President Bare presented on the work of Asia Lutheran Seminary at a Lutheran free conference in Japan. Leaders of the Lutheran Evangelical Christian Church (LECC) attended the conference. Leaders and members of the Lutheran Evangelical Christian Church, ALS’s sister church from Japan, attended the conference. ALS looks forward to continuing its cooperation with LECC on theological education in the future.
ALS hosted its 12th graduation ceremony at Grace Lutheran Church in Hong Kong on October 19. It was a celebration of the achievement of 35 individual graduates who received various certificates, diplomas, and degrees. These students are now preparing to enter into the mission field to share the gospel throughout Asia. God’s blessings to these graduates as they share the gospel wherever they may be. If you’d like to watch the ceremony, click the link here
Today is Halloween, but it’s also Reformation Day! On Reformation Day, we celebrate the beauty of Scripture. We praise God that we have been saved by grace alone and by faith alone. We also put our trust in him to provide and protect us now as we look back and see his hand work through his Church over the centuries to bless countless people with this message.
Do people have free will? For the 500th anniversary of the publishing of Martin Luther’s book, The Bondage of the Will, Dr. Angus Cheung will discuss this topic in a lecture titled Erasmus and Luther: A Historical Debate on Free Will and Sola Gratia. This short lecture will take place on Reformation Day, October 31st at 7:00 PM at ALS as part of a joint Reformation celebration with SALEM. A Reformation worship service will follow the lecture. To attend register CLICK this link.
ALS will be holding a worship service and graduation ceremony on Sunday, October 19 at Grace Lutheran Church (SALEM) on Broadcast drive at 3:30. We have students celebrating graduations from all levels from certificate to Master of Divinity. We pray that they are given plenty of opportunities to serve God and his people with the training they have received while studying at the seminary. If you’d like to watch online, click the link below at 3:30 on Sunday! CLICK HERE to watch on live!
At ALS we have so much to be thankful for this fall: We thank and praise God for the privilege of serving in his kingdom!
As we celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, the bright full moon reminds us not only of family reunion but also of the deeper peace (Shalom) found in Christ. Just as the moon’s roundness symbolizes harmony and wholeness, God’s unchanging love brings true reconciliation as the fullness of Christ dwells in us. May this season fill your hearts with joy, peace, and the hope of eternal reunion in Him. Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Join us on Thursday, 16 October 2025, 6:30–7:30 p.m., at the Drake Gallery (1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, UMAG, HKU, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong) for an English-language talk by Dr Glen L. Thompson on the Syriac Church of the East in China (from the Tang-era Jingjiao to the Song–Yuan Yelikewenjiao) and the latest discoveries shaping this field. Dr Thompson, co-editor of The Church of the East in Central Asia and China (2020) and author of the award-winning Jingjiao: The Earliest Christian Church in China (2024), will share new research, with books available for purchase. ...
At our opening service, we celebrated the installation of three leaders into new roles at ALS: Dr. Guy Marquardt as Vice President (third from right), Prof. Tony Barthels as Dean of the Mandarin-language certificate program (second from right), and Rev. William Zhu (third from left) as our newest professor. These additions reflect our commitment to serving expanding ministry needs.We’re grateful for their service and excited for the work ahead.
The churches in Thailand just celebrated the graduation of three evangelists from the Pastoral Studies Institute program run with the assistance of Asia Lutheran Seminary’s Regional Theological Education Program (RTEP). Two of these men will continue their work planting churches in two different nearby villages. The third will help support the ministry of another church in the area. Lord willing, we will see more leaders trained in the future by them!