A church in Liaoning Province held a Sunday service after renovation.
On May 23, the Anshan Municipal CC&TSPM (Christian Council & Three-Self Patriotic Movement) arranged for Pastor Wang Yan, who is from Shahe Church and graduated from Nanjing Union Theological Seminary, to give a sermon in the church in Fruit Garden Village, Tangjiafang Town, Qianshan District, Anshan City. In the sermon titled Special Responsibilities, she shared the disciples’ acceptance of the Lord's word, urging the congregation to follow his word, citing Matthew 17:1-9.
At the 2017 autumn harvest thanksgiving service, the church had poor conditions for gatherings, cold in winter and hot in summer. The altar, seats, doors and windows, ground in the sanctuary, looked old and shabby. Later, due to various reasons, believers and leaders left the church. In response to this situation, the municipal CC&TSPM appointed Lv Yong, current director general of the municipal CC, to take charge of pastoral care and management in the church. Later, Pastor Gao Zheng, a graduate of Northeast Theological Seminary, was commissioned to serve there as a full-time pastor.
After the formation of a new pastoral team, they began to transform the church’s “hardware” (facilities and housing constructions), with the help and offerings from believers in the cities of Shenyang and Anshan.
It is said that the estimated investment cost for the renovation is 300,000 yuan. In the next step, ancillary houses, toilets, canteens, and auxiliary halls will be constructed.
One female believer said, “No matter how busy we are during the harvest season, we come here to worship God every Sunday morning, as the church’s conditions are getting better.”
“Thank God we are back in the arms of the Lord. With a more comfortable environment, there are full-time pastors managing the church, so we continue to communicate, sing and share, no longer walking away after services,” another Christian woman shared.
Church leaders also protect members from heretics, who dared not approach the church to cause disruption. At one time, cooperating with the ethnic and religious affairs departments of the municipality and district, they educated the congregation and expelled a heretical organization in this area.
(The article is originally published by the Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
2021年5月23日主日的上午，笔者再次来到辽宁省鞍山市千山区唐家房镇果子园基督教活动点。
今天的聚会是按照市两会的统一安排，由鞍山市沙河教会的金陵协和神学院毕业的王妍教士为主证道。她带领会众分享了新约圣经马太福音17章1-9节的经文，并以《特殊的责任》为讲章题目，宣讲了：一、对耶稣的认识；二、门徒们的领受；三、要听主的话。
在2017年，笔者曾经对这个小山村活动点的秋成感恩节活动做过报道。那个时候的果子园点，聚会的条件比较差，冬天冷、夏天热，主堂从圣坛、座椅、门窗、地面等都显得有些陈旧甚至是有些破败的感觉。
后来听说活动点由于种种原因，信徒流失、负责人流失。针对这一情况，辽宁省鞍山市基督教两会除了对果子园活动点的牧养加强外，于2020年选派了市基督教协会的现任总干事吕勇弟兄前来负责主持这里的牧养和管理事工，尔后，为了加强活动点的牧养，又选派了东北神学院毕业的高峥教士在这里做专职的服侍。
果子园活动点新的教牧团队组成后，开始从教堂的“硬件”——教堂的设施、房屋建筑等进行改造，在沈阳市、鞍山市等各兄弟教会和肢体的无私帮助下，全体信徒也空前热心的奉献，
据介绍：果子园点此次改造预算投资费用为30万元。下一步将修建附属的屋子和旱改水的卫生间、食堂、副堂等建筑和设施。
姐妹们说，现在家里的果园、庄稼和家务都忙，真没有空。但是现在教堂变了，条件越来越好，大家高兴。再忙，主日聚会也要来，不差这半天。
还有一位姊妹说：现在教堂的环境变得舒服了，有了专职的传道人，感觉这个家有人管理了。有的信徒聚会之后再也不是拔腿就走，而是愿意继续在这里交通、唱诗、分享。感谢主！我们又回到了主的怀抱。
在对待异端方面也是防范有加。他们配合市、区民宗部门对所在地区的一个异端非法聚会点进行了教育、驱逐。异端的人不敢来这里捣乱、搅扰。从而保护了合法信仰。
（本文作者为福音时报特约撰稿人。）
辽宁鞍山果子园活动点旧貌换新颜
A church in Liaoning Province held a Sunday service after renovation.
On May 23, the Anshan Municipal CC&TSPM (Christian Council & Three-Self Patriotic Movement) arranged for Pastor Wang Yan, who is from Shahe Church and graduated from Nanjing Union Theological Seminary, to give a sermon in the church in Fruit Garden Village, Tangjiafang Town, Qianshan District, Anshan City. In the sermon titled Special Responsibilities, she shared the disciples’ acceptance of the Lord's word, urging the congregation to follow his word, citing Matthew 17:1-9.
At the 2017 autumn harvest thanksgiving service, the church had poor conditions for gatherings, cold in winter and hot in summer. The altar, seats, doors and windows, ground in the sanctuary, looked old and shabby. Later, due to various reasons, believers and leaders left the church. In response to this situation, the municipal CC&TSPM appointed Lv Yong, current director general of the municipal CC, to take charge of pastoral care and management in the church. Later, Pastor Gao Zheng, a graduate of Northeast Theological Seminary, was commissioned to serve there as a full-time pastor.
After the formation of a new pastoral team, they began to transform the church’s “hardware” (facilities and housing constructions), with the help and offerings from believers in the cities of Shenyang and Anshan.
It is said that the estimated investment cost for the renovation is 300,000 yuan. In the next step, ancillary houses, toilets, canteens, and auxiliary halls will be constructed.
One female believer said, “No matter how busy we are during the harvest season, we come here to worship God every Sunday morning, as the church’s conditions are getting better.”
“Thank God we are back in the arms of the Lord. With a more comfortable environment, there are full-time pastors managing the church, so we continue to communicate, sing and share, no longer walking away after services,” another Christian woman shared.
Church leaders also protect members from heretics, who dared not approach the church to cause disruption. At one time, cooperating with the ethnic and religious affairs departments of the municipality and district, they educated the congregation and expelled a heretical organization in this area.
(The article is originally published by the Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Liaoning Church Holds Sunday Service After Renovation
