Keynote 1 – Mission as Incarnation: Hong Kong, Mainland China and the World
| Wednesday, July 26, 2017 |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM |
| Grand Ballroom 5- 6 |
Speaker
The Most Rev'd Dr Paul Kwong
Archbishop
Hong Kong Anglican Church
Mission as Incarnation: Hong Kong, Mainland China and the World
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMAbstract
My Approach to mission grounded in our experience in Hong Kong and Greater China, and extending through my work with the ACC. Mission (the Mission dei) is always contextual and dialogical, and it expresses the universal truth of the gospel message in incarnational ways. Whether we are addressing issues of evangelism or inter – religious dialogue, world poverty or the environment or any other concern, the Church must both be clear about our message, and also be prepared to listen. In the Process of our continuing engagement with the other, God will shape our response in ways that are creative and mutually challenging.
Biography
The Most Revd Dr Paul Kwong is the Archbishop and Primate of Hong Kong who, in 1982 read theology at Church Divinity School of the Pacific Berkley, CA. In the same year, he was made deacon. A year later he was an ordained priest, then consecrated Bishop in 2006 and elected Archbishop in 2007. He earned his PhD in Theology at University of Birmingham in 2008. Since assuming the post of Archbishop, he has paid a lot of attention to exchanges between churches and other regional bodies including the Church in China and in the Anglican Communion. He is the Chair of the Anglican Consultative Council and a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (a top political advisory body to the central Government of China). He is the author of a book Identity in Community: A relevant Theological Agenda for Hong Kong SAR, published by LIT VERLAG, ZURICH, 2001
