"My brother, who is 95 years old and has retired long ago, still preaches in grassroots churches, bearing witness to God in good spirits," said an elderly Christian doctor.
On June 19, the pastor and staff members of Jiexi Church in Shima Town, Zhangzhou, Fujian, paid a visit to the daughter-in-law of a former pastor who served in Shima Church and her son, bringing a sample of a book of the history of Jiexi Church (first draft) to them.
Jiang Meiling, director of the Pediatrics Department of Fujian Medical University Union Hospital in Fuzhou, is the daughter-in-law of Rev. Ouyang Hou, with his son Ouyang Qiming as the director of the Department of Stomatology of the hospital. "As a graduate student, Qiming’s son is a surgeon at Union Medical College Hospital, just giving birth to a son, my great-grandson. So I have been upgraded to be a great-grandmother... " said Jiang happily.
"My father Jiang Tianhan, a devout Christian, was a famous western doctor trained by Zhangzhou Gospel Hospital, appointed as the chairman and acting president of the hospital. My brother Jiang Junyu, aged 95, has now retired, and once served as a pastor at Mochou Road Church after graduating from Nanjing Union Theological Seminary," Jiang added.
"I also graduated from the seminary," said Rev. Ye Yi’neng of Jiexi Church.
"Do you know my brother?" Jiang asked.
"Yes, as when we were studying theology in Nanjing, we practiced in churches in Nanjing every year, including the Mochou Road Church," Ye said.
"Born in Zhangzhou in 1927, after my father died, my brother was admitted to China’s most famous seminary at that time in Nanjing after graduating from middle school. Married in Nanjing, he was assigned to be a music teacher in Nanjing 26 Middle School (Nanjing Foreign Language School now) with a good voice. In the choir of Mochou Road Church reopening at the end of 1980, he retired to sing baritone, ordained as a pastor later," declared Jiang.
"Yes, I once heard him preach. He occasionally showed a paper written with the topic and main points (the outline) of the sermon in large letters, worrying that the congregation couldn’t understand his Hokkien dialect. During the sermons, he also sometimes sang hymns or short songs, conducting others to sing, with a magnificent voice," Ye recalled.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
上周末，漳州基督教石码解西堂牧师和同工带着《基督教石码解西堂会史（初稿）》纪念册样书来到福州，看望曾在石码堂事奉的欧阳侯牧师的儿媳妇蒋美龄大姐、义人孙子欧阳奇明主任。
蒋大姐是福州协和医院儿科主任、欧阳奇明是该院口腔科主任，“其儿子是研究生毕业生，也在协和医院外科当医生，上个月生了男重孙，我又升级了……” 蒋大姐高兴地告诉我们。
交谈中蒋大姐说：“我父亲蒋天汉也是虔诚的基督教徒，是漳州协和医院培养出的闽南地区的名西医，曾任协和医院董事长、代院长（超链接）。我的哥哥是蒋俊裕，今年95岁了，他从南京神学院毕业后在南京莫愁路礼拜堂任牧师，现已退休……”
“我也是南京神学院毕业的”，在场的叶益能牧师说。
“你认识我哥哥吗？”蒋大姐说。
叶牧师：“认识，我们在南京读神学时，每年都要在南京各教堂实习，其中包括莫愁路礼拜堂……”
“我哥哥蒋俊裕1927年在我们漳州出生，父亲去世后，寻源中学毕业考入当年全国最著名的南京神学院，南京解放时毕业，后在南京成家立业，因为他唱歌很好，分配在南京26中学（现南京外国语学校）任音乐教师，1980年底莫愁路堂复堂后，退休的他便在教堂诗班里唱男中音，后被按立为牧师……”
“是的，我听过他讲道，蒋牧师讲道有两个特点：一是会将题目、要点写在纸上，讲道过程中时不时举起来给会众看。他是我们漳州人，他担心由于闽南话音的问题大家听不懂。因此就每次就写一些重要的大字，同时也是讲道大纲。其次就是会在讲道中穿插诗歌、短歌，他指挥大家跟着唱，声音洪亮，很大气……”叶牧师接着回忆。
“我哥哥虽然早已退休，年95岁了，依然退而不休，常到基层教会讲道。他虽然年事已高，不仅精神抖擞，而且还依然为主做美好的见证……”
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"My brother, who is 95 years old and has retired long ago, still preaches in grassroots churches, bearing witness to God in good spirits," said an elderly Christian doctor.
On June 19, the pastor and staff members of Jiexi Church in Shima Town, Zhangzhou, Fujian, paid a visit to the daughter-in-law of a former pastor who served in Shima Church and her son, bringing a sample of a book of the history of Jiexi Church (first draft) to them.
Jiang Meiling, director of the Pediatrics Department of Fujian Medical University Union Hospital in Fuzhou, is the daughter-in-law of Rev. Ouyang Hou, with his son Ouyang Qiming as the director of the Department of Stomatology of the hospital. "As a graduate student, Qiming’s son is a surgeon at Union Medical College Hospital, just giving birth to a son, my great-grandson. So I have been upgraded to be a great-grandmother... " said Jiang happily.
"My father Jiang Tianhan, a devout Christian, was a famous western doctor trained by Zhangzhou Gospel Hospital, appointed as the chairman and acting president of the hospital. My brother Jiang Junyu, aged 95, has now retired, and once served as a pastor at Mochou Road Church after graduating from Nanjing Union Theological Seminary," Jiang added.
"I also graduated from the seminary," said Rev. Ye Yi’neng of Jiexi Church.
"Do you know my brother?" Jiang asked.
"Yes, as when we were studying theology in Nanjing, we practiced in churches in Nanjing every year, including the Mochou Road Church," Ye said.
"Born in Zhangzhou in 1927, after my father died, my brother was admitted to China’s most famous seminary at that time in Nanjing after graduating from middle school. Married in Nanjing, he was assigned to be a music teacher in Nanjing 26 Middle School (Nanjing Foreign Language School now) with a good voice. In the choir of Mochou Road Church reopening at the end of 1980, he retired to sing baritone, ordained as a pastor later," declared Jiang.
"Yes, I once heard him preach. He occasionally showed a paper written with the topic and main points (the outline) of the sermon in large letters, worrying that the congregation couldn’t understand his Hokkien dialect. During the sermons, he also sometimes sang hymns or short songs, conducting others to sing, with a magnificent voice," Ye recalled.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Visit to a Family of Christian Doctors
