{"id":8770,"date":"2019-09-04T10:25:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T14:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8770"},"modified":"2019-09-04T10:25:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T14:25:45","slug":"hong-kong-what-do-the-protests-have-to-do-with-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8770","title":{"rendered":"HONG KONG: What Do the Protests Have to Do with Missions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The Missions Podcast, September 1, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Between 1-2 million people have been taking to the streets in Hong Kong\u2014even singing Christian hymns\u2014in peaceful protest over a new extradition law representing China\u2019s continued aim to tighten its fist and squelch political and religious liberties in the semi-autonomous region. What can believers learn from this complex situation?<\/p>\n<p>In this special episode, [host] Alex Kocman and Scott Dunford\u2014a former missionary in Asia\u2014discuss the situation on the ground, the history, and implications for believers seeking to boldly engage the surrounding culture both on the mission field and at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/missionspodcast.com\/podcast\/what-do-the-hong-kong-protests-have-to-do-with-missions\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/missionspodcast.com\/podcast\/what-do-the-hong-kong-protests-have-to-do-with-missions\/\">Listen to the podcast<\/a> (46 minutes long). The Missions Podcast comes from a Baptist ministry, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abwe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.abwe.org\/\">ABWE International<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The Missions Podcast, September 1, 2019 Between 1-2 million people have been taking to the streets in Hong Kong\u2014even singing Christian hymns\u2014in peaceful protest over a new extradition law representing China\u2019s continued aim to tighten its fist and squelch political and religious liberties in the semi-autonomous region. What can believers learn from this complex &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8770\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HONG KONG: What Do the Protests Have to Do with Missions?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8771,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8770\/revisions\/8771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}