The "2022 Chinese Missionary Mobilization Conference - Commemorating the 110th Anniversary of Charlotte Lottie Moon's Missionary Martyrdom in China'' was held online to inspire Chinese Christians to spread the gospel to the whole world.
Conducted on September 22 to 24, the conference was co-hosted by the BRC American Bethel Center, the Chicago Chinese Servant Leadership Center, and the Global Servant Leadership Renewal Platform, and co-organized by the Dubai Chinese Business Fellowship and the Led Road Luoshang Platform. Well-known overseas Chinese scholars and pastors were invited as speakers, including Mr. Dr. Yeou-cherng Bor, Executive Director of Ambassadors for Christ, Dr. Joshua Ting, former General Secretary of the Chinese Coordination Centre of World Evangelism (CCCOWE), Professor Lin Zhiping, former dean of College of Humanities and Education at Chung Yuan Christian University in Taiwan, and Dr. Evan Liu, pastor of Chicago Golden Light Chinese Church and doctor of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School at Chicago.
The opening ceremony of the Charlotte Lottie Moon Chinese Missionary Conference featured the selection of Metaverse Space. Renowned American Chinese worship leader Lin Wanrong, founder of Lamb Music Ministry to lead the praise and worship. Professor Lin Zhiping and Teacher Wei Waiyang shared the story of Charlotte Lottie Moon's mission to China and its impact on their life to urge Chinese Christians to "seize the opportunity of evangelism by the Chinese” today.
Prof. Lin Zhiping talked about the special influence of American Baptist missionary Charlotte Lottie Moon on her personal experience.
Prof Lin said Moon, born in a rich family was well-educated. Therefore, when she first went to China, she disliked Chinese dress and was unwilling to be close to the Chinese. As her evangelistic work began, she found that it wasn't working. Then she tried other ways, for example, she made some small biscuits for local children to eat to be integrated into the life in China. Chinese people were relatively poor at that time, and there were many famines, so she tried to help as many as she could.
"Charlotte Lottie Moon is important to me. I converted to Christ when I was in high school." After becoming a Christian, Professor Lin attended church meetings of the Southern Baptist Youth Fellowship. During the Christmas of the year he came to Christ, Professor Lin came to know Charlotte Lottie Moon for the first time.He heard that this little sister had spent the days of famine with the Chinese and wanted to help the Chinese through fundraising, but also fell ill from starvation. On the way to send her back to the United States, Moon died in Japan.
Upon hearing this story, Professor Lin said: "I found it very strange. A thin and small American missionary, why did she have such a strong love for China in that era? There was no food on the boat, so she starved to death. I was very impressed with this lady."
"I am impressed by her, not because of how effective she was in preaching the gospel," added Professor Lin, "but because she suffered a lot to preach the gospel."
"Charlotte Lottie Moon is important in my life. I joined the Cosmic Light Ministry in 1973 and have been doing it for nearly 50 years. The call I received was a mission call, but not like a pastor preaching in a church. What I received was to put the love of the Lord into Chinese culture. I linked the story of the life of Charlotte Lottie Moon to my work. The work of Charlotte Lottie Moon was to enter the Chinese culture-biscuits for children, evangelism, faith, reaching out to them, and even giving her life for it."
Professor Lin finally concluded: "I have had a missionary’s will in my life since high school, and the real influence on this will is Charlotte Lottie Moon. She did not convince me with theory. Charlotte Lottie Moon's story showed me a preacher enters the deeper stage (mission) of (Chinese) culture from the level of life and culture.”
Professor Lin invited Mr. Wei Waiyang to introduce her life. Mr.Wei spent a long time studying the missionary’s life. "So far", he said, "no Chinese biography has been written about Charlotte Lottie Moon. " Mr. Wei said that what Moon had done in self-denial was worth learning from.
Although she was born in a very devout Christian family, she was very rebellious when she was a child, and even felt that reading Shakespeare on Sundays was more meaningful than going to church to listen to the preaching of the pastor.
Mr. Wei told two stories about her childhood. When Moon was in middle school, she hated the school bells because they reminded everyone to get up and go to class. On April Fool's Day, she wanted to surprise everyone. Then she crawled up to the clock tower secretly at midnight and wrapped the tongue of the clock in the blanket she brought. When it was time to get up the following day, the clock did not strike on time. It took school staff nearly an hour to find the cause and get the clock set up.
Among the names of Charlotte Lottie Moon (Charlotte Diggs “Lottie” Moon), the middle abbreviation was the English letter D. Once, she asked her classmates, “Do you know what the D in my name stands for?” She said arrogantly, “D stands for Demon, which means the devil.”
