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time there was a minimum of 188 Churches with a membership of over 60,000 (excluding children under 12). During 1958 the Church of Christ in China successfully completed a million dollar drive for Church and school extension projects, including the proposed Robert Morrison Memorial Centre on Prince Edward Road; the Tsim Sha Tsui Baptist Church dedicated its new nine- storey Church Building on Cameron Road; the Chinese Methodist Church completed construction of its new Secondary School on Gascoigne Road; the Lutheran Church dedicated a new Church Building at Tung Lo Wan, Sha Tin. These are only indicative of the large number of new projects developed by the Protestant Churches. It should be noted, too, that, in addition to the major denominations, there is a large number of smaller groups whose total Christian work is not inconsiderable.
Co-operation among the Protestant Churches continued during 1958 in the Chinese Christian Churches' Union and in the Hong Kong Christian Council. This latter body, which includes both Chinese- and English-speaking Churches, the Salvation Army and the Adventists, created a Hong Kong Christian Doctors' Associa- tion which was host to a Conference of representatives from fourteen countries on the subject "The Christian in Medical Work in East Asia Today'. The co-operative spirit also showed itself in the post-secondary Chung Chi College, whose fourth class graduated this year; in the Council on Christian Literature for Overseas Chinese; in the Study Centre on Chinese Religion; in the Audio-Visual Evangelism Committee; in the Student Christian Centre; and in many other ways. It is particularly evident in relation to welfare work and refugee relief problems.
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Outside observers are always impressed by the very diverse projects that are being undertaken by the Protestant Churches in the fields of welfare and refugee relief and rehabilitation. Direction for these efforts comes from continuous consultation in the Hong Kong Christian Welfare and Relief Council, and overlapping is prevented through a Central Relief Records Office. Church World Service, Lutheran World Relief, the Y.M.C.A., the Y.W.C.A., the Salvation Army, the Committee on College Student Work Projects, together with many denominational Committees, are all carrying on a wide variety of welfare and relief work. The World Council of Churches' office continues to help many destitute non-Chinese