With a history of 35 years on site, the China Mission Convention (CMC) Global 2020 went virtually in late September due to COVID-19.
Organized by Ambassadors for Christ, an American Chinese Christian Ministry, the event that aims to equip Chinese believers and churches with discipleship is sponsored by the Chinese Bible Church of San Diego and other Chinese American churches.
The host said, "Experts caution us that COVID-19 will be around for some time. Life has significantly changed, but one thing hasn’t. God is still at work and the world needs to know His name! CMC has gone global, moving its program completely online."
The keyword of the convention is "Rethink the Gospel", the message concerning Christ, the kingdom of God, and salvation. The organizer interprets it in this way, "The gospel of Jesus Christ is timeless. But twenty-one centuries later how we share this good news needs to be rethought. Scripture defines the Gospel as something that is truly life-changing. 'Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.' (2 Corinthians 5:17)
"New creature...new things... new thoughts… Eternal Gospel. The convention challenges believers to re-think how to apply the gospel. Accept the challenge to enter into a new personal discipleship and exploration of missions. You may never think about 'the Gospel' the same way again."
Formerly named CMC West Coast, the convention began the afternoon of September 26th, US local time.
The convention is divided into three parts: the launch ceremony of CMC global 2020 on Sept 26, finishing the task from Oct 13 to 15, and the CMC global 2020 from the 28th to 30th of December.
David Platt, an American pastor and author, gave a lecture entitled "I Then Shall Live" on the joint opening session, then team activities that included reflection, meditation and prayer were held followingly.
Later there were two sessions of ten workshops. Each session contained five different topics of workshops, such as the mission in the post-pandemic era, caring for neighbors, a new concept of community service and immigration ministry, preaching a sound gospel, illustrating the gospel with new media in five minutes and others.
Pastor Rick Warren from Saddleback Church, the author of “The Purpose Driven Life”, gave a speech in English entitled, “Completing the Great Commission for the Global Glory of God.”
The sponsors of the convention also include the Evangelical Formosan Church of Los Angeles, the First Chinese Baptist Church Los Angeles, the First Chinese Baptist Church in Fountain Valley, and First Evangelical Church of San Gabriel Valley, Greater Phoenix Chinese Christian Church, and the Home of Christ Church in Cupertino.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
有着35年历史的每年一届的“美西华人差传大会”在今年改为“2020全球华人差传大会”，并因为疫情原因改为在网上举行。
美西时间9月26日下午，2020全球华人差传大会举行。
本届大会是由美国华人基督教事工基督使者协会主办，由圣地牙哥主恩堂、洛杉矶台福基督教会、罗省第一华人浸信会、芳泉谷第一华人浸信会、圣迦谷罗省基督教会、凤城华人基督教会、基督之家第五家等多家华人教会赞助。
主办方表示，“专家们警诫我们COVID-19将会存在一段时间；人们的生活已经发生了巨大的变化。但有一件事没有改变，上帝仍然在运转工作，世界需要知道他的名字！随著华人差传大会走向全球，将我们的大会节目完全改为在网络线上...”
大会的关键词是“福音”，对于这个词，主办方的解读是：
名词，关于基督、神的国度和救恩的信息
耶稣基督的福音是永恆的。但在二十一个世纪以后，我们需要重新思考如何分享这个好消息。圣经将福音定义为真正改变生命的信息：“若有人在基督裡，他就是新造的人，旧事已过，都变成新的了。”哥林多后书5章17节
新造的人…新事物…新思想…永恆的福音.
接受挑战去重新思考如何活出福音及进入一个新生命门徒训练和探索的使命。您可能不会再以同样的方式来思考“福音”了！
差传大会分为三个环节；9月26日的启动会议、10月13-15日的完成使命环节和12月28日-30日的正式大会。
在9月16日启动的联合开幕式上，邀请了大卫·普拉特（David Platt）做讲员，随后是一小时的教会小组讨论。
之后是2个工作坊时间，每个工作坊安排了5个不同的选题，其中包括后疫情时代的宣教 、关怀邻舍：社区服务与移民事工的更新概念、正版的福音 、三转善用新媒体图解福音5分钟 等多个话题。
c著名的《标竿人生》作者、马鞍峰教会华理克牧师也被邀请主讲《为了上帝的荣耀成就大使命》（Completing the Great Commission for the Global Glory of God ）的英文专题。
https://www.christiantimes.cn/news/33191/%E5%85%A8%E7%90%83%E5%8D%8E%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%AE%E4%BC%A0%E5%A4%A7%E4%BC%9A%E5%90%AF%E5%8A%A8-%E5%8C%97%E7%BE%8E%E5%A4%9A%E4%B8%AA%E5%8D%8E%E4%BA%BA%E6%95%99%E4%BC%9A%E5%8F%82%E4%B8%8E
https://www.cmcglobal-afc.org/zh/%e4%b8%bb%e9%a0%81/
全球华人差传大会启动 北美多个华人教会参与
With a history of 35 years on site, the China Mission Convention (CMC) Global 2020 went virtually in late September due to COVID-19.
Organized by Ambassadors for Christ, an American Chinese Christian Ministry, the event that aims to equip Chinese believers and churches with discipleship is sponsored by the Chinese Bible Church of San Diego and other Chinese American churches.
The host said, "Experts caution us that COVID-19 will be around for some time. Life has significantly changed, but one thing hasn’t. God is still at work and the world needs to know His name! CMC has gone global, moving its program completely online."
The keyword of the convention is "Rethink the Gospel", the message concerning Christ, the kingdom of God, and salvation. The organizer interprets it in this way, "The gospel of Jesus Christ is timeless. But twenty-one centuries later how we share this good news needs to be rethought. Scripture defines the Gospel as something that is truly life-changing. 'Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.' (2 Corinthians 5:17)
"New creature...new things... new thoughts… Eternal Gospel. The convention challenges believers to re-think how to apply the gospel. Accept the challenge to enter into a new personal discipleship and exploration of missions. You may never think about 'the Gospel' the same way again."
Formerly named CMC West Coast, the convention began the afternoon of September 26th, US local time.
The convention is divided into three parts: the launch ceremony of CMC global 2020 on Sept 26, finishing the task from Oct 13 to 15, and the CMC global 2020 from the 28th to 30th of December.
David Platt, an American pastor and author, gave a lecture entitled "I Then Shall Live" on the joint opening session, then team activities that included reflection, meditation and prayer were held followingly.
Later there were two sessions of ten workshops. Each session contained five different topics of workshops, such as the mission in the post-pandemic era, caring for neighbors, a new concept of community service and immigration ministry, preaching a sound gospel, illustrating the gospel with new media in five minutes and others.
Pastor Rick Warren from Saddleback Church, the author of “The Purpose Driven Life”, gave a speech in English entitled, “Completing the Great Commission for the Global Glory of God.”
The sponsors of the convention also include the Evangelical Formosan Church of Los Angeles, the First Chinese Baptist Church Los Angeles, the First Chinese Baptist Church in Fountain Valley, and First Evangelical Church of San Gabriel Valley, Greater Phoenix Chinese Christian Church, and the Home of Christ Church in Cupertino.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
China Mission Convention 2020 Opens, Featuring 'Rethinking the Gospel'