She believed in the Lord when she was 18, but Moon was still a bit rebellious at that time. At a church meeting, she wanted to make trouble, find fault with the preaching pastor, and create some turmoil. But, when she got home, she could not sleep all night while thinking much. The next day, she told the pastor that she wanted to be baptized and testified of her repentance.
Charlotte Lottie Moon was highly educated and liked to read and spoke several languages. She was a talented woman in the southern United States. Among Moon's family, her younger sister was the first to visit China. After her sister went to China, her sister found that there was a great need in China, thus her sister kept writing letters to invite her to serve together.
When Moon went to China, she found that her sister had suffered many hardships in the past few years, such as poverty, danger, etc. Her sister was in poor health and had mental problems, so she sent her sister back to the United States.
Moon surrendered her good living conditions and teaching job in the United States. Not only that, but she also gave up her dream of love and marriage as a young lady.
In addition to this, she abandoned her money and possessions. After Moon went to China, she found that the mission's financial condition in the United States was also very poor. She made personal loans to missions, hoping to send more missionaries.
When Moon was on a mission in China, she often wrote letters to the leaders of the mission, giving much advice, and also putting forward advice on women's missions. Later, the mission committee also set up a sister mission. She also suggested that the domestic Christmas tree decoration of the church and other expenses could be saved and used for missionary work. Charlotte Lottie Moon Christmas Offering was named after her in 1918, six years after her death.
- Translated by Richard Zou
2022年9月22-24日，“2022华人宣教动员大会——纪念慕拉第对华宣教殉道110周年”在线上举行。
此次大会由BRC美国伯特利中心、芝加哥华仆领导力中心、全球仆人领导力复兴平台共同主办，由迪拜华人商道团契、带路骆商平台协办。大会邀请了著名的学者、牧师作为讲员，包括柏有成老师、陈世钦牧师、林治平教授、刘主生博士等来自世界各地的讲员。（搜索一下讲员的英文介绍）
9月22日，慕拉第华人宣教大会正式在网络上举行开幕仪式。此次开幕仪式特色选取了元宇宙空间作为开幕式，并邀请了小羊诗歌的林婉容姊妹带领赞美敬拜，邀请讲员柏林治平教授、魏外扬老师两位老师以“把握当今华人宣教的契机，以慕拉第对华宣教的故事谈起”为主题，分享了慕拉第来华宣教的故事以及其影响。（==当summary）
林志平教授并从自己的个人经历出发，谈到宣教士慕拉第对他个人的特别影响。
林教授称，慕拉第本身是受过良好教育的，也出生于富足的家庭。所以，刚开始来到中国的她有点嫌弃中国人的打扮，也不愿意靠近中国人。但是随着她传福音工作的开展，她发现并没有什么效果。她开始尝试其他的方式，她就做了些小饼干给当地的孩子们吃，她就这样融入到中国人的生活。当时，中国人也比较穷困，也有很多大的灾荒，她就开始尝试帮助很多的人。
“慕拉第对我而言很重要，我是高中信主的。”林教授信主以后，就开始在美南浸信会的青年团契里面参加聚会。在他刚信主那一年的圣诞节上，林教授第一次认识了慕拉第。林教授听到，这个个子小小的姊妹和中国人共度了饥荒的日子，并想要通过筹款帮助中国人，也因为饥饿而病倒了。在送她回美国的途中，慕拉第在日本病逝了。
林教授分享说：“我听到这个故事就很奇怪。长得瘦瘦小小的一个美国宣教士，她为什么在那个年代，会对中国有那么大的负担，而且要筹集受灾的款项，自己也没有东西吃，饿死在船上。我对这个人印象很深刻。”
“我对她印象深刻，倒不是因为她传福音有多大的果效，”林教授谈道：“而是因为她为了传福音受了很多的苦。”
