The Chinese Coordination Centre of World Evangelism kicked off the virtual 2021 International Entrepreneurs Missional Disciples Training Conference on Wednesday.
Rev. David Doong, general secretary of the Chinese Coordination Centre of World Evangelism (CCCOWE) said in the promotional video that as early as in the 20th century, Pastor Billy Graham stated that the next wave of evangelism movement would happen in Christians in the workplace. As the vision of CCCOWE which was founded by more than 70 Chinese church leaders in 1976 is “Chinese Churches in One Accord, Proclaiming the Gospel until Christ's Return”, the evangelism mission of God would be completed through churches, evangelistic organizations, seminaries, stores, marketplaces, and believers from a wide variety of professions.
With the theme of “Conquer! And to Conquer!” the conference is aimed at encouraging professional Christians to respond to the higher calling of life - be fishers of men who regard evangelism and church planting as their lifetime values and concept of wealth.
More than 200 Christian businesspeople participated in the opening session in which three speeches were given.
Benjamin Nan, general secretary of Christian Business & Marketplace Connection Taiwan said, “We have experienced the influence and impacts of the environment many times amid the difficulties for more than a year. The Bible says that we live in the world but do not belong to this world. Hence, we believe that God’s wisdom can help us overcome various kinds of circumstances and hardships.”
In his report, Nan shared three measures that the interdenominational, evangelical Christian organization had taken to serve Christian professionals. Bible verse cards and prayer cards were made for entrepreneurs to inspire their spiritual growth, online business lectures about Peter F. Drucker were given to enhance their capabilities, and financial mutual help campaigns were conducted online to help people in need.
Dr. Susanna Ma, executive director of the Hong Kong Church Network for the Poor, recalled the story of how her team showed concern to the poor in the past year in a video report.
Christians and those who were unable to go abroad to share the gospel with others were suggested to visit local Hong Kong people in need. When grassroots families in Hong Kong were confronted with financial and emotional problems, their institute distributed consumption coupons worthy of 6,00 Hong Kong dollars to 10,000 locals, established a job matching platform, and provided free training for those who were eager for employment yet without relevant skills.
Hilton Chan, Ph.D., adjunct professor at the Business School of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, shared how his team has been helping young people start with small-scale entrepreneurship. Tracing back to his childhood when he received education and help from the church, the CEO of two companies said that the cooperation between the church and the marketplace could be a better witness of Christ.
“The success of YouTube results from establishing a platform attracting many audiences. Uber has grown in such a mode. A big platform starts with a small group of individual people. The church is also a big platform where people gather. So, the combination of a huge platform and micro-scale population can be a good mode of openness, sharing, and mutual prosperity,” Chan said.
“I expect young people to talk about their dreams back in the church. We are pleased to offer start-up funds and backing through sharing technology, experiences, and faith support.”
After the speeches, the attendees joined in group sharing meetings based on their mother languages.
“The Hong Kong churches supporting the poor shared by Dr. Ma is well done, which has given us many inspirations. There is always a way to do charity. How care is provided to underprivileged people in a grid-based way to bring out influence will be an impact to the world and a witness for the Lord,” a sister confessed.
