靈根自植 , 守護真相 (Cultivating Spiritual Roots & Guarding the Truth): Theological Action Research with the Hong Kong Christian Diaspora

Over the course of the last decade, Hong Kong has experienced a social and political transformation.  The city’s frayed ends have been pulled in every direction by a cacophony of competing global interests, unraveled by the strong arm of China’s central government, and set aflame by one of the world’s most restrictive COVID policies.  For many who have called Hong Kong home, these changes constitute a watershed crisis that have necessitated critical reflection and hard choices on the nature of the Hong Kong church in diaspora amidst a home that is disappearing. This study reports on a multi-phase theoogical action research project that is reimagining Hong Kong Christian identity and vocation in diaspora, a collaborative process of discerning lived theology, ecclesiology, and missiology among overseas Hong Kong scholars who are studying for advanced degrees in history, Christian ethics, systematic theology, and homiletics.