Pacific Network for Mission Education
PNME in partnership with Christian Leadership Exchange and Dominican University of California Presents:
Healing the World 2007: Partnerships for Learning, Service and Mission in China
July 6-8, 2007 Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California
Some of the presenters who shared with us in our exploration of the Church in China:
Zhang LiWei, Associate general secretary of the Amity Foundation, a Chinese non profit with religious roots serving in China for 20 years.
Dr. Wing N. Pang, Executive Secretary, Christian Leadership Exchange, an organization committed to building partnerships for service between Christian communities here and churches and people of good will in China.
Rev. Victor Chan, pastor of East Bay Alliance Church, board chair of Christian Leadership Exchange.
Bishop John Cummins, emeritus bishop of Diocese of Oakland, who has been liaison with the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences.
Rev. Jeff Ritchie, Associate Director of The Outreach Foundation, which supports leadership development in and through the Bible Schools and seminaries of the China Christian Council.
Prof. Antoinette Wire, retired SFTS and GTU professor of New Testament, researcher of rural Chinese Christian songs and volunteer teacher in China.
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Update 8/07 Thank You to all the conference participants! Healing the World 2007 was a weekend of fellowship, learning, worship and inspiration. Over 100 of you attended the event, bringing your passion and sense of hope for the future of the church in China. We pray that the event was a blessing to all, and we are confident that new and exciting partnerships of ministry will develop and that existing ministries will be strengthened. In the days and weeks ahead, check back here for updates on the future plans in the works, including a unique travel opportunity to China scheduled for the Easter season 2008. Co-sponsored by PNME and the Amity Foundation, the preliminary 10-day itinerary includes stops in Beijing and Inner Mongolia, visiting churches, schools and development projects. There is a limit of ten participants, so if you have an interest in this trip, email me, and I will keep you informed of the trip details as they are finalized.
The Asilomar conference was just the beginning of what we pray will be ongoing partnerships and events designed to inform and inspire support for the global church. We look forward to working with all of you again soon!
Rev. Chris Warner-Carey,
PNME Conference coordinator
PNME Conference coordinator
Zhang Lewei of The Amity Foundation presented an assessment of the many challenges facing China and the Church in the 21st Century.
PNME board member Gustavo Nystrom and May Chung participate in a workshop.
Music was provided by (L-R) Russ Parkman, Rev. Lisa Warner-Carey and Matt Rothstein
Saturday was a full day of presentations and workshops, with new and existing ministry partners together in breakout sessions and informal fellowship.
The Historic Chapel at Asilomar provided a warm and inviting space for worship, gathering and displays from ministry partners and Chinese cultural education. Shown here is a demonstration of silkworm production provided by May Chung.
PNME Board Chair Dr. Harlan Stelmach moderates a panel discussion.
Jing Liu (standing) and Jim Serna (R) lead a workshop on social service needs in China.
Links to websites that may be of interest:
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(L-R) Zhang Liwei, Erik Burklin, Rev.Jeff Ritchie, Fr. Michel Marcil, Bishop John Cummins
Recommended Book
Reconstructing Christianity in China
K. H. Ting and the Chinese Church
by Philip L. Wickeri
This monumental work recounts a large part of modern Chinese Christian history by telling the story of one of its key protagonists—Bishop K. H. Ting, a public figure both revered and reviled—as he negotiated the path of millions of Chinese Protestant Christians from the triumph of Mao’s Revolution until today. Drawing on unparalleled access to Bishop Ting and those who know him, as well as to archival sources, Philip L. Wickeri’s research brings into relief important chapters of Chinese Christian history: the struggles of a beleaguered Christian minority, distrusted as a foreign religion; the bloodshed of World War II; and the turmoil of a revolution that waged war against every layer of society that stood in its path. K. H. Ting survived all this and more at the head of the Three Self Patriotic Movement and the China Christian Council.
Wickeri offers a unique perspective on what that survival entailed, not just for Bishop Ting, but for a Christian movement that is today mushrooming beyond anything either Mao Zedong or K. H. Ting could ever have imagined.
Philip L. Wickeri is Flora Lamson Hewlett Professor of Evangelism and Mission at San Francisco Theological Seminary. Dr. Wickeri has traveled to China numerous times and has provided consultation to PMME.
This important book may be ordered from Orbis Books at
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