“慕拉第在我的生命中是非常重要的。1973年我参加宇宙光事工的工作，做了近50年了。我领受的呼召是宣教的呼召，但不是像牧师牧养教会一样。我的领受是如何让主爱进入到华人文化中。……我把慕拉第生平的故事，和我的工作连接在一起。……慕拉第的工作就是进入华人的文化——做饼干给孩子们吃，给他们传福音、讲信仰，这样来接触他们，甚至为了这个缘故献上自己的生命。”
林教授最后总结道：“我的一生从高中开始就有一个宣教的意愿，这个意愿真正受到的影响就是慕拉第。她不是用理论来说服我的。慕拉第的故事让我看到一个人从生活、文化的层面进入（中国）文化的内层（宣教）。”
魏外扬老师受到自己好友林教授的邀请来介绍慕拉第的生平，他曾花了很多的功夫来研究慕拉第的一生。据他介绍，迄今为止还没有一本介绍慕拉第完成生平的中文传记。魏老师说慕拉第在舍己方面所做的非常值得我们去学习。
虽然她出生在一个很虔诚的基督徒家庭，但是她小时候很叛逆，甚至觉得在主日读莎士比亚也比去教会听牧师讲道要有意义。
到魏老师讲了2件慕拉第少女时期的故事。慕拉第在中学的时候，她很痛恨学校的钟声，因为钟声会提醒大家起床了、上课了。有一次愚人节，她想要给大家一个惊喜。于是，她半夜就偷偷爬到钟楼上，她把钟舌用她带的毛毯包了起来。到第二天早上起床的时间，钟就没有准时敲响。学校的工作人员花了近1个小时的时间才找到原因并把钟弄好。
慕拉第的名字当中，最中间的缩写是一个英文字母D。有一次，她问同学说你们知道我名字中间的D代表什么吗？她狂妄地说，D代表着Demon，就是魔鬼的意思。
她18岁的时候信主得救了，但是那时的慕拉第还是有点叛逆的。一次聚会，她很想要去捣乱，想要挑讲道牧师的毛病，制造一些动乱。结果，等她回到家，她一晚上没有睡觉，她思考了很多。并在第二天回到聚会中，找到牧师称想要受洗，并作了悔改的见证。
慕拉第本身受教育程度很高，喜欢读书，并会说好几国的语言，是美国南方的才女。在慕拉第的家庭中，第一个到中国的是她的妹妹。妹妹到中国以后，发现这里的需要很大，就不断地写信邀请姐姐一起来服事。
当慕拉第来到中国以后，她发现妹妹在这几年中受到了诸多的艰难，诸如贫穷、危险等等，妹妹身体不好，精神层面也产生问题，她就把妹妹送回了美国。
慕拉第舍弃了自己非常好的背景和自己在美国的教职工作，不仅如此，她还舍弃了作为姐妹对爱情、婚姻的梦想。
除此以外，慕拉第还放弃了自己的金钱和财产。慕拉第来到中国以后，她发现美国的差会经济也很艰难。她曾经个人性地贷款给差会，希望派更多的宣教士过来。
慕拉第在中国宣教时，常常会写信给差会的领导，给与很多的建议，对妇女的宣教也提出很多建议，后来差会还专门成立姊妹差会。她还提出过，希望国内的圣诞节装饰圣诞树等花费可以节省下来，用来做许多宣教的工作。慕拉第去世6年以后，1918年以她的名字命名了慕拉第圣诞奉献。
2022慕拉第华人宣教动员大会开幕 慕拉第的生平以及其一生对人的影响
The "2022 Chinese Missionary Mobilization Conference - Commemorating the 110th Anniversary of Charlotte Lottie Moon's Missionary Martyrdom in China'' was held online to inspire Chinese Christians to spread the gospel to the whole world.
Conducted on September 22 to 24, the conference was co-hosted by the BRC American Bethel Center, the Chicago Chinese Servant Leadership Center, and the Global Servant Leadership Renewal Platform, and co-organized by the Dubai Chinese Business Fellowship and the Led Road Luoshang Platform. Well-known overseas Chinese scholars and pastors were invited as speakers, including Mr. Dr. Yeou-cherng Bor, Executive Director of Ambassadors for Christ, Dr. Joshua Ting, former General Secretary of the Chinese Coordination Centre of World Evangelism (CCCOWE), Professor Lin Zhiping, former dean of College of Humanities and Education at Chung Yuan Christian University in Taiwan, and Dr. Evan Liu, pastor of Chicago Golden Light Chinese Church and doctor of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School at Chicago.
The opening ceremony of the Charlotte Lottie Moon Chinese Missionary Conference featured the selection of Metaverse Space. Renowned American Chinese worship leader Lin Wanrong, founder of Lamb Music Ministry to lead the praise and worship. Professor Lin Zhiping and Teacher Wei Waiyang shared the story of Charlotte Lottie Moon's mission to China and its impact on their life to urge Chinese Christians to "seize the opportunity of evangelism by the Chinese” today.
Prof. Lin Zhiping talked about the special influence of American Baptist missionary Charlotte Lottie Moon on her personal experience.
