Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong

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As a result of the communist takeover, the Hong Kong district of the Chongzhen Church was no longer able to keep in contact with the Chongzhen Church in the mainland, and in 1951, ties were officially severed between the district and the Chongzhen Church in China. In 1952, the Hong Kong district of

350:(HKCC) as part of the Lutheran Church in Hong Kong. In 1956, the TTMHK became an independent member of the HKCC in its own right. It also helped set up the Lutheran Church of China - Hong Kong Association (later the Hong Kong Lutheran Federation) in 1954 and in 1974 became a member of the 413:, Guangdong, but the seminary was forced to close in 1952. The Luk Yok Seminary re-opened in Hong Kong in 1955 and was later merged with the Chung Chi Theological Seminary in 1966. Chung Chi Seminary was eventually reorganised as the Divinity School of Chung Chi College of the 330:), but the association with the LCC proved to be short as the political circumstances in China changed rapidly over the following two years. The Yuedong Synod was abolished the following year by the LCC which was transitioning rapidly into the 2260: 2506: 315:) although the official name in English retained the "Mission" nomenclature. By 1929, the Hong Kong district of the Chongzhen Church had established self-sufficiency and self-governance while retaining ties with the main Chongzhen Church. 991: 2388: 432:

The Basel Mission had traditionally invested a lot in education and this legacy is carried on by the TTMHK. The TTMHK currently sponsors or runs six secondary schools, four primary school and multiple kindergartens.

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Christian services in the Hakka language began in Hong Kong on February 9, 1851, and the first baptism took place on April 13 of the same year. In 1860, a residential hall and girls' school was established in

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the Chongzhen Church registered itself as an independent organisation using its present name with the Government of Hong Kong and had its first post-registration assembly on 1 July 1957.

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The TTMHK accepts the ordination of women as co-workers and pastors in the denomination, and a significant percentage of their full-time workers are women.

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on March 19, 1847. While missionary work was primarily done in the western part of Guangdong, the mission had its home base in Hong Kong.

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The TTMHK was established in its current form in 1952, although it traces its establishment back to the first

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throughout the world. As a church in the Lutheran tradition, it accepts the teachings found in the unaltered

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Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein

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Mission work among the Hakka people in Guangdong was initiated with the arrival of

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The first Basel church in Hong Kong Island, however, was established in 1862 in

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The TTMHK is a member church of the Lutheran World Federation, a communion of

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and Rudolph Lechler of the Basel Mission in Hong Kong under the guidance of

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In 1924, the Basel Church in China renamed itself the Chongzhen Church (

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Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong 140th Anniversary Bulletin, 1847-1987

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The Chongzhen Church had earlier established the Lok Yuk Seminary in

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Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Serbia

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German Speaking Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Bolivia

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Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (Cape Church)

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Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Central African Republic

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Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovenia

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Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia

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Brief Introduction - Divinity School of Chung Chi College

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Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil

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Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland

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Lutheran Church of Belgium: Arlon and Christian Mission

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Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land

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The current president of TTMHK is Elder Wong Fook Yee.

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