As the average age of ministrial candidates rise, PCT leaders voice concerns over the potential drop in the number of ministers available for long-term service.
Local South Asian Lutheran churches continue to receive funds from the Evangelical Lutheran Churches of America (ELCA) as disaster relief efforts continue in much of South and Southeast Asia.
The Hong Kong Baptist Convention has issued a challenge for the Southern Baptist Convention to help spread gospel in Hong Kong while the window of opportunity is open.
The Buckner Orphan Care International plans mission trip to China set for October 2005. The mission team will be providing shoes to orphanages in several cities in China.
The People's Supreme Court in Ho Chi Minh City will hear appeals of Reverend Nyugen Hong Quang and evangelist Pham Ngoc Thah of the Vietnam Mennonite Church.
Vietnam continues to violate human rights as crackdown on Vietnamese continues, says Human Rights Watch. Meanwhile, Hanoi pressures Cambodia to deport asylum-seekers back to Vietnam.
Various Hong Kong churches are exploring the application of Cable TV in aiding China missions. Critics, however, raise doubts concerning the effectiveness of Cable TV in evangelism.
As China openly embraces Christmas, human-rights organizations and major news networks cites gross humans-rights abuse directed at Protestant and Catholic Chinese.