The theme of the 2023 Bible Day is “Put the Bible into Practice,” for which CCC&TSPM has issued a call for papers to the national congregation on November 11.
Among the submissions, CCC&TSPM has chosen Mrs. Huang Yachuan's story as the Fujian Province's role model, which will be promoted to the public via video.
Born in November 1934, Huang Yachuan was raised in a Christian family with her ancestral home in Zhangpu County, Fujian Province. Her grandfather, Rev. Huang Depi, was the first president of Fengyuan Primary School, founded by Zhangpu Christian Church at that time.
Her father, