114-117.

3. Walter A . Brueggemann, “Psalm 37: Confl ict of Interpretation,” in Of Prophets’ Visions and the Wisdom of Sages: Essays in Honour of R. Norman Whybray on His Seventieth Birthday, ed. Heather A. McKay and David J.A. Clines, JSOTSup 162 (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993), 229-256.

4. Narciso Crisanto Tiquillahuanca, Die Armen werden das Land besitzen: Eine exegetische Studie zu Psalm 37, BVB 16 (Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2008), 201-02, 316-319.

5. “It only causes harm” is translated from Hebrew’s restrictive particle אך and preposition ל and the infinite verb רעע . The preposition ל is added to an infinite verb to express a goal or result.

powers, by plotting schemes and wielding weapons (‘swords’ and ‘bows’), slay the needy poor then seize their land (vv. 12-14). All of a sudden verses 32-33 mention the wicked “watches” the righteous and seeks to slay him, even possibly through the judicial system falsely testifying against the small peasant farmers so that they would lose their rights to their land. Powerless and helpless, the farmers would watch their land being taken and exploited by the powerful enemies. This psalm refracts land conflicts in a society ailed by lopsided resources and economic injustice.

Exhortations for the activists

One may probably come to a natural conclusion that, this psalm would be written for the poor and the oppressed, encouraging the exploited and appeasing their anguish. No wonder some scholars allege this psalm as furthering social injustice: while seemingly soothing the victims to suffer in silence and wait for God’s promise to be fulfilled in the future, in reality it is affirming the status quo without averting any unjust practices.3

Yet, some scholars suggest that the ‘you’ in this psalm could be a social activist who was fearless of the powerful, even an elite passionate in leading social reform. This ‘You’ is at the moment facing slanders and attacks instigated by those with vested interest.4 Psalm 37:6 “He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.” Both ‘righteousness’ and ‘justice’ here belong to ‘you’ the audience. If ‘you’ were part of the oppressed people, then it would mean that the truth about his suffering would ultimately redress. But had ‘you’ been an activist for land justice, then the verse would mean that his beliefs were regarded as ‘righteous’ and ‘just’ in the LORD’s eye, He was on the side of ‘you.’ One day He would show the world the meaning of ‘your’ actions as clear as the light shining.

If the psalm is really addressing an activist, then what does this psalm have to say to him? In fact, its beginning and end (vv. 1-15 and vv. 27-40) are echoing exhortations, and the middle section (vv. 16-26) provides the ‘theoretical foundation’ for his exhortations. The first round of exhortations was especially striking: in the first seven verses, the psalmist listed eleven instructions (vv. 1, 3-4a, 5 and 7) and gave three different reasons (vv. 2, 4b and 6) to support his arguments. What is the focus of all these instructions? There are but two directions: trust in the LORD (for instance vv. 4 and 5 talks about delighting in Him, committing to Him and trusting in Him) and ‘do good’. The latter includes exhorting the audience to ‘dwell in the land’ and ‘feed on His faithfulness’ (vv. 3) and ‘do not fret’ which appears three times (vv. 1, 7 and 8), or in some translations, ‘don’t be angry’. Verse 8 even gives the reason against anger: “it only causes harm.”5 If one is filled with anger, one would only repay evil with evil.

Interview

for the ActivistsPsalm

at least for a short period of time, before I continued my studies.” His heart to serve came from the tradition of Kelvin’s mother church, Christian Central Church, as well as his calling while he was a student. He continued serving in the church when he was studying in Edinburgh. Having referred by a deacon of a local Chinese church, he served there by studying Bible with students from Mainland China and Taiwan. “Serving in the churches all these years not only broadens my horizons, but also brings me thoughts from different perspectives, and I realized my gift in the area of teaching.”

While Kelvin was in full time pastoral ministry, he had the opportunity to study and teach The Epistle of James with brothers and sisters. He gradually had a new understanding of this book, which later developed into the research topic of his PhD thesis. “I tried to study the community tension presented in The Epistle of James and The Didache (The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles) from the perspective of hermeneutics and the application of the recent social science theories. I tried to explain how the teaching of these two books help to cope with the conflicts among different communities.”

Seeking truth from social phenomena and in the Word of God

In September 2014, Kelvin left Hong Kong, which had been torn apart and was about to burst into intense conflicts, and went to Edinburgh for his studies. “As soon as I arrived there, the Umbrella Movement began. One of the main motivations of my thesis was learning about the many theories and ways on conflict management or resolution in recent years, all of which are very helpful. However, for the faith community, the core value is to maintain the unity of the community when conflicts arose. We must return to a question, “Who are we? What kind of community are we?” This is the “social identity” mentioned in the sociological theories. When applying my study to the

real-life situation at the church community, nevertheless there is much to be done. We have to think more deeply.”

The PhD study requires Kelvin to stay at the University of Edinburgh for the first year, submitting the outline of his thesis and taking the foundation courses. Half way through the study, he returned to CGST to continue his research and writing. In the final half year, he had to return to Edinburgh to complete his thesis and attend his viva. Travelling between two places and keeping close communication with the supervisors of both places were never an easy job, in fact Kelvin cherished this learning experience very much. “I see the benefits are quite obvious: in terms of the financial burden and life adjustment, it is much easier. Moreover, I could get acquainted with a wider range of teachers, students, communities, and culture, coupled with utilizing the resources of both places. I found all these enriching my study.” It only took Kelvin 36 months to complete the course requirements, passed the viva and finished his thesis without much revision. “Many people asked me, ‘How could you write your thesis so fast?’ Actually, upon submitting my application and preparing the outlines of my thesis, my supervisor, Rev Dr Luke Cheung, had helped me to think through the details. Therefore, I was able to start writing my thesis in the first month after arriving Edinburgh.”

People may think that Kelvin came from a liberal arts background. In fact, he was fond of mathematics since childhood. From his first degree to his post-graduate study, from being a teaching assistant until the first pursuit of his doctoral degree, he had been majoring in mathematics. “I really love mathematics. However, after I finished the paper of my master degree, I asked myself, ‘What do all these mean to me?’ Of course, mathematics is very important, but my research is not that ‘significant’. I felt like solving an IQ problem, which indeed is very satisfying.” Eventually,

Interviewed and written by

Mimi Tang

Development LiaisonMDiv 1996

he put aside his doctoral studies, which had been nearly half way through. He then began his studies at CGST and fell in love with biblical studies, particularly the New Testament. “Well, perhaps for students with a science and mathematics background like myself, studying Greek, which is very logical, tends to be easier than Hebrew!”

Galileo Galilei, an Italian mathematician, once described mathematics as the language in which God has written the universe. It seems that Kelvin, from exploring mathematics to the love of New Testament studies, has returned to the source of wisdom and listens to God’s counsel and instruction.

The Pursuit of Wisdom –

An interview with Kelvin Yu

Wong Ching Yin, Juliana

MCS (MT) 2017

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In the past decade, the Education Bureau of Hong Kong has introduced integrated education to local primary and secondary schools. The scheme includes allocating funds to the mainstream primary schools to employ speech therapists for students with special education needs. In the past nine years, I, a speech therapist, went to primary schools every day and conducted therapies with those students with speech impediments. Among them, many are mentally-disabled and autistic children. I felt deeply moved by their lives.

Integration – exclusion still exists even under the same roof

T he menta l l y - d isab led and au t is t i c children are so different from other children in their learning ability and behavior that they experience great challenges in school. If students are evaluated by their performance in terms of “intelligence”, “obedience” or “good grades”, this stated group is bound to fail. The integration scheme of the Education Bureau is simply putting all the children in the same space for learning together, with the ideology of striving for academic performance as the basis of learning remain unchanged. The mentally-disabled and autistic children would be considered as second-class because of their poor performance. Many times, when I talked to parents and children, I felt their frustration due to the unsatisfactory academic results. Sometimes they even cried before me, which I felt very sad. This drove me to try my best to help them by improving their language skills, so that they can better adjust to the mainstream learning model and to be accepted by others. Yet, the limitation of their learning abilities indeed made me inevitably feel helpless.

The feeling of helplessness piled up to a point that I was burnt out on the sixth year of my service. I realized that I could not help those in need. In spite of my best effort to improve the students’ communication skills, I was

unable to untie the knot stemming from their stress in learning. I could only help them to continuously improve in their abilities and better adapt to the environment. Isn’t it still a game of pursuing excellence while they are unavoidably bound to be lagging behind?

That same year, I studied the course “What does it mean to be a ‘human being’? – Learning from the Disabled” at CGST taught by Dr Sarah Shea. During those days, I reflected on the meaning of disabilities through returning to the Christian traditions. God eventually lifted me up from my sorrow. I realized that I have been surviving well under the education system of Hong Kong, often relying on myself to make progress and demand myself to stay strong and capable. I could not accept that I am unable to help others, and fight my own limitations, weaknesses, and brokenness.

Communion – connected in the love of Christ

Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer pointed out that human life is fragmentary. Christ did not redeem human beings in the image of a perfect superman, but as a vicarious representative of all mankind, by entering into the vulnerability, dependence, and even guilt of human beings. Human is accepted through Christ, the son of Man, to be loved in Christ, and to reconcile with God. Christ became a human being, so that the fragments of life are restored and perfected. Thus, I recognized that I cannot save the children in the image of a superwoman.

In fact, I am not better than those “weak” children from the eyes of the God. My life was fragmentary, but made perfect by Christ, who entered the vulnerability of human beings. At this point, my relationship with the children is no longer a “helper” and a “recipient”, but we before Christ, are the same, both vulnerable and are loved. It opened my eyes to see this relationship. I view myself not only as

a person to give help, but together, we can become friends and share with one another the abundant life from the heavenly Father. With the love of Christ, I gradually accept my own vulnerability and the weaknesses of the children. My strength was restored eventually.

