Testimony of a Young Pastor Who Chooses Ministry after Rejecting God 7 Years

付弟兄，90后，二个月前，出生于一个和基督教信仰完全无关的家庭当中的他选择从职场辞职，成为一位教会同工。

付弟兄18岁从中专毕业，那时候他姐姐在北京，叫他去北京和她一起生活一段时间。姐姐是基督徒，她非常想让我信仰。每个周日礼拜的时候会和姐姐一起去做礼拜，去了三次以后觉得实在听不懂，从此越发的不想去。

之后姐姐介绍我认识了一个团契，在那里接受牧养。有一次看关于宇宙的视频的时候受到了很大的冲击，自己的想法有了一些转变。

再过了一段时间，我需要工作了，姐姐给我推荐了天津的一家餐饮店，店里的一名员工是基督徒，我在那里边工作边了解到一些有关信仰的信息。在这个过程当中，我里面有很多挣扎的地方。因为以前在学校里面接受的都是成功学方面的信息。这样在天津工作了三个月以后就离开了，终于脱离了我姐姐的控制范围，按照自己的想法去生活了。

找工作，然后过段时间换工作，再找工作，再换工作......就这样过了7年，平均一年要更换两次工作。我喜欢打台球，做过台球厅的工作。曾经学习过汽车维修，也做过建筑工地和外卖......最后一次工作是快递，那时候是在太原。姐姐让我联系在太原带领团契的一名姊妹，姐姐想要让我过去在那里得到牧养。这么多年过去了，可是我还是不愿意。刚开始不停的找理由推脱，推了很多次，之后实在没有理由再拒绝了，就过去了一次。

就这一次来到团契以后，我突然觉得这和外面很不一样，我的内心完全改变了，那一次我情不自禁哭了很长时间。

从那之后开始，一周参加一次主日礼拜，我的信仰也开始慢慢扎根和成长。这个过程中，我的几个朋友对我说觉得我改变了很多。

得到朋友们的见证，这个给了我很大的继续信仰下去的决心。然后从此参与更多培灵会等各种聚会，在这样的过程中，我的信仰不断成长。越是信仰我越是发现，圣经讲的是对的，是真理。

现在他选择全职，是希望有这样一个时间在教会很好地安静下来，学习圣经学习信仰，然后希望无论之后做什么，是否在职场，我也能够很有力量的去在生活中活出信仰的世界。

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A male believer whose surname is Fu, born in the 1990s, chose to quit his job to be a pastoral worker, even though his parents are non-Christians.

After graduating from a technical secondary school at the age of 18, Fu was required by his Christian sister to live in Beijing with her for a period of time and go to church on Sundays. After attending three times, he didn’t want to go there anymore as he could not understand sermons. 

Afterward, his sister introduced him to a fellowship to learn more about the Bible. Shocked by a video about the universe, he began to change his mind.

After a while, his sister recommended a job to him which was in a restaurant in Tianjin, as he needed to earn a living. He learned more about faith from a Christian employee there but still struggled to believe because of his dedication to secular success during his education years. He left the restaurant three months later, which enabled him to be out of his sister's control and live according to his own ideas.

Then he managed to find a job but it wasn’t long before he quit in search of yet another job. For seven years, on average, he had to change jobs twice a year. He once worked in a billiard hall where he liked to play. Besides working in car maintenance, he also worked on a construction site and delivered food. His last job was as a courier in Taiyuan. His sister asked him to contact a female believer who led a fellowship and to get nourishment there. Even after so many years, he was still unwilling to believe in the Lord. At first, he kept looking for reasons to not believe. After giving it more thought, he realized that there was really no reason to refuse, so he went there once.

That time, he suddenly felt very different from the inside out. With his heart completely changing, he began to cry uncontrollably.

After that experience, he attended Sunday services once a week, with his spiritual life growing slowly. During this process, several friends told him that he had changed much.

Receiving the witness from his friends, he determined to continue his faith. From then on, he participated in many Christian gatherings like retreats. With his religious faith growing, the more he learned, the more he discovered that what the Bible says is the truth.

Now he has decided to be a full-time staff worker in a church, aiming to quiet down to study the Bible. He hopes that no matter what he does later, whether in the workplace or not, he can have the strength to live out his faith in his life.

- Translated by Abigail Wu