chinesechristian Posted June 11, 2009 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 7 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/25/2009 Status: Offline Share Posted June 11, 2009 On May 31, Sunday, hundreds of thousands of Christians in Hong Kong gathered at the Hong Kong Football Stadium, uniting in one heart with Christians from 220 countries around the world to participate in the 5th annual Global Day of Prayers (GDOP), which is by far the largest prayer movement in the world Despite the high humidity and the poor air quality, hundreds of thousands of Christians still gathered, which revealed their determination to participate in this historic event. The prayer gathering offered up prayers on the results of the financial tsunami, wave of H1N1, and various challenges for Hong Kong. Besides the participation of church leaders and political officials, those representing various sectors of the society also participated. The participating Hong Kong government officials included Secretary for Justice Wong Yan Lung, Secretary for Constitutional Affairs Stephen Sui-lung Lam, Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong, and various others. Surprisingly, GDOP founder Graham Power personally participated in the prayer gathering at the stadium to pray for Hong Kong. Just about an hour before the prayer meeting began, crowds of people also gushed into the arena. Since the event was held on Sunday, large numbers of foreign maids came in groups, and many people of foreign nationalities and ethnic backgrounds also participated in the event. While mixing the passionate theme color of reddish-orange, the backdrop of the stage shows a picture of the Lion Rock Hill and influential architectures of Hong Kong, symbolizing the spirit of this city; on the ground below in front of the stage showed a blue world map, symbolizing the prayer of global unity. The event revealed the spirit of unity among the Christians around the world; people wore different cultural and traditional attires, and a ceremony of waving the national flags of many countries was held. In addition, there was a part in the event where prayers were offered in multiple languages, which included Cantonese, Mandarin, English, Korean, Spanish, and Hebrew, etc. Moreover, GDOP Hong Kong prayed for the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningGlory Posted June 11, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.10 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted June 11, 2009 This is just wonderful; I love to read about how the Chinese people are coming to Christ. Thanks for posting this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricH Posted June 11, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 366 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 10,933 Content Per Day: 1.57 Reputation: 212 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/21/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted June 11, 2009 Moved from Worthy Welcome to General Discussion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick-Parker Posted June 11, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 8 Topic Count: 200 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 4,271 Content Per Day: 4.91 Reputation: 1,855 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/17/2021 Status: Offline Birthday: 06/03/1955 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Did you write this? It's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yzraela Posted June 17, 2009 Group: Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 34 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 4 Days Won: 1 Joined: 06/16/2009 Status: Offline Share Posted June 17, 2009 Eversince I read the book "Safely Home", I've been wanting to learn how to speak Chinese so I'll be able to understand my Chinese brothers and sisters in Christ. Hopefully soon. Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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