The agenda of the first night
16th Triennial Session of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church Hong Kong-Macao Conference officially started at 7pm on December 13, 2025. This meeting was held at the Happy Valley Pioneer Tower. It was also the first Triennial Session held after the opening of the Pioneer Tower.
The first devotional moment was shared by Pastor Daniel Jiao, President of Chinese Union Mission. With the theme of General Conference, "One Heart and one mind, rooted in the Bible and focusing on mission", he encouraged the participants to study the Word of God with one heart in the coming year, and suggested that the fundamental beliefs of SDA should be revisited again in each church meeting. Be prepared for the return of Jesus.
Then Pastor Cham, President of the Hong Kong-Macao Conference, led all the congregation to pray silently for a minute for the fire incident in Wang Fuk Court, Tai Po, and Elder Philip Wong, Treasurer, reported on the various actions launched by the Hong Kong-Macao Conference on the incident, including the establishment of action teams, initiating donations, and caring for the victims of our local conference institutions, held emotional health lectures and prayer music concert, etc., and Pastor Alphon Fung, Administrative Secretary, made a special prayer for this incident.
When the meeting officially entered the agenda, it included the three-year work report of the three administrative officers; this is the three years since the overall life of society has gradually returned to the right track after the epidemic. Thank you for seeing a significant increase in the number of gatherings, the number of baptists, and the number of participants in various activities. ,But at the same time, it also faced the impact of the immigration wave on the church. (A more detailed report will be published in the January-February 2026 issue of Last day Shepherd)
The members of the organizing committee will then be selected by each district. When the list is approved, it will meet at 8:00 in the morning tomorrow (December 14). The committee will select the committees, including the nomination committee's list recommendations. The first day of the session meeting came to an end at 10 o'clock in the evening.
Please continue to pray for this session of Hong Kong-Macao Conference. May God lead and be filled with the Holy Spirit, and everyone will work together to make arrangements for God's holy work that are in line with His will.
The next day's agenda
Agenda for the second day of December 14, 2025, At 8 o'clock in the morning, the organizing committee established the night before took the lead in holding a meeting to discuss and nominate the members of the Nominative Committee, the Certification Committee and the Planning Committee. The remaining representatives gathered in the Pioneer Memorial Church on the third floor one after another before 9 o'clock in the morning to participate in the conference.
The devotions that morning were shared by the Pastor Yuen of the Pioneer Memorial Hall and Ventria Residence. The theme was "Who will go?" ". Starting from the Hebrew word "Hineni" (which means "I am here"), Pastor Yuan pointed out that there are many characters in the Bible who responded to God's call with this sentence, and combined with their own life testimony, encourage the participants to respond when God calls: "Hineni, I am here.", Please send me! ", willing to accept and assume the mission entrusted by God.
Subsequently, the Organizing Committee submitted the list of members of the Nominative Committee, the Certification Committee and the Planning Committee to the Session Assembly and was approved. The meeting entered an important topic: it is recommended to change the term of service of the Hong Kong-Macao Conference from three years to five years. This proposal was put forward by the Executive Committee and the Rules Committee after many discussions. It is hoped that the term of service will be in line with the five-year term adopted by the General Conference and Chinese Union Mission, and it will also help administrative cooperation and the continuation and stability of ministry expansion.
During the discussion, a number of representatives spoke enthusiastically, discussing the advantages and disadvantages of three-year and five-year terms of service from different angles, including: longer terms of service help the planning and implementation of church ministry, some areas of SDA have already adopted a five-year term of service, and if there is a special need, there is also a mechanism to initiate discussions and adjustments., and encourage more representatives to express their opinions. After a round of full discussion, a total of 119 of the 160 representatives present (accounting for 74.4%) raised their cards in favor, exceeding the two-thirds threshold for approval, the bill was accepted, and the new term of service of the Hong Kong-Macao Conference was officially extended to five years.
After the bill was passed, the members of the nominative committee immediately left the conference venue and went to the conference room of the local conference to start a meeting; the Certification Committee also held a meeting in the Activities Hall of the Pioneer Memorial Church at the same time to deal with related matters.
The Planning Committee mainly listens to the three-year work reports of various institutions and departments. The participants generally affirmed the efforts made by the three Sam Yuk Secondary Schools and Yuen Long Sam Yuk Kindergarten in the past three years in spiritual, intellectual and physical aspects, and they were also particularly concerned about the next direction and strategy of saving soul. They hoped that even these gospel fields may continue to face all kinds of difficulties and challenges, but still experiencing the rich harvest from the Lord.
In the report of Director Fung Chui Chong of the Social Services Department, she specifically mentioned in the conclusion: Last year (2024), director Elder Benson Wong, suddenly passed away due to illness. At that time, all the co-workers in the department were deeply sorrow. However, the department co-workers and the successor Director Fung, together with deep affection and cherished memories, still took on the same task and tried their best to do all the ministries well. For this, she was full of gratitude. This sharing also moved many participants deeply.
After the Planning Committee successfully completed all the agendas, the Nominative Committee was still discussing in a closed-door meeting. The conference invited directors from various departments to take turns on the stage to briefly share their work priorities of the past three years.
After several hours of meetings, the Nominative Committee selected three new Administrative Officers in stages (see separate article for details), and produced the new Executive Committee, the Rules Committee, the Economic and Budget Committee, the Remuneration Evaluation Committee and the Audit Committee the list of members. Due to time constraints, the personnel arrangements of directors in various departments will be temporarily discussed and appointed by the new Executive committee at future meetings.
At the same time, the assembly discussed and passed bills related to remuneration and benefits, the 2026 Hong Kong-Macao Conference annual budget, and the awarding of diplomas and certificates. When reporting on the three-year report on the development item of Ventris road, the Elder Philip Wong, the Treasurer, also made a supplementary explanation on the current operation of Ventria Residence. He hoped that by increasing transparency, all sectors of society would have a clearer understanding of the actual situation and avoid unnecessary speculation. Some representatives also took this opportunity to express their concerns and hope that the Administrative Officers of the Local Conference will continue to play a good role in supervision and decision-making.
At the end of the meeting, the President, Pastor Heywood Cham, presented a thank-you note on behalf of the Triennial Session, offering his deepest respect and gratitude to God the Father, thanking Him for his gracious leadership and faithful supply in the past three years, so that the holy work can continue to advance. And thank the Chinese Union Mission, various churches and institutions, as well as all the co-workers, all the members and overseas brothers and sisters for their support, assistance and service during the period; in particular, he thanked Pastor Alphon Fung, who will resign as the Administrative Secretary, for his active work in different ministries of local conference in the past nine years. Did his best for the church ministries. Pastor Heywood Cham thanked again, May all glory and praise belong to the Trinity God, and encourage the church to continue to uphold the truth, work together with each other, and spread the gospel in the years to come until the glory of the Lord comes again.
The 16th Triennial Session of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church Hong Kong-Macao Conference ended successfully at about 7 o'clock in the evening on December 14th, which also marked the beginning of a new term. Thanks to the detailed arrangements and preparations, the local conference staff worked together in different positions to make the entire meeting go smoothly. May God personally bless, may the love of Jesus inspire everyone, and may the Holy Spirit always walk with the church so that we can "work together, rooted in the Bible, and focus on our mission" in the next five years until His return.
