The above photo is the logo of Pinghe Christian Church, made up of various elements, including the Chinese character "He,” which means harmony, "cross," and "grapefruit,” a local specialty of Pinghe.
Designed by Mr. Kuncheng Cai from YouDaoCai Brand Design Company, the logo contains the inscription by President Lifu Chen of the Fujian CC.
Pinghe County, located in Yangzhou, has a history of 502 years. Christianity came to Pinghe in 1868, and the church has "run schools and taught" to widely spread the Gospel for 152 years.
Hanzhang Ye, the first pastor ordained by the Chinese Church and Yutang Lin, a great master of Chinese and Western culture in world literature, are the fruits of the Pinghe people in the spread of Christianity and the development of culture and art.
Ye, precocious from childhood, diligent, honest and virtuous, always listened to the preaching at the foot of the bamboo tree in Xiamen. At the age of 28, unfortunately, he became seriously ill and needed to survive many hardships. Moved by the Holy Spirit, he resolved to serve the Lord for the rest of his life. After graduating from the seminary, he often went to serve and preach in the Zhushu Church, where he was highly praised by the congregation. On March 29, 1863, Elder Ye, 31, was ordained as the pastor of Zhushu Church, becoming the first pastor ordained by the Chinese Church. In 1872, at the invitation of the Taiwan Church, he went on a mission tour in Taiwan. In 1883, Ye left the Zhushu Church and returned to Pinghe to form a new church. He not only shepherded the church but also actively engaged in social welfare in the community. In 1895, Ye participated in the initiation of the “Ban Foot-Binding Association” in Xiamen, aiming at changing some customs and abolishing the evil practice of foot-binding. He also wrote the Theory of Banning Foot-Binding, a book about the harm done by foot-binding.
Born in Pinghe, Yutang Lin, the son of a pastor at Banzi Chapel, studied in Mingxin Primary School, which was run by the church in Banzi, and then finished his secondary school in Xiamen. In 1912, he was admitted to St. John's University in Shanghai. After graduation, he taught in Tsinghua University. In the fall of 1919, he went to the Department of Literature of Harvard University in the United States. He returned to China in 1923 after studying at Jena University in Germany and became a professor at Peking University, the dean of Beijing Women's Normal University, and head of its English Department. His works include Moment in Peking and My Country and My People. Moment in Peking was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Yutang Lin was learned and achieved much in literature, history, linguistics, foreign cultural exchanges, and other fields.
(The original article is published by Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Sophia Chen
上面是“有道蔡品牌设计有限公司”设计师蔡坤城先生为平和基督教会设计的标志，标志创意采用中国汉字的“和”、“十字架”、平和地方特产“柚子”和福建基督教协会陈立福会长的题字等造型元素构成。
平和县古为扬州之域，建县至今已有502年历史。1868年基督教才传入平和，在152年历史中，教会“办学兴教”广传福音。
从“中国教会最早按立的牧师”叶汉章到“两脚踏中西文化”的世界文学巨匠林语堂，都是平和人在基督教传播上及文化艺术领域中的表现。
叶汉章，自幼聪敏、勤劳忠厚、为人淳补，常在厦门的“竹树脚”听道。28岁那年，不幸身患重病，多次经历患难却化险为夷，在圣灵的感动下，他立志一生为主所用，神学院毕业后，常到竹树堂侍奉、证道，深得会众赞扬。 1863年3月29日，31岁的叶汉章长老被按立为竹树堂牧师，成为中国教会自养自聘最早按立的牧师。1872年，叶汉章应台湾教会邀请，台湾巡回宣教，1883年，叶汉章离开竹树堂，回平和新组建乡村教会。他不仅牧养教会，还积极从事社会公益事业。1895年叶汉章参与发起厦门戒缠足会，旨在移风易俗，废止罪恶的缠足陋习。著有《戒缠足论》痛斥缠足的危害。
出生于平和的林语堂，父亲是坂仔礼拜堂牧师，他在教会办的坂仔铭新小学就读后到厦门读完中学，1912年考入上海圣约翰大学，毕业后在清华大学任教。1919年秋赴美哈佛大学文学系，1923年在德国耶拿大学攻读后回国，任北京大学教授、北京女子师范大学教务长和英文系主任。一生著作等身，代表作品有《京华烟云》《吾国与吾民》等，其中《京华烟云》，被提名为诺贝尔文学奖候选人。林语堂博学多才，在文学、历史、语言学和对外文化交流等众多领域都取得了巨大成就。
福建平和基督教会设立会标 纪念福音传入152周年
The above photo is the logo of Pinghe Christian Church, made up of various elements, including the Chinese character "He,” which means harmony, "cross," and "grapefruit,” a local specialty of Pinghe.
Designed by Mr. Kuncheng Cai from YouDaoCai Brand Design Company, the logo contains the inscription by President Lifu Chen of the Fujian CC.
Pinghe County, located in Yangzhou, has a history of 502 years. Christianity came to Pinghe in 1868, and the church has "run schools and taught" to widely spread the Gospel for 152 years.
Hanzhang Ye, the first pastor ordained by the Chinese Church and Yutang Lin, a great master of Chinese and Western culture in world literature, are the fruits of the Pinghe people in the spread of Christianity and the development of culture and art.
Ye, precocious from childhood, diligent, honest and virtuous, always listened to the preaching at the foot of the bamboo tree in Xiamen. At the age of 28, unfortunately, he became seriously ill and needed to survive many hardships. Moved by the Holy Spirit, he resolved to serve the Lord for the rest of his life. After graduating from the seminary, he often went to serve and preach in the Zhushu Church, where he was highly praised by the congregation. On March 29, 1863, Elder Ye, 31, was ordained as the pastor of Zhushu Church, becoming the first pastor ordained by the Chinese Church. In 1872, at the invitation of the Taiwan Church, he went on a mission tour in Taiwan. In 1883, Ye left the Zhushu Church and returned to Pinghe to form a new church. He not only shepherded the church but also actively engaged in social welfare in the community. In 1895, Ye participated in the initiation of the “Ban Foot-Binding Association” in Xiamen, aiming at changing some customs and abolishing the evil practice of foot-binding. He also wrote the Theory of Banning Foot-Binding, a book about the harm done by foot-binding.
Born in Pinghe, Yutang Lin, the son of a pastor at Banzi Chapel, studied in Mingxin Primary School, which was run by the church in Banzi, and then finished his secondary school in Xiamen. In 1912, he was admitted to St. John's University in Shanghai. After graduation, he taught in Tsinghua University. In the fall of 1919, he went to the Department of Literature of Harvard University in the United States. He returned to China in 1923 after studying at Jena University in Germany and became a professor at Peking University, the dean of Beijing Women's Normal University, and head of its English Department. His works include Moment in Peking and My Country and My People. Moment in Peking was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Yutang Lin was learned and achieved much in literature, history, linguistics, foreign cultural exchanges, and other fields.
(The original article is published by Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Sophia Chen
Fujian Pinghe Church Gets New Logo
