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In 1989, the “June 4th” pro-democracy massacre broke out in Beijing, which left profoundly vivid images in Hong Kong residents. The students’ silent sittings, slogans, hunger strikes, tanks, banners, plazas at night, the sounds of gunfire and mourning, crying, and bloodshed…many family members of victims still suffer from the wounds that have not healed.

In a time of widespread attacks against marriage laws, the "one man one woman", "one husband one wife", or "one life together forever" marriage values are gradually losing their influence. However, there has been a recent rekindling of a chastise marriage culture in the mainland, and the city of Guangdong Chungshan is hosting a "Festival of Husbands and Wives" on October 6th, to raise awareness to the sacred relationship of marriage, and to save the deteriorating marriage culture.

The world's largest book exhibition at sea, the Logos Hope, will be visiting Hong Kong in mid November, and OM HK is currently preparing to welcome its arrival.

With the mission to serve the grassroots and to transform the community, Jubilee Ministries Hong Kong recently shared the method on how to become an influential community church. Dr. Agnes Liu, who has founded numerous ministries that are dedicated to serving those in the grassroots levels, pointed out that many churches turn a blind eye to what’s going on in their surrounding community, only thinking about how to take advantage of the situation, and lacks any kind of sense of responsibility.

Christian churches in Hong Kong held a joint prayer meeting for the Japan earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster that has unfolded since March 11. Crowds consisting of church pastors, ministry co-workers, and believers in Hong Kong filled the sanctuary, where many had to watch live broadcasts from separate chapels and classrooms. While they were filled with sorrow, they together sang hymns and prayed, proclaiming that God is still in control and praying for the entire Japan, disaster relief efforts, victims, and Christians in Japan.

Chinese-Indonesian evangelist Stephen Tong will be leading a marathon style seminars on the secrets of winning over pre-marital love and sex in Kaohsiung beginning February 10 and the Hong Kong Exhibition Hall on May 15. This topic reflects the trend of youth today in their interests and understanding towards love and sex.

Most Christians are saints living in municipal wells; they are neither clergies nor ministers, but live with the identity as Christians. In recent years, the Chinese churches have raised the awareness of this reality and are focusing more on ministering to believers in the professional fields. How can believers stop being “Sunday Christians” but live out the callings of a Christian in their daily lives and show their faith in the career places?

Mr. Donald Tsang, chief executive of Hong Kong S.A.R., encouraged the people of Hong Kong to face the rise and fall and challenges in life with strong determination and the proper set of values. Commenting on the Manila bus hijacking incident, Tsang said through the event the ugliness of human nature was revealed, where in just one off thought eight lives were claimed and families destroyed.

During the 4th Chung Chi College Christian Festival held in late March, Dr. He Guan-hu, professor at Remin University of China, explained the three major misunderstandings that Chinese culture and Chinese people have towards the well-known phrase found in the Sermon on the Mount: “Blessed are the peacemakers.”

A Chinese pastor who participated in writing one of the most influential documentary in mainland China and a student activist who was warranted by the Chinese government after June 4th Incident in 1989 will be speaking in Hong Kong on China missions.

Three high-profile Chinese Christian experts explain their views on “Who is qualified to be a peace-maker?” at the 4th Chung Chi Christian Festival: Blessed are the Peace-makers.

The 81st Annual Hong Kong Bible Study Conference has so far drawn over 68,000 participants with 1,665 new decisions to follow Christ as of Aug. 7th, the seventh day of the ten consecutive days of bible-studies held at the Kowloon City Baptist Church.

In the rapidly changing society, marriage values are obscured and family problems are worsening under the current phenomenon of cohabitation, pre-marital sex, divorce, same-sex marriage, and etc.

World renowned Biblical scholar Rev. Dr. Chris J. H. Wright hosted two seminars, in which he delivered a very important message to the Chinese churches in Hong Kong and in the world, at the mega-church EFCC Yan Food Church in Hong Kong on June 13th.

On June 4th, an estimated 150,000 people filled Victoria Park, the largest park in Hong Kong, for a candle light vigil, commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Incident, where hundreds, if not thousands, of student protestors were killed by their own country's military forces.

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.

Amity Foundation Hong Kong held a fund-raising dinner banquet to raise funds for the May 12 Sichuan Earthquake Reconstruction at The Mira in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Over 400 guests participated in the event and a total of 3.5 million HKD was raised that night.