Churches in Hong Kong Booming | 31st August 2010
August 30, 2010 by admin
Filed under Prayer Bulletin
Rev Luk Fai, President of the Bethel Bible Seminary, revealed the new statistics in the latest edition of Christian Weekly magazine. Protestant churches in Hong Kong are booming with an annual growth rate of 6.2%, over the last five years, and the number of Protestants in the former British colony is drawing close to 300,000. The number of practising Protestants surpassed 290,000 in 2009, rising from just over 216,000 in 2004, according to the results of a new survey released by the Hong Kong Church Renewal Movement. The figure surpasses the growth experienced by Protestant churches in Hong Kong from 1999 to 2004, when the number of practising Protestant rose from just under 176,000 in 1999 to nearly 217,000 in 2004, an annual growth rate of 4.3%.
Of course, not all church members are Christians with an active faith, but there are many positive signs: recently churches have come together in large evangelistic events and inter-church prayer meetings. About 57 per cent of congregations now have A mission vision and active participation. Since 1997, much of this involvement has been outreach to the southern provinces of China. Student ministries have also flourished recently, with about 30 per cent of university students professing A Christian faith.
Source: OMF; Prayer Alert
BIBLE STUDY: Colossians 1:9
PRAISE: God for this strong increase, especially the growth among university students. Pray they may be
instrumental in building the Faith in South China.
