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Mennonite Central Committee first came to Hong Kong in the 1950s to provide relief work after WWII. This work came in the form of hot meals and the opening of a reading room which provided Christian literature. Dr. Andrew Roy of the Chung Chi College, who knew the workers, suggested that the Mennonites open a mission in Hong Kong. In 1965, James K. Stauffer from Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities goes to Hong Kong to teach about the Bible at a local school and find locals who would be interested in Christ. Next year, two families come to take over the mission work as a part of EMBMC: Allen and Elsie Shirk, and Ira and Evelyn Kurtz. When the Shirks leave in 1967 a replacement family isn’t sent until 1969 in the form of Everett and Margaret Metzler. These families expanded the work into an elementary and preschool program and took over the MCC programs. Interest in Christianity continued to grow slowly in mainly youths through a Bible study. In February of 1976 the Lok Fu Mennonite Church, later called Agape, started having weekly worship sessions and some men are baptized. Two other churches formed, Homantin Mennonite Church, later called Grace, in 1986, and Hope Mennonite Church in June of 1989. These three churches came together in 1991 to form the Conference of Mennonite Churches in Hong Kong Limited and registered with the government.
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==Key Individuals in the Life of the Church==
 
==Key Individuals in the Life of the Church==
 
==Electronic Resources==
 
==Electronic Resources==

Revision as of 23:01, 11 December 2014

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Location

Contact Information

Date Established

Presiding Officer

MWC Affiliated?

Number of Congregations

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Membership

xxxx (200x)

xxxx is xxx associated with Mennonite World Conference. In 200x, xx had xx congregations and xx members.[1]

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History

Mennonite Central Committee first came to Hong Kong in the 1950s to provide relief work after WWII. This work came in the form of hot meals and the opening of a reading room which provided Christian literature. Dr. Andrew Roy of the Chung Chi College, who knew the workers, suggested that the Mennonites open a mission in Hong Kong. In 1965, James K. Stauffer from Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities goes to Hong Kong to teach about the Bible at a local school and find locals who would be interested in Christ. Next year, two families come to take over the mission work as a part of EMBMC: Allen and Elsie Shirk, and Ira and Evelyn Kurtz. When the Shirks leave in 1967 a replacement family isn’t sent until 1969 in the form of Everett and Margaret Metzler. These families expanded the work into an elementary and preschool program and took over the MCC programs. Interest in Christianity continued to grow slowly in mainly youths through a Bible study. In February of 1976 the Lok Fu Mennonite Church, later called Agape, started having weekly worship sessions and some men are baptized. Two other churches formed, Homantin Mennonite Church, later called Grace, in 1986, and Hope Mennonite Church in June of 1989. These three churches came together in 1991 to form the Conference of Mennonite Churches in Hong Kong Limited and registered with the government.

Key Individuals in the Life of the Church

Electronic Resources

Citations

  1. "2006 Mennonite World Conference Directory for Asia/Pacific," Mennonite World Conference. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=16 (accessed 17 June 2009).

Annotated Bibliography

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