The Lottie Moon International Online Conference: Christian Mission Collaboration was conducted virtually to honor the 110th anniversary of the death of Charlotte “Lottie” Moon, a revered American Baptist missionary who gave her life to Shandong, China.
Held from February 25 to 26, the international conference was co-organized by the Department of Mandarin Studies at the Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) and the North Commitment Forum at South Korea and sponsored by the International Mission Board (IMB) of the Southern Baptist Convention.
With the title of “Here am I. Send me!” (Isaiah 6:8), the conference aimed to celebrate Lottie Moon’s selfless service in evangelizing Chinese people and to encourage global Chinese Christians to be one in the mission field, regardless of denominational differences.
The main objectives were to make us “become a disciple of Jesus”, to “affect our colleagues, friends and students around us so that they follow Jesus and become disciples of Jesus”, for “mutual exchange among Christian experts and students in America, China, and South Korea”, and to “develop cooperation projects among Christian experts in America, Canada, China, South Korea” on education, social welfare, and medical treatment.
Professor Dr. Keun Woo Lee, President of Dental Hospital of VHS and also an elder, gave a welcoming speech on behalf of the North Commitment Forum in South Korea that missionaries with the dedication spirit of Lottie Moon were needed to be prepared for the second coming of Jesus Christ. The Forum had been devoted to providing theological training to Chinese house church pastors, Chinese doctors, lawyers professors, and media professionals as well as young people in its mission in China in the past years.
Pastor Myungjin Ko, Senior Pastor of Suwon Central Baptist Church, President of South Korea Baptist Church Convention, and Co-Representative of Korea Churches’ Association summarized the life of Lottie Moon who spent nearly 40 years living and working in Shandong with one sentence: she preached the gospel.
Although it was bad news that Ukraine was at war with Russia during those days, the gospel or the “good news” referred to the fact that sinners receive eternal life through accepting Jesus as their savior.
“Only Jesus Christ is our only gospel. So we should work hard, even if one more person comes to believe in the gospel. What is the earthly existence meaning of pastors and what should churches do in this world? I think there are two points: first, to make the unbelievers come to Christ and to make Christians more like Christ,” urged the Korean pastor.
All our life priorities should be put around Christ, he added.
Presentations were given by Dr. Todd Lafferty, Executive Vice President of International Mission Board, Southern Baptist Church, USA, and overseas Chinese church leaders and Christian professors.
Sent to the North China Mission in Dengzhou, Shandong in 1873 as a single woman at the age of 33, Moon started out as a teacher in a missionary school. Through short mission trips with the missionaries’ wives, she recognized the village women’s eager needs towards the gospel, who could be only reached by female missionaries. In 1885, she left Dengzhou for the countryside, going alone. Settling in Pingdu, Moon became the first American woman to attempt sustained independent life under genuinely Chinese conditions. In Pingdu, Moon visited women house by house, village by village on a donkey. During the war period, she withdrew all of her savings and gave the money to a famine fund. Due to starvation, her health continued to decline and she died on the voyage back to the U.S. on December 24, 1912.