北京时间9月15日晚8:30分，2021年“国际商界使命门徒培训大会”于在网上如期开幕。此次活动由世界华福中心举办，每年一届。因疫情的缘故，今年的大会在网络上举行。
在此次会议的筹办宣传视频中，世界华福中心总干事董家骅介绍说，葛培理牧师在上世纪分享到上帝要兴起下一波伟大的福音运动，将会是透过职场弟兄姊妹，而华福运动异象就是“华人教会、天下一心、广传福音、直到主临”，上帝的宣教使命透过堂会、宣教机构、神学院、商场、职场、各行各业信徒一起完成。
本届大会主题为“得胜！再得胜！”，旨在效法门徒彼得从一名渔夫，被耶稣呼召成为得人如得鱼的神仆，以传道建立教会为一生的价值观与财富观，鼓励商场的基督徒回应生命更高的呼召。尤其身处新冠疫情持续和常态化防疫措施下，全球经济复苏充满挑战的大环境下，身处其中的基督徒商人和职场棘突如何在严峻环境活出上帝呼召？
本届大会共分为15日和16日两晚活动，逾200多位基督徒商人藉着网络云端参加了第一晚开幕时的大会。
9月15日晚，主办方邀请来自国际基督徒工商人员协会（CBMC）南岳君总干事、香港马秀娟博士和加拿大陈国雄博士担当主要讲员。
南岳君总干事：三种途径帮助商界和职场中艰难的基督徒的尝试
面对主持人的提问：“这一年的艰难环境对台湾的基督徒商人影响是怎样的？”当晚的首位讲员国际基督徒工商人员协会（CBMC）南岳君总干事说：“在过去一年多艰难的环境下，大家经历很多来自环境的影响和冲击。圣经里面说，我们活在世界，但又不属这个世界。因此，我们相信一定有神的智慧可以帮助我们得胜各样环境和艰难。”
随后，南岳君总干事在报告中分享了他们藉着推动商界基督徒的灵修、营商宣教、职场事奉等三个方面来切实的希望在艰难环境中帮助商界和职场的基督徒。
他表示，相信圣经里面有全备的智慧教导我们面对职场里的各样问题，他举例说到在读《无限赛局》这本新书时得到启发：“我们不要局限在这个世界有限的游戏规则里，基督徒应该要有无限赛局，或者说要有永恒赛局的眼光来面对眼前的艰难。彼此相爱、彼此互助、用神的话语和实际行动来展现信仰的美好和馨香。”
南总干事随后介绍了他们在新冠疫情后等各种艰难环境中藉着以下三个方面来希望切实服事到商人和职场基督徒：
1.制作经文卡、祷告卡给商人基督徒，希望通过神的话语激励个人生命的长进。“对于基督徒商人个人而言，应该是内里有生命，外在有能力，而不是靠着人的意志力盲目的乐观。”
2.举行线上工商讲座，通过共同学习管理学大师彼得·德鲁克（Peter F. Drucker）的线上课程，给于基督徒商人业务能力的提升，从而在艰难时期坚固信心。
3.发起“丰盛行动2.0”等线上互助的活动，用实际行动支持那些在商业上受创的弟兄姐妹们。全力帮助在困境中的基督徒商人。越是困境的时候，商界的朋友越是需要神的爱和切实的支持。
马秀娟博士：三种方式帮助香港本地生活在困苦中的人的经验
大会第二位分享嘉宾是香港的马秀娟博士，她通过视频报告的方式与大家分享了她所参与的团队过去一年发起的“关怀贫穷”的活动。
这一服事是邀请基督徒和因为疫情而不能够出去宣教的基督徒去香港本地有需要的人那里去探访。马博士见证说，他们团队帮助了很多活在困苦中的人，并且在帮助的过程中分享神的爱，也让团队成员在这个过程中生命有了真实的长进。
马博士说到，当香港基层家庭面对经济问题和情绪问题的时候，他们乐于提供切实的关怀和帮助，比如探访独居者、无家者、付出精力、金钱和爱心。他们通过以下三种方式帮助这些处于艰难的人群：
1.发送打气消费券，名额一万人，每份面值600元用于生活消费。
2.职位配对平台，建立职位和需要工作的人员互相连接的平台。
3.就业培训计划，对于想找工作而缺少技能的人，进行免费培训。
陈国雄博士：公开、共享、共荣——帮助年轻人作微创业的模式
第三位主讲嘉宾是加拿大的陈国雄博士，他分享的是他所带领的团队最近做的事工即招聚年轻人，帮助他们做微创业。陈博士回忆自己从小在教会得到的教育和帮助，他得到的启发是，如果教会和商界有美好的合作，相信未来可以更好的见证基督。
因此，他结合当下成功的商业模式，尝试做了疫情下辅助年轻人做微创业的事工，他说：“Youtube的成功是搭建一个平台和很多的受众的关系 ，Uber也是这样的模式发展起来。大的平台是从微小的个人开始的。教会也是很大的平台，是一个聚集人的平台。”
“大的平台和微小的人组合起来，公开、共享、共荣是很好的模式。”
陈国雄博士充满热情的说：“很希望年轻人可以回到教会聊他们的梦想；他们乐意提供启动资金，技术经验支持和信仰的扶持。”
参与者分享：需要对底层的人进行切实的关怀 做爱的心的事总是有办法
主讲嘉宾分享过后，大会根据参会者母语的种类设置了不同的小组分享会议室。其中在关于“参加今天的会议大家有什么样的挑战和感受中，有参与者从不同角度进行了分享。
W姐妹说：“因为疫情的原因，大家都很不容易，但是看到教会和基督徒商人都在努力的爱主，我很感动。我特别对年轻人归主的事工很有感处。如何支持微创业，从小做起，带领他们去创业。各类的小公司的平台，有老师给经济，经验的支持，并且有信仰上的支持，生命更好的成长。马秀娟博士分享关于教会关怀基层社区关怀穷人，做的很好，给我们很多启发，做爱的心的事总是有办法，越是社会底层的人如何对他们进行网格式的关怀，带出影响力，对世人是一种冲击，为主做见证。”
L姐妹说：“我有自己的公益的机构，也在做进入社区做扶贫的项目。真实的挑战是公益的服务和福音的连接是非常不容易的。我自己也在所商业盈利的板块，比如文化交流和培训、心灵辅导、访谈的空间，商业的挑战在于，有使命的企业需要同工，要找到有共同异象的人成为同工，因此团队的建设是很大的挑战。”
世界华福中心举行2021年国际商界使命门徒培训大会 分享疫情下职场服事的丰富实践
The Chinese Coordination Centre of World Evangelism kicked off the virtual 2021 International Entrepreneurs Missional Disciples Training Conference on Wednesday.
