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The Chinese Theological Review: 1994 Chinese Theological Review [Vol. 9, 1993] This page was generated automatically upon download from the Globethics.net Library. More information on Globethics.net see https://www.globethics.net. Data and content policy of Globethics.net Library repository see https:// repository.globethics.net/pages/policy Item Type Journal volume Publisher Foundation for Theological Education in South East Asia (FTESEA) Rights With permission of the license/copyright holder Download date 04/10/2021 06:04:50 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/165444 Chinese Theological Review Volume 9 From the Editor The Chinese Theological Review:9 contains addresses, documents, essays and sermons primarily published during 1993-1994. Selections have been taken from Tian Feng, the church monthly published in Shanghai by the China Christian Council and the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of Protestant Churches in China, The Nanjing Theological Review, the journal of Nanjing Union Theological Seminary and Collected Sermons published by the Zhejiang Christian Council. Individual authors have also generously shared their as yet unpublished work, in the form of conference papers and sermons. Certain issues crucial to the renewal of the Church in China continue to dominate theological reflection there, be it in church documents, addresses, essays or sermons, whether the writer is a church leader, seminarian, pastor or lay Christian. The necessity to run the church well in administrative and financial terms; the need for a well-defined church order; for more and better-trained personnel, both ordained clergy and lay leaders; the need to raise what is termed the "quality" of faith of rural Christians; and the need to broaden the overall unity of the church, all sound urgently and repeatedly through these pages. The term "quality of faith" often puts off overseas Christians, for whom it suggests an elitist concept of church membership at odds with the Biblical description of Peter and John - "uneducated and ordinary men" (Acts 4:13). In China, quality of faith refers to spiritual and intellectual maturity, a grounding in basic Christian beliefs without any admixture of folk religion and superstition. Baptism in China, as in the early Church, requires education and teaching, to ensure the Christian knows what faith means. I would like to express my thanks to the authors whose works are included here for allowing us to share them in translation. Any errors in understanding or misrepresentation are the fault of the editor, not the author. Once again I am grateful to colleagues in the Publications Department of Nanjing Union Theological Seminary for responding with alacrity to requests for information and prepublication manuscripts in the midst of their own busy schedule. Special thanks are due to Mr. Chen Yongtao, Rev. Wang Weifan and Rev. Chen Zemin. Selection of sermons and essays, translation, and editing of the Chinese Theological Review are all done in Hong Kong. I would like to thank Rev. Dr. Philip Wickeri, who serves as advisor to the journal through this long and often difficult process. Thanks are also due the translators who have contributed their efforts to this volume: Fr. Peter Barry, Rev. Ewing W. Carroll, Jr., Ms. Gail V. Coulson, Rev. Craig Moran, Dr. Gotthard Oblau, Dr. Lauren Pfister, Rev. Henry Rowold, Mr. Dirk Skiba, Dr. Don Snow, Mr. Oliver Stunt and Rev. Britt Towery. Typing has once again been done by Ms. Eva Lai Woon Ching and layout by Mrs. Cecilia Ip. Rev. Dr. Marvin Hoff, Mrs. Joanne Hoff and the Foundation for Theological Education in Southeast Asia have been generous with encouragement and support. Janice Wickeri Hong Kong ii TABLE OF CONTENTS From the Editor............................................................................................................................... ii TABLE OF CONTENTS...............................................................................................................iii ADDRESSES AND DOCUMENTS 1. Welcoming Speech for the Fortieth Anniversary of Nanjing Union Theological Seminary – K. H. Ting ............................................................................................................................................ 1 3. International Ecumenical Relations and Running the Church Well – Han Wenzao................. 7 4. Strengthen the Body of the Church and Run the Church Well According to the Three-Self Principle ........................................................................................................................................ 12 5. Closing Address to the Joint Standing Committees – K.H. Ting............................................ 24 6. Message at the Plenary on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches – Gao Ying.. 28 ESSAYS 7. The Old Testament Commentaries of Rev. Jia Yuming – Zhao Qiusheng............................. 30 8. The Christian Church in Its Chinese Context – Kan Baoping................................................. 38 9. Challenges to Theological Reflection and Education in China – Zhang Jinglong ................. 47 10. Ba Jin's Philosophy of Love and His Humanism – Xu Zhenglin.......................................... 59 11. Lin Yutang's Journey of Faith – Lou Shibo.......................................................................... 67 12. The Passageway to Enlightenment: On Xie Fuya's `Mystical Union' – Chen Yongtao ...... 78 SERMONS 13. Come, Lord Jesus – Peng Cuian............................................................................................ 93 14. Creation and Redemption – K. H. Ting................................................................................. 97 15. "Follow Me!" –Kan Baoping .............................................................................................. 100 16. Friend, Will You Work for the Lord? – Zhang Yongquan ................................................. 104 17. When the Wine Ran Out – Chen Yiping............................................................................. 109 18. “May Your Kingdom Come” – Jiang Peifen .................................................................... 111 19. The Solitude of God – Wang Weifan .................................................................................. 114 iii ADDRESSES and DOCUMENTS 1. Welcoming Speech for the Fortieth Anniversary of Nanjing Union Theological Seminary – K. H. Ting Nanjing Union Theological Seminary celebrated its fortieth anniversary in November 1992. In his address at the opening of the celebrations, Bishop K.H. Ting stressed the importance of unity based on respect for the diversity of its component parts -a watchword of the Protestant Church of China - and the hallmark of its union Seminary. He also touches upon the critical issue of future leadership of the institution. We are extremely happy to have gathered here today to celebrate its anniversary so many classmates who have studied at Nanjing Union Theological Seminary over the past forty years. To see us gathered again after forty years have come and gone is a great thrill for me. I would also like to thank all those guests who have come to celebrate with us. One friend who could not be with us sent a telegram asking me to bring his congratulations to everyone. I am speaking of Luo Zhufeng. I am sure those who were here in those years remember that when Nanjing Union Theological Seminary was first opened, Comrade Luo put a great deal of effort into the task of uniting the dozen or so theological institutions of East China. During these forty years, he has moved from bureau head of the East China Religious Affairs Bureau to other work, but he has always had the welfare of Nanjing Union Theological Seminary at heart. We have many alumni at Nanjing Seminary, for alumnus is a word with many connotations. One refers to all those who have graduated from the Seminary or pursued a course of study here over the last forty years, whether in the two-year course, the four year course, in the research program, or in a lay training course. But in many places I have visited, those who have graduated from one of the institutions that came together to form the present Seminary, also regard themselves as alumni of Nanjing Seminary. Thus, Nanjing Union Theological Seminary alumni also include those who have graduated from one of the schools which united with us in the beginning, which includes many alumni of Yanjing Union Theological Seminary in Beijing. Those who are able to be with us today, are only a small fraction of our alumni. Here 1 would like to say a special thanks for the help and counsel given us over these years by the Religious Affairs Bureaus of the State Council, Jiangsu Province and the city of Nanjing, and the National. Provincial and Municipal United Front Work Departments. They have helped us to solve many problems and assisted us in training Christian church workers who love China and love the church. I do not feel it is necessary to conceal the fact that there have been various dissatisfactions and disagreements among the students at the Seminary from time to time. And perhaps there have been instances where students treated each other unkindly. But today, after forty years, what we remember are the good things. The bad things have faded from memory. 1 need not conceal either the fact that in the early days of union, thirty- or forty-odd years ago, when our K.H. Ting (Bishop) is President of the China Christian Council, Chairperson of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of Protestant Churches in China, and Principal
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