北京时间2022年2月25日-26日，由MBTS中文部和韩国北方宣教会主办、美国南浸信会宣教部协办的国际基督徒专家慕拉第宣教研讨会顺利举行。本次宣教研讨会的主题为“我在这里，请差遣我。”
该宣教研讨会的主要目标包括以下四个方面：
(1) 自身成为耶稣的门徒。
(2) 影响同事和学生，吸引他们跟从耶稣，成为耶稣的门徒。
(3) 基督徒专家和学生之间的交换访问。
(4) 开发各国基督徒专家们之间的合作项目，包括教育、社会福利、医疗事奉等等。
研讨会的主要讲员包括美南浸信会宣教部执行副总裁、台湾华神院长戴继宗牧师、美国使者协会会长柏有成博士、马来西亚圣经学院前任院长林日峰博士、加拿大华人神学院 (多伦多)院长区应毓博士以及韩国北方宣教会理事长等在内的多名牧者和和教授。
慕拉第简介：
慕拉第（Lottie Moon 1840-1912），出生于美国弗吉尼亚州的一个富裕家庭，家族拥有1500英亩的种植园。慕拉第聪慧过人，通晓多门语言，为美国南方最早的女硕士。但是她却主动选择了去中国，为美国南方浸信会早期来华女传教士，在华生活近40年，与中国的下层百姓们分担饥饿与贫穷。慕拉第在山东创办女子学校，努力推动女子反缠足运动。她曾说过：”如果我有一千条性命，我会全部给中国的妇女。“由于在中国生活期间长期饥荒而导致健康受到严重损害，最终慕拉第在返回美国的船上由于长期营养不良而去世，临终前的慕拉第体重只剩下40多斤。
国际基督徒专家慕拉第宣教研讨会顺利举行
The Lottie Moon International Online Conference: Christian Mission Collaboration was conducted virtually to honor the 110th anniversary of the death of Charlotte “Lottie” Moon, a revered American Baptist missionary who gave her life to Shandong, China.
Held from February 25 to 26, the international conference was co-organized by the Department of Mandarin Studies at the Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) and the North Commitment Forum at South Korea and sponsored by the International Mission Board (IMB) of the Southern Baptist Convention.
With the title of “Here am I. Send me!” (Isaiah 6:8), the conference aimed to celebrate Lottie Moon’s selfless service in evangelizing Chinese people and to encourage global Chinese Christians to be one in the mission field, regardless of denominational differences.
The main objectives were to make us “become a disciple of Jesus”, to “affect our colleagues, friends and students around us so that they follow Jesus and become disciples of Jesus”, for “mutual exchange among Christian experts and students in America, China, and South Korea”, and to “develop cooperation projects among Christian experts in America, Canada, China, South Korea” on education, social welfare, and medical treatment.
Professor Dr. Keun Woo Lee, President of Dental Hospital of VHS and also an elder, gave a welcoming speech on behalf of the North Commitment Forum in South Korea that missionaries with the dedication spirit of Lottie Moon were needed to be prepared for the second coming of Jesus Christ. The Forum had been devoted to providing theological training to Chinese house church pastors, Chinese doctors, lawyers professors, and media professionals as well as young people in its mission in China in the past years.
Pastor Myungjin Ko, Senior Pastor of Suwon Central Baptist Church, President of South Korea Baptist Church Convention, and Co-Representative of Korea Churches’ Association summarized the life of Lottie Moon who spent nearly 40 years living and working in Shandong with one sentence: she preached the gospel.
Although it was bad news that Ukraine was at war with Russia during those days, the gospel or the “good news” referred to the fact that sinners receive eternal life through accepting Jesus as their savior.
“Only Jesus Christ is our only gospel. So we should work hard, even if one more person comes to believe in the gospel. What is the earthly existence meaning of pastors and what should churches do in this world? I think there are two points: first, to make the unbelievers come to Christ and to make Christians more like Christ,” urged the Korean pastor.
All our life priorities should be put around Christ, he added.
Presentations were given by Dr. Todd Lafferty, Executive Vice President of International Mission Board, Southern Baptist Church, USA, and overseas Chinese church leaders and Christian professors.
Sent to the North China Mission in Dengzhou, Shandong in 1873 as a single woman at the age of 33, Moon started out as a teacher in a missionary school. Through short mission trips with the missionaries’ wives, she recognized the village women’s eager needs towards the gospel, who could be only reached by female missionaries. In 1885, she left Dengzhou for the countryside, going alone. Settling in Pingdu, Moon became the first American woman to attempt sustained independent life under genuinely Chinese conditions. In Pingdu, Moon visited women house by house, village by village on a donkey. During the war period, she withdrew all of her savings and gave the money to a famine fund. Due to starvation, her health continued to decline and she died on the voyage back to the U.S. on December 24, 1912.
Lottie Moon International Online Conference on Christian Mission Collaboration Conduced Virtually