Rev. David Doong, general secretary of the Chinese Coordination Centre of World Evangelism (CCCOWE) said in the promotional video that as early as in the 20th century, Pastor Billy Graham stated that the next wave of evangelism movement would happen in Christians in the workplace. As the vision of CCCOWE which was founded by more than 70 Chinese church leaders in 1976 is “Chinese Churches in One Accord, Proclaiming the Gospel until Christ's Return”, the evangelism mission of God would be completed through churches, evangelistic organizations, seminaries, stores, marketplaces, and believers from a wide variety of professions.
With the theme of “Conquer! And to Conquer!” the conference is aimed at encouraging professional Christians to respond to the higher calling of life - be fishers of men who regard evangelism and church planting as their lifetime values and concept of wealth.
More than 200 Christian businesspeople participated in the opening session in which three speeches were given.
Benjamin Nan, general secretary of Christian Business & Marketplace Connection Taiwan said, “We have experienced the influence and impacts of the environment many times amid the difficulties for more than a year. The Bible says that we live in the world but do not belong to this world. Hence, we believe that God’s wisdom can help us overcome various kinds of circumstances and hardships.”
In his report, Nan shared three measures that the interdenominational, evangelical Christian organization had taken to serve Christian professionals. Bible verse cards and prayer cards were made for entrepreneurs to inspire their spiritual growth, online business lectures about Peter F. Drucker were given to enhance their capabilities, and financial mutual help campaigns were conducted online to help people in need.
Dr. Susanna Ma, executive director of the Hong Kong Church Network for the Poor, recalled the story of how her team showed concern to the poor in the past year in a video report.
Christians and those who were unable to go abroad to share the gospel with others were suggested to visit local Hong Kong people in need. When grassroots families in Hong Kong were confronted with financial and emotional problems, their institute distributed consumption coupons worthy of 6,00 Hong Kong dollars to 10,000 locals, established a job matching platform, and provided free training for those who were eager for employment yet without relevant skills.
Hilton Chan, Ph.D., adjunct professor at the Business School of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, shared how his team has been helping young people start with small-scale entrepreneurship. Tracing back to his childhood when he received education and help from the church, the CEO of two companies said that the cooperation between the church and the marketplace could be a better witness of Christ.
“The success of YouTube results from establishing a platform attracting many audiences. Uber has grown in such a mode. A big platform starts with a small group of individual people. The church is also a big platform where people gather. So, the combination of a huge platform and micro-scale population can be a good mode of openness, sharing, and mutual prosperity,” Chan said.
“I expect young people to talk about their dreams back in the church. We are pleased to offer start-up funds and backing through sharing technology, experiences, and faith support.”
After the speeches, the attendees joined in group sharing meetings based on their mother languages.
“The Hong Kong churches supporting the poor shared by Dr. Ma is well done, which has given us many inspirations. There is always a way to do charity. How care is provided to underprivileged people in a grid-based way to bring out influence will be an impact to the world and a witness for the Lord,” a sister confessed.
Chinese Coordination Centre of World Evangelism Holds International Entrepreneurs Missional Disciples Training Conference
