Eight Pastors and two elders were ordained at two churches in Xinjiang and Shanxi.
Changji Church in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, held an ordination ceremony on March 12. Among five staff workers from five churches in Changji Prefecture, four were ordained to be pastors, and one to be an elder.
Rev. Fan Chenguang of Urumqi Christian Council preached a sermon with the title “Construction and Growth of the Church." He used the good deeds of many predecessors in the land of Changji Prefecture to encourage believers. The five church staff were urged to take up the mission of the gospel and hold on to the Lord’s word, love the country and the church, and wait for the appearance of the Chief Shepherd.
Shanxi CC&TSPM held an ordination ceremony in Qiaotou Street Church in Yingze District, Taiyuan, on March 12. Four church workers were appointed as pastors, and one as an elder, according to Shanxi TSPM. About 1,200 believers attended the ceremony.
With the title “Shepherds Who Are Entrusted," Rev. Zhang Enlai, chairman of Shanxi Christian Council, exhorted the newly-ordained pastors to hold genuine love and rightly handle the word of truth.
- Translated by Stephen Huang
新疆，山西教会共按立8位牧师，2位长老。
据中国基督教网，3月12日，新疆昌吉州昌吉市基督教会举行按立圣职崇拜典礼，来自昌吉州地区五间教会，4位同工被按立为牧师，一位按立为长老。
乌鲁木齐市基督教协会范晨光牧师以“教会的建造与成长”为题证道。回顾许多前辈在昌吉州这片土地上留下佳美的脚踪，勉励众弟兄姊妹，勉励五位同工承接福音的使命，持守主道，爱国爱教，等候我们的大牧长显现。
据山西省三自爱国运动会，3月12日，山西省基督教两会在太原市迎泽区桥头街堂举行按立典礼，按立四位同工为牧师，按立王效花（女）一个同工为长老。约有1200位弟兄姊妹参加典礼。
山西省基督教协会会长张恩来牧师以《受托的牧人》为题，劝勉新领受牧职的同工要常存无伪的爱心，要按正意分解主真理的道。
新疆，山西举行按立典礼
Eight Pastors and two elders were ordained at two churches in Xinjiang and Shanxi.
Changji Church in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, held an ordination ceremony on March 12. Among five staff workers from five churches in Changji Prefecture, four were ordained to be pastors, and one to be an elder.
Rev. Fan Chenguang of Urumqi Christian Council preached a sermon with the title “Construction and Growth of the Church." He used the good deeds of many predecessors in the land of Changji Prefecture to encourage believers. The five church staff were urged to take up the mission of the gospel and hold on to the Lord’s word, love the country and the church, and wait for the appearance of the Chief Shepherd.
Shanxi CC&TSPM held an ordination ceremony in Qiaotou Street Church in Yingze District, Taiyuan, on March 12. Four church workers were appointed as pastors, and one as an elder, according to Shanxi TSPM. About 1,200 believers attended the ceremony.
With the title “Shepherds Who Are Entrusted," Rev. Zhang Enlai, chairman of Shanxi Christian Council, exhorted the newly-ordained pastors to hold genuine love and rightly handle the word of truth.
- Translated by Stephen Huang
Xinjiang, Shanxi Churches Ordain 10 Clergymen
