"The mission God gave me 20 years ago to build a church is complete", 80-year-old Sister Kang said with excitement while looking at the brand-new meeting place.
The new temporary place for religious activities is located on the second floor of a two-story single building in Fuhong Homeland, Xinhua Community, Lanxi County, Suihua City, Heilongjiang, with a total of 400 square meters (0.096 acres). As the Lanxi County Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau granted them administrative permission on April 1, 2021, the temporary gathering site was allowed to open, with a scale of 200 people.
In 2001, the first year after Kang believed in Jesus, the Lanxi County CC&TSPM established a preparatory committee for church construction. She was one of them, with the seed of building a church sown in her heart at that time.
The seeds of this dream were also planted in the hearts of her son and daughter-in-law. They prayed to God in the third year of their faith, hoping to make money to buy a church. At the end of December 2020, they dedicated the building that they had purchased at a cost of 1.68 million yuan and was originally used for a fertilizer and bean company. It is the current meeting place.
The renovation started on February 19, 2021, with the original partition walls demolished and the facilities installed. The project was completed in only 40 days. On Easter Sunday, April 4, the church held the dedication ceremony together with Easter celebrations.
-Translated by Abigail Wu
“2001年给我建堂使命，20年神使我完成了。”看着崭新的聚会场所，80岁的康姊妹兴奋地说道。
新的聚会场所位于黑龙江绥化市兰西县新华社区富红家园两层独栋楼的二楼，共400平方米，于2021年4月1日获得兰西县民族宗教事务局颁发的准许行政许可决定书，准许成立基督教临时活动点，活动规模为200人。
2001年（康姊妹信主的第二年），兰西县基督教两会成立了建堂筹备委员会，康姊妹是其中一员，当时她心中种下了建堂的种子。
这个梦想的种子也种在了康姊妹的儿子和儿媳的心中。他们在信主三年时向神祷告，希望可以赚钱买教堂。2020年12月末，他们把自己花费168万元购买的、原计划开办化肥点豆公司用的楼房奉献给教会，就是教会现在的聚会场所。
2021年2月19日（正月初八）开始装修，拆掉原有间壁墙，安装设施，仅用40天顺利完工。4月4日复活节当天，教会既迎来了献堂典礼，又举办了欢庆复活节活动。
20年建堂梦终于实现——黑龙江绥化市兰西县新华社区基督教临时活动点成立
"The mission God gave me 20 years ago to build a church is complete", 80-year-old Sister Kang said with excitement while looking at the brand-new meeting place.
The new temporary place for religious activities is located on the second floor of a two-story single building in Fuhong Homeland, Xinhua Community, Lanxi County, Suihua City, Heilongjiang, with a total of 400 square meters (0.096 acres). As the Lanxi County Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau granted them administrative permission on April 1, 2021, the temporary gathering site was allowed to open, with a scale of 200 people.
In 2001, the first year after Kang believed in Jesus, the Lanxi County CC&TSPM established a preparatory committee for church construction. She was one of them, with the seed of building a church sown in her heart at that time.
The seeds of this dream were also planted in the hearts of her son and daughter-in-law. They prayed to God in the third year of their faith, hoping to make money to buy a church. At the end of December 2020, they dedicated the building that they had purchased at a cost of 1.68 million yuan and was originally used for a fertilizer and bean company. It is the current meeting place.
The renovation started on February 19, 2021, with the original partition walls demolished and the facilities installed. The project was completed in only 40 days. On Easter Sunday, April 4, the church held the dedication ceremony together with Easter celebrations.
-Translated by Abigail Wu
"A Dream of 20 Years Ago Comes True"; A Church Founded in Heilongjiang
