1 The importance of the Chinese Christian tradition for the Sheng Kung Hui was summarized by HKSKH priest Shiu Keung Lee in The Cross and the Lotus (Hong Kong: The Christian Study Centre on Chinese Religion and Culture, 1971). For the legacy and the continuing influence of imperialism on the mission of the Church in former British colonies see Norman Etherington, ed., Missions and Empire (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008).