Contextualizing and interrogating the concept of social ministry: a case study of several congregations of the Methodist church, Hong Kong.

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Chan Ka Lai. / Thesis (M.Div.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-138). / Abstract also in Chinese; appendix A in Chinese. / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter A. --- Background for the study --- p.4 / Chapter B. --- Reasons for having this study --- p.4 / Chapter C. --- Aims of this study --- p.4 / Chapter II. --- STUDY ON CHURCH AND SOCIAL MINISTRY --- p.6 / Chapter A. --- Our understanding of the church --- p.6 / Chapter B. --- Church in mission --- p.9 / Chapter C. --- Social responsibility of the church --- p.10 / Chapter D. --- Definition of social ministry --- p.12 / Chapter E. --- Tasks of the church --- p.14 / Chapter F. --- Theoretical framework derived from Hessel & Morisy --- p.17 / Chapter III. --- STUDY DESIGN --- p.20 / Chapter A. --- Hypotheses and research questions --- p.22 / Chapter B. --- Data collection --- p.23 / Chapter 1. --- Methodology --- p.23 / Chapter 2. --- Study population and the survey --- p.26 / Chapter IV. --- STUDY FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION --- p.29 / Chapter A. --- Reasons for having these five churches selected --- p.30 / Chapter B. --- Social ministry as found in these local churches --- p.32 / Chapter 1. --- Kwun Tong Methodist Church --- p.33 / Chapter 2. --- "Chinese Methodist Church, Wan Chai, Hong Kong" --- p.35 / Chapter 3. --- Asbury Methodist Church --- p.38 / Chapter 4. --- Sha Tin Methodist Church --- p.41 / Chapter 5. --- Jubilant Grace Methodist Church --- p.44 / Chapter C. --- Comparison of the theoretical framework of social ministry and its practice in the five selected churches --- p.46 / Chapter 1. --- Kwun Tong Methodist Church --- p.46 / Chapter 2. --- "Chinese Methodist Church, Wan Chai, Hong Kong" --- p.49 / Chapter 3. --- Asbury Methodist Church --- p.53 / Chapter 4. --- Sha Tin Methodist Church --- p.55 / Chapter 5. --- Jubilant Grace Methodist Church --- p.59 / Chapter D. --- Discussion on social ministry as administered in Methodist Churches in Hong Kong --- p.60 / Chapter 1. --- New understanding of social ministry after the study --- p.60 / Chapter 2. --- Each church is unique --- p.63 / Chapter V. --- CONCLUSION --- p.68 / Chapter A. --- Factors applicable to all of the churches --- p.68 / Chapter B. --- Factors applicable to some of the churches --- p.70 / Chapter C. --- Concluding remarks --- p.71 / Appendices / Appendix A: Verbatim record of the interviews --- p.73 / "Appendix B: Integration of church, school & service centre as exemplified by the 24 local Methodist churches" --- p.133 / Bibliography --- p.134

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Methodist Church

Methodist Church--China--Hong Kong

Church work

Church work--China--Hong Kong

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326900
Date	January 2008
Contributors	Chan Ka Lai., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Theology.
Source Sets	The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Language	English, Chinese, Chinese
Detected Language	English
Type	Text, bibliography
Format	print, iv, 138 leaves ; 30 cm.
Coverage	China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong
Rights	Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)