August 2-4, 2005, the Christian Leadership Conference concluded a four-year program with a theme, ‘Servant Leader,’ in the Hong Kong Adventist College. The first year conference was held in 2002 at the same place. It was sponsored by the Christian Leadership Center of the Andrews University and the Chinese Union Mission (CHUM).

For this year, the final episode, ‘Servant Leader No. 4’ was presented by Dr. Stanley Patterson & Dr. Douglas Tilstra from the Andrews University. The program was operated with lectures and discussions to empower around 70 church leaders including administrators and pastors from the CHUM, Hong Kong Macao Conference, schools and hospitals, and local churches.

How can we be a good ‘Servant Leader’ for church and even ourselves? They talked about ‘Integrity and Personal Leadership Challenges’, ‘Self-Leadership’, ‘the Time Line’, ‘Practical Aspects of Servant Leadership’, ‘Leadership and Personal Power’, and ‘Empowerment & Managing Meeting and Conflicts.’

“In the past 4 years, we have really learned a lot. Leaders are the ones who influence others. This year, we have learned how to lead oneself and to empower others. The conference was really fruitful,” said Pastor James Wu, President of the Chinese Union Mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.