弟兄姊妹平安，
28/7星期二彌迦查經組，我們以專題探討「英國華人教會流源」，看見神的大能和恩典，是神親自建立英國華人教會和攙扶成長，我們為此獻上感恩和讚美。在18世紀的歷史記錄中，第一位華人定居英國，便開始在本地的西人教會認識了耶穌基督。較大規模的移民潮，卻是在20世紀。先是廣東省的四邑人，後來是香港新界的客家人，接續是香港和星馬來的留學生潮，再有越南華人潮，其後中國大陸開放，既迎來了訪問學者留學生，也來了福建的勞工。
英國華人教會在不同年代，應對不同地域的華人族群展開福音工作，「讓中國人在那裡，基督耶穌就在那裡。」因這福音本是神的大能，要救一切相信的人。
23/7（星期四）英國政府公布了持有英國國民（海外）護照的2,900,000香港人於2021年一月份開始可以申請居留英國尋找工作，這使移民英國成為香港網絡上的熱議題目，讓我們為教會祈禱，求神引導我們眾信徒同心合意興旺福音。
「… 焉知你得了皇后的位分，不是為現今的機會嗎？」斯4:14
主內
王 興
1/8/2020
*基督教華僑佈道會於8月22日星期六舉行70周年網絡感恩慶典，歡迎參加，同頌主恩。
1st August, 2020.
Dear brothers and sisters,
We had a workshop on ‘The origin of the British Chinese Church’ in the Micah Bible Study on 28/7. We can see the power and grace of God through His building up of the Chinese Church in Britain, and we offer our thanks and praises to Him.
From the recorded history of the 18th Century, the first Chinese who settled in Britain had come to know the Lord in a local church. A mass immigration wave started in the 20th Century, with the Siyi people from Guangdong, then the Hakka people from Hong Kong, followed by overseas students from Hong Kong and Singapore and Malaysia, then the Vietnamese Chinese; and, with the opening of Mainland China, visiting scholars, overseas students, and Fujian workers.
The Chinese Churches in Britain share the Gospel to Chinese people of different ethnic groups in different generations. ‘Where the Chinese are, there Christ Jesus is’. It is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes.
On 23/7 (Thursday), the British government announced that 2,900,000 Hong Kong people holding British National (Overseas) passports can apply for residence in the UK to find work from January 2021. This makes immigration to the UK a hot topic on the Hong Kong Internet. Let us pray for the church and ask God to unite us all to proclaim the Gospel.
‘ … who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?’ Esther 4:14
In Him,
Sam Wong
*COCM will hold their 70th Anniversary Online Thanksgiving Celebration on Saturday, August 22nd.
All are welcome to praise the Lord together.