4:30-5:30PM

Faith, Masculinity, and the Crisis of Power

01_LEADERSHIP & POWER

SPEAKER NAME: PRABU DEEPAN

The Vine Centre: Lower House
Tearfund
When masculinity is defined by control rather than character, power rather than partnership, the results are more than personal—they’re structural, generational, and spiritual. This session explores how distorted ideas of manhood fuel gender-based violence, inequity, and unhealthy leadership, especially within communities of faith. Drawing from global case studies and the biblical model of servant leadership, we’ll reimagine what Christ-centered masculinity looks like—and how it can be a force for healing, justice, and restoration.

Radical Sight: Envisioning Justice Amidst the Urban Revolution

02_CONFLICT & DISPLACEMENT

SPEAKER NAME: DR. BEN A GERLOFS

The Vine Centre: Upper House
Cedar Fund
The world is more urban than ever before in human history, and cities now shape provision, safety, belonging, and identity in profound ways that extend well beyond their borders. In this session, we will explore the unprecedented urbanization of communities in recent decades, with a focus on those most vulnerable in the midst of this global transformation. Drawing from the biblical call to love our neighbour and seek the welfare of the city, we will consider how processes of urban redevelopment—seen in Hong Kong and other contemporary cities—can both fracture and restore community life. Moving beyond simple dichotomies of gentrification’s winners and losers, this conversation will challenge us to reimagine urban life as a site where justice, compassion, and faithful presence can be embodied.

Faith, Finance, and the Fight for Justice

03_VULNERABILITY & EXPLOITATION

SPEAKER NAME: JOE TANG

MIC: B/F Wesley Chapel (130-150)
HOPE International
Does faith have a place in financial markets? Has the Church surrendered finance to the world? In a world where wealth grants influence and scarcity fuels injustice, money has become a battleground for power. But what if faith has something to say about how capital is created, distributed, and used? This session will explore the theological and practical implications of reimagining finance as a force for good—one that improves society and empowers communities trapped in cycles of economic vulnerability.

04_BROKEN GENERATIONS

Breaking the Curse of Intergenerational Trauma

SPEAKER NAME: DEB PAPWORTH & SREYNA SAM

MIC: 5/F Fellowship Hall (150-180)
Mother’s Choice
Across generations, trauma can linger—passed down through silence, survival, and suffering. In this powerful and deeply personal workshop, Sreyna Sam, Country Director of Hagar Cambodia, will share stories and insights from Hagar’s frontline work with women and children who have survived trafficking, slavery, and abuse. Drawing from Cambodia’s own complex and painful history, she will explore how intergenerational trauma manifests in communities and families—and how it can be confronted, understood, and ultimately transformed.
Together with Deb Papworth, Chair of Hagar Hong Kong, this session will unpack Hagar’s unique, trauma-informed model of care—one that walks the long road of recovery with survivors, breaking cycles of abuse and restoring identity, dignity, and hope.
It will challenge, inspire, and invite you into a story of healing that is both intensely personal and profoundly communal.

05_JUSTICE & LIFESTYLE

Scam Centres, Cybercrimes & Trafficking

SPEAKER NAME: PANEL

MIC: 6/F Comunity hall (240)
Compassion International
Scam centres across Asia have become a new face of modern slavery—operating at the intersection of cybercrime, violence, and trafficking. Thousands of victims, often promised jobs or opportunities, are trapped in compounds and forced to scam others under threat of violence. While this occurs across borders, the impact is not distant. Cities like Hong Kong, Singapore, and Bangkok are not just recipients of scam activity—they are often nodes in the same economic and technological networks that enable exploitation.
This panel will explore how trafficking is evolving, how deeply it’s entangled with our everyday lives, and what responsibility the Church and civil society have in disrupting these structures.