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Four Future Church Leaders

May 102012

4 Bible students - Sun Yu, Gao Xiangye, Xue Jing and Chai Dan (L-R). Photo: UBS/ Dag Smemo.

Nanjing’s Union Theological Seminary (NJUTS) is China’s highest and only theological seminary at the national level. Representatives from the United Bible Societies (UBS) brought gifts for the students: the Greek New Testament and Hebrew Old Testament. We met four young Bible students. Their names are Sun Yu, Gao Xiangye, Xue Jing and Chai Dan (see photo: from left to right). All of them pledged to serve the Church in China upon completion of their theological studies in a few years time. Read more [...]

Scholarly resources for China’s top theological seminary

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Apr 132012

Liu Meichun, New Testament Professor at Nanjing Jinling Union Theological Seminary, Photo: UBS/ Dag Smemo.

“These scholarly resources are wonderful gifts for the students,” smiled Liu Meichun, New Testament Professor and librarian at Nanjing Union Theological Seminary. “These are very expensive to buy and many of the students are being sponsored by their home churches, which are not wealthy.” Ms Liu was speaking following a distribution by Bible Society visitors of New Testaments in the original Greek and the Old Testament in Hebrew. As part of their course at this, the crème de la crème of China’s theological seminaries, the students study Greek and Hebrew intensively. Read more [...]

The Bible Seminar on Old Testament

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Mar 282012

The first-ever Bible Seminar 2012 inaugurated by the Rt Rev John Chew. Photo: UBSCP/Jock

The first-ever Bible Seminar on Old Testament (OT), jointly organized by the Nanjing Union Theological Seminary (NJUTS) and the United Bible Societies (UBS), was inaugurated by the Rt Rev Dr John Chew, UBS Vice President and former Primate of South-East Asia Province. This four-day seminar beginning on 20 February 2012 was attended by 21 Old Testament lecturers from 17 regional and provincial seminaries and Bible colleges all over China. Read more [...]