Prof Lin said Moon, born in a rich family was well-educated. Therefore, when she first went to China, she disliked Chinese dress and was unwilling to be close to the Chinese. As her evangelistic work began, she found that it wasn't working. Then she tried other ways, for example, she made some small biscuits for local children to eat to be integrated into the life in China. Chinese people were relatively poor at that time, and there were many famines, so she tried to help as many as she could.
"Charlotte Lottie Moon is important to me. I converted to Christ when I was in high school." After becoming a Christian, Professor Lin attended church meetings of the Southern Baptist Youth Fellowship. During the Christmas of the year he came to Christ, Professor Lin came to know Charlotte Lottie Moon for the first time.He heard that this little sister had spent the days of famine with the Chinese and wanted to help the Chinese through fundraising, but also fell ill from starvation. On the way to send her back to the United States, Moon died in Japan.
Upon hearing this story, Professor Lin said: "I found it very strange. A thin and small American missionary, why did she have such a strong love for China in that era? There was no food on the boat, so she starved to death. I was very impressed with this lady."
"I am impressed by her, not because of how effective she was in preaching the gospel," added Professor Lin, "but because she suffered a lot to preach the gospel."
"Charlotte Lottie Moon is important in my life. I joined the Cosmic Light Ministry in 1973 and have been doing it for nearly 50 years. The call I received was a mission call, but not like a pastor preaching in a church. What I received was to put the love of the Lord into Chinese culture. I linked the story of the life of Charlotte Lottie Moon to my work. The work of Charlotte Lottie Moon was to enter the Chinese culture-biscuits for children, evangelism, faith, reaching out to them, and even giving her life for it."
Professor Lin finally concluded: "I have had a missionary’s will in my life since high school, and the real influence on this will is Charlotte Lottie Moon. She did not convince me with theory. Charlotte Lottie Moon's story showed me a preacher enters the deeper stage (mission) of (Chinese) culture from the level of life and culture.”
Professor Lin invited Mr. Wei Waiyang to introduce her life. Mr.Wei spent a long time studying the missionary’s life. "So far", he said, "no Chinese biography has been written about Charlotte Lottie Moon. " Mr. Wei said that what Moon had done in self-denial was worth learning from.
Although she was born in a very devout Christian family, she was very rebellious when she was a child, and even felt that reading Shakespeare on Sundays was more meaningful than going to church to listen to the preaching of the pastor.
Mr. Wei told two stories about her childhood. When Moon was in middle school, she hated the school bells because they reminded everyone to get up and go to class. On April Fool's Day, she wanted to surprise everyone. Then she crawled up to the clock tower secretly at midnight and wrapped the tongue of the clock in the blanket she brought. When it was time to get up the following day, the clock did not strike on time. It took school staff nearly an hour to find the cause and get the clock set up.
Among the names of Charlotte Lottie Moon (Charlotte Diggs “Lottie” Moon), the middle abbreviation was the English letter D. Once, she asked her classmates, “Do you know what the D in my name stands for?” She said arrogantly, “D stands for Demon, which means the devil.”
She believed in the Lord when she was 18, but Moon was still a bit rebellious at that time. At a church meeting, she wanted to make trouble, find fault with the preaching pastor, and create some turmoil. But, when she got home, she could not sleep all night while thinking much. The next day, she told the pastor that she wanted to be baptized and testified of her repentance.
Charlotte Lottie Moon was highly educated and liked to read and spoke several languages. She was a talented woman in the southern United States. Among Moon's family, her younger sister was the first to visit China. After her sister went to China, her sister found that there was a great need in China, thus her sister kept writing letters to invite her to serve together.
When Moon went to China, she found that her sister had suffered many hardships in the past few years, such as poverty, danger, etc. Her sister was in poor health and had mental problems, so she sent her sister back to the United States.
Moon surrendered her good living conditions and teaching job in the United States. Not only that, but she also gave up her dream of love and marriage as a young lady.
In addition to this, she abandoned her money and possessions. After Moon went to China, she found that the mission's financial condition in the United States was also very poor. She made personal loans to missions, hoping to send more missionaries.
When Moon was on a mission in China, she often wrote letters to the leaders of the mission, giving much advice, and also putting forward advice on women's missions. Later, the mission committee also set up a sister mission. She also suggested that the domestic Christmas tree decoration of the church and other expenses could be saved and used for missionary work. Charlotte Lottie Moon Christmas Offering was named after her in 1918, six years after her death.
- Translated by Richard Zou
2022 Chinese Missionary Mobilization Conference Opens Online
