Main languages:
Cantonese, Mandarin, English

Main religions:
Buddhism, Taoism, Chinese folk religion, Christianity

Government:
Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in July 1997. Formerly a British dependent territory.

National and community concerns:
• Success in implementing the "One Country Two System" political model.
• Community-building and caring for the poor.
• Recovery after the economic crisis.

Church priorities and programmes:
• Organises mission conferences, youth camps, educational seminars and exchange visits with churches in China.
• Extending services towards families and senior citizens.
• Provide quality education through 25 secondary schools and 31 primary schools.
• Develop new congregations in the school buildings.
• Leadership development at all levels: pastors, elders, lay.

Members/Congregations:
26,092/52

Women’s representation in church:
• Well involved in church activities but few are involved at decision-making levels.

Youth activities:
• Conferences.
• Visits to China.
• Local ecumenical activities.
• Leadership development.

Missionaries sent and received through CWM:
• Dr Archie Lee, ecumenical research placement, to Cambridge University, UK.
• Individual congregations send missionaries to developing countries.

For more information:
Rev Luk Fai, general secretary, Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China, Morrison Memorial Centre, 191 Prince Edward Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Tel: +852 2397 1022  Fax: +852 2397 7447  Email: fluk@hkcccc.org

Website:
www.hkcccc.org (Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China)

Prayer requests:
• For the people of Hong Kong facing economic recession and hardship.
• For the election of a chief executive of Hong Kong.
• For the HKCCCC's missionaries around the world.
• For local churches to have a willingness to cooperate with the Chinese churches.