I did not expect that after a few years, the pastor who is responsible for children ministry of my church has a vision of inclusive children worship. We anticipate that within the church community, children can break away from the norm of the education system which distinguishes them by their ability. All the children can experience that they are loved by Christ and learn to love one another. Our heavenly father have called many brothers and sisters in my church to take part in this ministry. They are exploring ways how to practice inclusion in the love of Christ and teaching children to love other children that are different from themselves. This is truly a difficult journey. At the beginning, those children who seem more capable used to compete with each other. They are impatient in waiting and resistant getting close to those who are different from them. Yet, after a few days of getting along closely, we gradually see little by little changes of some children.

We continue to pray that the love of Christ connects children of different learning abilities, break away from the ideology of the world that distinguishes people by their ability, and establishes a true inclusive and love community in Christ's love.

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The President Office

• Sep 19: Acting President Luke Cheung attended the 20th Anniversary (1997-2017) Thanksgiving Worship cum Projects Sharing of CWM / Nethersole Fund.

• Oct 13-18: Rev Dr Luke Cheung attended the Annual General Meeting of CGST Canadian Board in Vancouver. He also preached at Sunday worship service and CGST Night revival meeting at local Chinese churches, as well as shared a message on the Development of Christianity and Opportunities of Theological Education in Mainland China.

Faculty Engagements

• Aug 30-Sep 21: Associate Dean Dr Simon Cheung attended the Postdoctoral Research Seminar hosted by Langham Foundation at Wycliffe Hall of Oxford University, UK. Dr Cheung presented a paper entitled “Psalms, Desires, and Ethics: Reading Psalms 63 and 84 with an Ethical Eye.”

• Sep 5-6: Dr Pan Yi Yung was invited by Holy Light Theological Seminary of Taiwan to conduct four sessions of seminar on spirituality and 2 sessions of revival meetings.

• Sep 15: Academic Dean Dr Jean Lee accepted invitation from Prudential Christian Fellowship to preach at their 25th Anniversary Thanksgiving Worship meeting.

• Sep 21: Dr Joyce Sun was invited by The Society for Truth and Light to speak at their Life and Ethics Dialogue.

• Sep 29: Associate Dean Dr Bernard Wong was invited to preach at the Christian & Missionary Alliance Hebron Church.

• Sep 30: Dr Jean Lee attended the 2nd meeting of Hong Kong Theological Education Association in 2017-18.

• Oct 1: Ms Wance Kwan was invited to attend the Operational Mobilization (OM) Hong Kong General Secretary Inauguration cum 60th Anniversary Thanksgiving meeting. Ms Kwan also delivered a sermon at the Thanksgiving meeting.

• Oct 1: Rev Dr Song Jun was invited by Hong Kong Baptist Church to conduct a seminar at their Two-week activities on the theme of China.

• Oct 8: Rev Dr Kin-Yip Louie was invited to attend the Macau Christianity Book Fair co-sponsored

by Christian Shuen Tao Church Hong Kong and Macau District Union Association and Christian Literature Mission. Rev Louie was also the speaker of the seminar on “The 500th Anniversary of the Reformation.”

• Oct 9 : Dr Pan was inv i ted by Chr ist ian Communications Ltd to conduct a seminar on metropolitan retreat day camp. Besides, Najing Union Theological Seminary invited Dr Pan to attend the commencement exercise of their first Doctor of Ministry class. Dr Pan taught at their DMin intensive course on Research Methodology.

• Oct 12-Dec 14: Rev Dr Song was invited by Kowloon Baptist Church to conduct a series of classes on Chinese folk religions and life issues.

• Oct 17: Dr Xue Xiaxia was invited by Chosen People Ministries Hong Kong to share a message at their 10th Anniversary Bible and Mission seminar.

• Oct 19-23: Seminar series “2017 A Wind in the House of Islam” was co-organized by CGST, Frontiers Hong Kong, Department of Intercultural Studies of Alliance Bible Seminary, and Evangel Seminary. Ms Wance Kwan was the respondent of the session “The Challenge of Contextualization in Muslim Missions” on the 20th. Rev Timothy Au was the respondent of the session “Church Planting Movements – Handy Guide to Healthy Churches” which was held on the 23rd.

• Oct 25-30: Rev Dr Louie attended the Conference hosted by World Reformed Fellowship at Wittenberg, Germany. “The Global Impact of the Reformation and its Relevance for Continuing Reformation” was the theme of the conference.

• Oct 26: Dr Pan was invited by The Society for Truth and Light to speak at their Life and Ethics Dialogue. She preached on the topic of the spiritual path of suffering.

• Nov 3-14: Dr Jean Lee conducted workshop and seminar on marketplace and reflective collaboration in Toronto between the 3rd and 8th. She also visited local regional council members and supporters. Dr Lee went on to New York to attend the Annual General Meeting of the CGST US Board, lead seminars and preach at Sunday Worship Service between the 9th and 14th

respectively.

Staff News

• Aug 24-28: Mr Leung Kwok-Kuen, Director of Word of Life Ministry, visited Beijing to preach at the revival meeting and Sunday service at Beijing International Christian Fellowship.

• Sep 19: Mr Daniel Law, Director of Development, attended the 20th Anniversary (1997-2017) Thanksgiving Worship cum Projects Sharing of CWM / Nethersole Fund.

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