Brother Wu has been serving full-time in Hainan Province for almost four years. Rather than just being a Sunday Christian, he expects more young Christians to stand up and respond to God's call to treat the church as a family and devote themselves to it.
"The mission of Sanya Bihai International Church is clear: to be a missionary church." Brother Wu, a co-worker from Haixiu Church in Haikou, was sent last year to help with the Sanya church planting project. This is what he said about the church.
Sanya is home to migratory birds during migration season, so believers in Sanya churches come and go just like migratory birds. According to Brother Wu, the church pastors some people who, in a year or two or three, may go elsewhere again. Nevertheless, Sanya Bihai International Church remains committed to pastoring such a group so that they can one day serve their communities as salt and light.
As far as the youth fellowship is concerned, one or two hundred people have been pastored, but only one or two dozen still remain.
Recently the church is sending a brother to study theology and has contacted the seminary for him. He is planning to serve in a church in another city after graduating from seminary. "That's okay, I think he has the calling from the Lord and it's God's blessing, right?" he said.
The middle-aged and elderly believers who come to Sanya to pass the winter are relatively stable in their attendance. They go to churches in Sanya and in their hometowns. When they come to Sanya in winter, they will go to the church on their own initiative and do not need to be reminded by the church.
Brother Wu was sent to Sanya Bihai International Church this time to help expand the ministries of the Happiness Group (an approach to reach seekers) and the Nurturing Class (mainly for the newly baptized believers). The Happiness Group at the church started a few years ago but stopped off and on for a year. This year, it was re-launched in May and the congregation was more enthusiastic to participate.
During his time in Sanya, Brother Wu hopes to help the church discover and raise up people with passion and encourage them to rise up and serve. Happiness Groups and Nurturing Classes contain discipleship lessons, and the believers will be trained to serve independently as evangelists.
Talking about his conversion experience, Brother Wu said, "It wasn't that I chose God, but that God kicked me in at the door."
Since he was a child, his Christian grandmother had preached the gospel to him, but at that time he did not get touched by God. When he learned by chance in high school that there was a church near his school, he went to the Sunday service with his classmates. After the service, one of the older sisters in the church led him in a prayer of determination. After that, he went to church every Sunday for worship.
During his high school and college years, he also used his spare time to participate in some church services.
In October 2018, Brother Wu came to Haixiu Church to serve full-time.
Brother Wu's major was engineering construction, and he worked on construction sites for a while after graduation, which was very hard and he also felt spiritual fatigue at that time.
He was eager to go to church. After this project was over, he returned to Haikou and worked as a store manager in a sales company. His work was still very busy, and sometimes he had to work night shifts.
"Haixiu Church's youth fellowship needed people at that time, and I was eager to get involved." During that time, he often talked to the church preacher and the preacher suggested, ‘You are working in a company for two or three thousand yuan, and a full-time job in the church is almost two or three thousand yuan. You love the work inside the church, why don't you come and work here?'
His non-Christian parents were authentic Hainanese with a tradition of idolatry. In this case, God opened the way in a wonderful style. His mother was complaining about his sales job and wanted him to change his job, so she agreed to let him go to work at the church full-time. When his mother tried to change her mind, Brother Wu told her, "It's too late, I've already told the company I'm quitting, and I've already confirmed full-time service with the church."
"Some of my previous ministry experiences have taught me to be accepting and tolerant; working on a construction site has taught me to rely on God in difficult circumstances and wait for His call." Brother Wu said, "I believe all of this is God's way of preparing me to be able to respond to His love in full-time service. Everything is just right, hallelujah to the Lord!"
- Translated by Richard Zou
吴弟兄在海南已经全职服侍近四年了。他期待更多的青年基督徒不要只满足于做礼拜天基督徒，而是站立起来，去回应神的呼召，把教会当成家，一起去为这个家付出。
“三亚碧海国际教会的使命很明确，就是要成为一个宣教的教会。”吴弟兄是海口市海秀教会的一名同工，去年被派到三亚的这间植堂教会帮助开展事工，在谈到这间教会时，他如是说。
三亚是一座候鸟型的城市，这决定了三亚的教会也是候鸟式的。据吴弟兄介绍，教会牧养了一些人，过一两年两三年，他们可能又到其他地方去了。面对这样的信徒群体，三亚碧海国际教会仍然尽心牧养他们，使他们将来能够在自己所在的地区发挥光和热。
就青年团契来说，已经牧养过的有一两百人，但是最终留下来的只有一二十人。
最近教会正要送一个弟兄去读神学，已经给他联络了神学院。这个弟兄打算神学院毕业后去其他城市的教会服侍。“那也没关系，我觉得主有他的呼召，也是上帝的祝福吧。”吴弟兄说。
来三亚过冬的中老年信徒参加聚会相对稳定，他们基本上在三亚有参与的教会，在自己老家也有参与的教会。冬天来到三亚的时候，他们就会主动过来聚会，不需要教会提醒。
吴弟兄此次被派到三亚碧海国际教会，帮助扩展幸福小组、养育班（主要针对刚受洗的信徒）等事工。三亚碧海国际教会的幸福小组几年前就已经开始了，但是断断续续地停了一年。今年5月份重新开展，会众参与的热情比较高涨。
在三亚帮助期间，吴弟兄希望能够帮助教会发现、兴起有负担的人，鼓励他们起来服侍。幸福小组和养育班本身就包含训练门徒的一些课程，最后要把信徒训练成为在传福音方面独挡一面的人。
聊起自己信主的经历，吴弟兄说，“不是我选择了上帝，而是上帝临门一脚把我踢了进去。”
从小，信主的外婆就给他讲过福音，但是当时他丝毫没有感动。高中一次偶然的机会得知学校附近有一座教堂，便和同学一起去参加了主日礼拜。礼拜后，教会中的一位老姊妹带领他做了决志祷告。之后他每个主日都去教会做礼拜。
高中和大学期间，他也利用课余时间参与教会的一些服侍。
2018年10月份，吴弟兄来到海秀教会全职服侍。
吴弟兄所学的专业是工程造价，他毕业之后一段时间在工地工作，非常艰苦，也有灵里的疲乏。
他内心非常渴慕到教会聚会。这个工程结束过后，他回到海口，在一个销售公司当店长。结果工作依然很忙碌，有时候还需要上夜班。
“那时候海秀教会的青年团契很需要人，我很想参与。”那段时间，他经常找教会的传道人聊天，传道人提议说，“你在社会上工作是两三千块钱，教会的全职工作也差不多两三千块钱。那你要不来教会里工作，而且你那么热爱教会里面的工作。”
吴弟兄父母不信主，而且是地道的海南人，有拜偶像的传统。
而在这件事上，神也奇妙地开了道路。在吴弟兄想要全职服侍的那段时间，他的妈妈正抱怨他做的销售工作，希望他换份工作，就同意他去教会全职。等后来妈妈想反悔的时候，吴弟兄对妈妈说：“来不及了，我已经跟公司说辞职了，然后已经跟教会确定了全职服侍。”
“之前的一些的服侍经历，让我学会了接纳和包容；在工地的工作，让我学会了在艰难的环境中去依靠上帝，而且等候他的呼召。”吴弟兄说，“我觉得这一切都是神为了预备我，能够在全职服侍中去回应他的这份爱。哈利路亚感谢主，一切都是刚刚好。” (==当summary）
https://www.gospeltimes.cn/article/index/id/64447
从信主到全职服侍，一路都有神的带领
Brother Wu has been serving full-time in Hainan Province for almost four years. Rather than just being a Sunday Christian, he expects more young Christians to stand up and respond to God's call to treat the church as a family and devote themselves to it.
"The mission of Sanya Bihai International Church is clear: to be a missionary church." Brother Wu, a co-worker from Haixiu Church in Haikou, was sent last year to help with the Sanya church planting project. This is what he said about the church.
Sanya is home to migratory birds during migration season, so believers in Sanya churches come and go just like migratory birds. According to Brother Wu, the church pastors some people who, in a year or two or three, may go elsewhere again. Nevertheless, Sanya Bihai International Church remains committed to pastoring such a group so that they can one day serve their communities as salt and light.
As far as the youth fellowship is concerned, one or two hundred people have been pastored, but only one or two dozen still remain.
Recently the church is sending a brother to study theology and has contacted the seminary for him. He is planning to serve in a church in another city after graduating from seminary. "That's okay, I think he has the calling from the Lord and it's God's blessing, right?" he said.
The middle-aged and elderly believers who come to Sanya to pass the winter are relatively stable in their attendance. They go to churches in Sanya and in their hometowns. When they come to Sanya in winter, they will go to the church on their own initiative and do not need to be reminded by the church.
Brother Wu was sent to Sanya Bihai International Church this time to help expand the ministries of the Happiness Group (an approach to reach seekers) and the Nurturing Class (mainly for the newly baptized believers). The Happiness Group at the church started a few years ago but stopped off and on for a year. This year, it was re-launched in May and the congregation was more enthusiastic to participate.
During his time in Sanya, Brother Wu hopes to help the church discover and raise up people with passion and encourage them to rise up and serve. Happiness Groups and Nurturing Classes contain discipleship lessons, and the believers will be trained to serve independently as evangelists.
Talking about his conversion experience, Brother Wu said, "It wasn't that I chose God, but that God kicked me in at the door."
Since he was a child, his Christian grandmother had preached the gospel to him, but at that time he did not get touched by God. When he learned by chance in high school that there was a church near his school, he went to the Sunday service with his classmates. After the service, one of the older sisters in the church led him in a prayer of determination. After that, he went to church every Sunday for worship.
During his high school and college years, he also used his spare time to participate in some church services.
In October 2018, Brother Wu came to Haixiu Church to serve full-time.
Brother Wu's major was engineering construction, and he worked on construction sites for a while after graduation, which was very hard and he also felt spiritual fatigue at that time.
He was eager to go to church. After this project was over, he returned to Haikou and worked as a store manager in a sales company. His work was still very busy, and sometimes he had to work night shifts.
"Haixiu Church's youth fellowship needed people at that time, and I was eager to get involved." During that time, he often talked to the church preacher and the preacher suggested, ‘You are working in a company for two or three thousand yuan, and a full-time job in the church is almost two or three thousand yuan. You love the work inside the church, why don't you come and work here?'
His non-Christian parents were authentic Hainanese with a tradition of idolatry. In this case, God opened the way in a wonderful style. His mother was complaining about his sales job and wanted him to change his job, so she agreed to let him go to work at the church full-time. When his mother tried to change her mind, Brother Wu told her, "It's too late, I've already told the company I'm quitting, and I've already confirmed full-time service with the church."
"Some of my previous ministry experiences have taught me to be accepting and tolerant; working on a construction site has taught me to rely on God in difficult circumstances and wait for His call." Brother Wu said, "I believe all of this is God's way of preparing me to be able to respond to His love in full-time service. Everything is just right, hallelujah to the Lord!"
- Translated by Richard Zou
From Following Christ to Full-time Ministry, Chinese Christian Experiences God's Guidance
