CCC&TSPM held an online theological education conference with the Trinity Theological College (TTC) which is in Singapore.
This was the first video conference between them since the establishment of the new leadership team of TTC in July 2020, according to CCC&TSPM.
On December 6, Rev. Wu Wei, president of the Chinese Christian Council (CCC), stated that more than 20 teachers from 11 seminaries had studied in TTC, and was looking forward to closer cooperation in the future.
Rev. Dr. Edwin Tay Ed Min, new principal of TTC, expressed his pleasure to meet with the Chinese team via video link. He claimed that it was a great honor and responsibility of TTC to have participated in the ministry of theological education in China by training international students over the past 30 years. He also introduced that how the college carried out online education and offered a digital library in the context of COVID-19.
Rev. Wu said in a speech that since 1993, CCC&TSPM sent theological students to TTC for further studies, and they now served in churches and theological seminaries in China after graduation. The Singaporean college had a strong faculty team and abundant academic resources, which was God’s blessing and would be of great benefit to churches in Asia and the world, he continued.
After the speech, Wu introduced three things Chinese churches focused on: to promote the Sinicization of Christianity; to carry forward the implementation of laws, regulations, and church rules to keep up with society; to continue to strengthen the nurturing of pastors whose quantity and quality had been increased. The leader of CCC shared that he thought at least two out of these three tasks could be shared with TTC, such as how to seek the indigenization and contextualization of Christianity, as most countries in Asia had the experiences of colonialism and imperialism. He expected the seminary to share more academic achievements with them in this regard.
During the meeting, Rev. Shan Weixiang, vice president and director-general of CCC, shared that there were 22 seminaries and more than 3,300 theological students in China, with more than 1,000 graduating each year. Beginning in 2016, CCC&TSPM carried out teacher qualification certification, and more than 300 had gained teaching certificates. The professional title evaluation of seminary teachers was also conducted, starting from the Nanjing Union Theological Seminary, and gradually extending to schools across the country. In addition, teachers were encouraged to apply to other universities for further studies and obtain master's and doctoral degrees.
Rev. Lin Manhong, deputy director-general of CCC, talked about the basic situation of Nanjing Union Theological Seminary, which has 21 full-time teachers and has trained nearly 30,000 correspondence students, as well as undergraduates, masters and doctoral students. It has the largest number of seminary students, she added.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
2021年12月6日，中国基督教两会与新加坡三一神学院举行神学教育工作视频交流。
据中国基督教两会报道，这是新加坡三一神学院自2020年7月新领导团队成立后，第一次以视频形式与中国基督教两会进行的会议。
中国基督教协会会长吴巍牧师说，现在有11所神学院校的20多位教师曾经在三一神学院深造进修，期待未来更加紧密的合作。
新任院长郑益民牧师首先致辞，他表示非常开心与中国基督教两会以视频形式进行会谈，过去三十年中国基督教两会派送留学生来三一神学院深造，让神学院有机会参与中国教会的神学教育事工，是一份殊荣和责任。他也介绍了神学院在新冠肺炎疫情处境下如何开展线上网络化教学事工及线上图书馆浏览的情况，应对当下疫情对神学教育的影响。
中国基督教协会会长吴巍牧师在致辞中说，记得从1993年开始，中国基督教两会就派遣神学生到神学院进修，很多同工得益于这样的神学训练，他们在全国不同地方的教会、神学院侍奉。三一神学院教师团队很强，学术资源丰富，相信这是上帝对它的祝福，也希望神学院成为亚洲乃至世界教会的祝福。
致辞后，吴牧师简单介绍了中国基督教两会正在做的三件事：第一，推进基督教中国化；第二，推进中国基督教会在建设过程中注重法律法规及教会规章的实行，中国社会正在不断提升法治化水平，教会也要跟上社会前进的步伐；第三，继续加强对人才的培养，对于中国教会来说，无论是在数量上还是质量上，牧者都有很大的提升空间。吴牧师表示，相信这三项工作中至少有两项是可以与三一神学院一起分享的，比如如何寻求基督教的本色化、处境化的神学思考，亚洲的教会大都有受帝国主义殖民的经历，这是共同面对的问题，也希望三一神学院在这方面能够与我们分享更多的学术成果。
会谈中，中国基督教协会副会长兼总干事单渭祥牧师介绍了中国基督教神学教育事工，目前中国教会有22所神学院校，在校生3300多人，每年有1000多位神学生毕业。从2016年开始，中国基督教两会对各个神学院校教师进行教师资格认定，目前通过认定的教师有300多位。还对神学院校教师进行职称评定，目前从金陵协和神学院开始，再逐步向全国神学院校推开。另外，鼓励神学院校的教师报考各类社会大学进行深造并获得硕士、博士学位。
中国基督教协会驻会副总干事林曼红牧师介绍了金陵协和神学院的基本情况，金陵协和神学院有专职教师21人，培养了本科生、硕士生、博士生以及近3万名函授班学员，目前是神学生人数最多的神学院。
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中国基督教两会与新加坡三一神学院举行神学教育工作视频交流
CCC&TSPM held an online theological education conference with the Trinity Theological College (TTC) which is in Singapore.
This was the first video conference between them since the establishment of the new leadership team of TTC in July 2020, according to CCC&TSPM.
On December 6, Rev. Wu Wei, president of the Chinese Christian Council (CCC), stated that more than 20 teachers from 11 seminaries had studied in TTC, and was looking forward to closer cooperation in the future.
Rev. Dr. Edwin Tay Ed Min, new principal of TTC, expressed his pleasure to meet with the Chinese team via video link. He claimed that it was a great honor and responsibility of TTC to have participated in the ministry of theological education in China by training international students over the past 30 years. He also introduced that how the college carried out online education and offered a digital library in the context of COVID-19.
Rev. Wu said in a speech that since 1993, CCC&TSPM sent theological students to TTC for further studies, and they now served in churches and theological seminaries in China after graduation. The Singaporean college had a strong faculty team and abundant academic resources, which was God’s blessing and would be of great benefit to churches in Asia and the world, he continued.
After the speech, Wu introduced three things Chinese churches focused on: to promote the Sinicization of Christianity; to carry forward the implementation of laws, regulations, and church rules to keep up with society; to continue to strengthen the nurturing of pastors whose quantity and quality had been increased. The leader of CCC shared that he thought at least two out of these three tasks could be shared with TTC, such as how to seek the indigenization and contextualization of Christianity, as most countries in Asia had the experiences of colonialism and imperialism. He expected the seminary to share more academic achievements with them in this regard.
During the meeting, Rev. Shan Weixiang, vice president and director-general of CCC, shared that there were 22 seminaries and more than 3,300 theological students in China, with more than 1,000 graduating each year. Beginning in 2016, CCC&TSPM carried out teacher qualification certification, and more than 300 had gained teaching certificates. The professional title evaluation of seminary teachers was also conducted, starting from the Nanjing Union Theological Seminary, and gradually extending to schools across the country. In addition, teachers were encouraged to apply to other universities for further studies and obtain master's and doctoral degrees.
Rev. Lin Manhong, deputy director-general of CCC, talked about the basic situation of Nanjing Union Theological Seminary, which has 21 full-time teachers and has trained nearly 30,000 correspondence students, as well as undergraduates, masters and doctoral students. It has the largest number of seminary students, she added.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
CCC&TSPM Meets With Trinity Theological College in Singapore Virtually
