03/07/2026
On 2 July 2026, the Mok Lai Chi Centre for Pentecostal Studies (MLC Centre) successfully hosted the “Pentecostal Studies Forum” and the “Christian Studies Seminar” at Ecclesia Theological Seminary, Hong Kong. Both events sparked incredibly insightful discussions among scholars and participants. We were deeply honored to welcome a globally renowned scholar, Professor Mookgo Solomon Kgatle from the University of South Africa (Unisa), as our keynote speaker. Professor Kgatle spoke on “Pentecostalism, Social Development and Human Agency” at the Forum and “African Pentecostalism and Transformational Indigenisation in the Context of a Colonised Christianity” at the Seminar.
The response section followed both academic events. Dr. Sian-chin Iap, the Director of the MLC Centre and an Assistant Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Chinese Religions, the Chengchi University, Taiwan, and Mr. Daniel Chow, a Research Fellow at the MLC Centre and a PhD Student at the University of Cambridge, UK, served as the respondents at the Pentecostal Studies Forum. At the Christian Studies Seminar, Dr. Christian Ng, the moderator, and Daniel served as the respondents to further the discussion on the theoretical framework of transformational indigenisation. Each section concluded with an open Q&A session from the floor.
We would like to thank Professor Kgatle for his remarkable, insightful, and constructive public lectures that significantly shed light on the Chinese Pentecostal contexts. We also give thanks to the respondents, Dr. Iap, Dr. Ng, and Daniel, as well as Mr. Stephen Hong, who provided the Chinese translation service, the co-workers, and all participants in the events. Finally, we would like to express our special gratitude to the Divinity School of Chung Chi College, CUHK, and the Institute of Sino-Christian Studies for their kind assistance in connecting us with Professor Kgatle.