Lay Leaders for Churches Without Pastors

Contributions to this project will assist in providing resources for the establishment of effective church leadership in rapidly growing Chinese churches unable to obtain fully trained pastors.

Books for Chinese Seminary Graduates

Seminary graduates have very limited book resources when they enter the ministry. This project intends to provide a single volume of the Dictionary of Christianity and a set of Bible commentary.

Hangzhou Seminary Scholarship

Recent visitors to this seminary were shocked when they saw the inadequate facilities and living areas for Chinese theological students in Hangzhou. Sometimes as many as 10 students are living in a room little bigger than 8' x 10'. The capital needs for building and rehabilitation of Hangzhou are critical at the present time. More living and study space would be a tremendous help to the witness of this seminary.

Seminary Library Funds for 18 Seminaries

The 18 theological seminaries in China are poorly equipped with theological books. There is a very urgent need to strengthen their libraries.

Teacher Support in Shenyang

Colleges and institutes for native speakers of Chinese or Korean in northeastern China often cannot afford to support U.S. teachers of English and other fields of study. This project provides support for such teachers.

Theological Books for the Seminaries in China  

There are 171 theological seminaries and 20 Bible schools related to the China Christian Council. These schools are in critical need of books. No basic reference books are available. These schools are training church leaders in China.

Debbie Blane, an ordained PC(USA) minister, serves as an English teacher with the Amity Foundation, teaching at the China Pharmaceutical College in Nanjing. She previously worked at Trinity Lutheran College in Issaquah, Wash., as assistant to the Biblical Studies Department, where she did pastoral care, mentoring, and vocational counseling for pre-seminary students.

Seconded to the Hong Kong Christian Council, Judy Chan serves as the Council’s executive secretary for communications. Her responsibilities include an ecumenical radio broadcasting ministry, English publications, and being a liaison with international churches. She is an ordained PC(USA) minister.

A medical doctor, Duk Yoon Chang serves with the Hi Tech Vocational School in Shenyang, where he provides health care and education. He also serves people in the rural communities around Shenyang.

Brett and Shelly Faucett are newly appointed regional consultants for health and HIV/AIDS in South Asia, based in Chiang Mai. Most recently Brett, a registered nurse, was on the staff of Hoag Presbyterian Hospital in Newport Beach, Calif. Brett and Shelly served for two years with the Peace Corps in Moldova. Shelly has had special training in teaching English as a second language and has worked as a literacy specialist as well as an ESL teacher with the Peace Corps.

Kyle Fryling was appointed in June 2006 to serve as an English teacher with the Amity Foundation in China, where he serves at Nanning Junior Teachers College in Longzhou. He teaches oral English classes to English majors who themselves will become English teachers. When their three years of college are complete, many will return to their poor rural villages and teach middle-school students. In China, English is very important and often required for admission into college. Students coming from poor areas tend to get poorer instruction in English than their urban counterparts, which reduces their chance of going to college and their opportunities. The Amity Foundation’s help with the English education of poor, rural students is one way Amity helps break the cycles of poverty in China.

Juno Lee serves at the Hi Tech Vocational School in Shenyang, where he teaches dental technology. His ministry provides training for young adults lacking funds for higher education so they can begin to earn a decent living.

Serving as English teachers with the Amity Foundation, Don and Kate Lindsay teach at the Fuyang Teachers College in Anhui Province. Their students are preparing to become English teachers in schools in some of the economically disadvantaged regions of China. Don is an attorney and a Christian Church minister; Kate is a registered nurse.

Lucretia Meece is serving as an English teacher with the Amity Foundation at Jiangxi Normal University in Nanchang. Lucretia and another Amity teacher share responsibility for teaching about 50 middle-school teachers who are sent to this special university program for a semester of oral English and American and British culture.

Donald and Wei Hong Snow — Regional Liaisons and Faculty/Librarian

Don Snow teaches in the English Department of Nanjing University, one of China’s top universities and an institution the Presbyterian Church had a hand in founding over a century ago. Wei Hong serves as a volunteer at the library of Nanjing Union Theological Seminary. Both Don and Wei Hong began mission service in China in the early 1990s and serve the PC(USA) as regional liaisons for China.

Rachel Sterrett is serving as an English teacher through the Amity Foundation, teaching at Lanzhou Education College in Lanzhou. Amity teachers are often placed in rural teacher-training colleges that would otherwise not be able to afford their students the advantage of a native English speaker.

John and Kim Strong work with the Amity Foundation. John is developing an Amity Alumni Association, is editor of the Amity teachers newsletter, The Echo, and helps with promotion and public relations. Kim coordinates Amity’s summer English programs, is a consultant for the regular teaching program, and helps edit and translate articles for Amity News Service.

China News Update

This account assists the publication of the occasional periodical China News Update.

Chinese Bible and Hymnbook Printing

China is experiencing the fastest-growing Christian population in recent years. More Bibles and hymnbooks printed in China are needed. This fund assists with the printing of Bibles and hymnbooks.

Hi-Tech Vocational Training

The Hi-Tech Vocational School will train minority Chinese-Korean students in vocational skills and knowledge. This fund will help to provide the school with language labs, computers, and other equipment, such as sewing machines and hairdresser equipment. Gifts to this project may also assist with essential related expenses such as for mission personnel, travel and administrative support.

Korean Minority Ministry in Shenyang

Gifts to this fund support a ministry to young Korean minorities by helping to provide program activities, resources, and transportation costs.

China Region Liaison Program

This project aims at supporting a China liaison for the program activities in China, including project site visitation, mission interpretation, travel cost and assisting with China travel seminars.