Early Activities
1. Visiting Chinese Universities
Between 2001-2004 BF President Dr. Grant Chen visited prestigious universities in China.
He gave lectures to the students in Beijing University, Beijing Academy of Social Science, Beijing Normal University, Zhejiang University, Fudan University, Sun Yat-sen University, Sichuan University. He spoke in a student society in China Agriculture University. He paid visits to Tsinghua University, Shaanxi Normal University, Minzu University of China, etc.
2. Establishing Scholarship for Christianity Studies
The Blessings Foundation established “Christianity Study Scholarship” for Chinese universities since 2005 to subsidize the students in Ph.D. or Master programs. More than ten students every year benefitted from the program.
This ministry has been taken over by Christianity and China Research Center after 2008.
3. Academic Conference
In 2007 Bf cooperated with Hong Kong Baptist University to hold an academic conference for scholars all over the world. The theme was “Dialogue between Confucianism and Christianity in Modern Context: Thoughts and Practices.” BF President Dr. Grant Chen spoke in one session.
