Lutheran theological seminary
“Faculty Development” Fundraising Plan 2010
With a Goal of HK$1,200,000
(In training one faculty candidate, counting on four to five years’ time)
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What is the“Faulty Development”Plan?
The “Faulty Development” plan is to support an appropriate candidate to study at a local or overseas seminary/university by the selection of LTS or member churches. The purpose of the plan is to prepare new local faculty for teaching at the seminary and also to benefit the long-term development of local theological education.
Why we need to support the “Faculty Development” plan of LTS?
In the last decade, LTS has invested many resources in training theological teachers in Mainland China and countries along the Mekong River Region, which include seminary presidents, academic deans and professors. Now the time has come to focus on the needs of LTS. Today, the seminary has only ten local faculty members with doctoral degrees and half of those will retire within the coming decade. As the Chinese saying goes, “ It takes ten years to grow a tree; it takes a hundred years to grow a person”, this means that to build up the reserve of prospective local faculty members, as one of the most pressing tasks, it has to begin right now.
The “Faculty Development” plan is a part of our ministry for the Kingdom of Heaven and we pray that our seminary will continue to participate in the theological education under God’s grace. We hope that every church leader, brother and sister will work with us in order to achieve this heavenly mission.
How to support the “Faculty Development” Fundraising Plan?
1. Kind donation
You can pay through the following method for donation:
a. Check (payable to Lutheran Theological Seminary)
b. Bank deposit (Dah Sun Bank 040-645-701-23889)
c. Auto-pay (visit www.lts.edu and download the autopay form)
Please put the Check / Deposit Slip / Autopay Form into the donation envelope and send it to the Development Department of LTS (50 To Fung Shan, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong). Please clearly state “Faculty Development” on the envelope.
For U.S. Tax deduction, you may pay to “Friends of LTS – USA” by check and send to Dr. Jerry Schmalenberger, 162 Pelican Loop, Pittsburg, CA 94565, USA, or email to jlchmalen@aol.com for details.
Faithfully and kindly make a certain amount of donation commitment for the “Faculty Development” Plan.
4. Prayer
Please continue to pray for the “Faculty Development” Plan and remember Paul’s words to the church in Philippi, “I am confident that the one who began a good work among you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 1:6)
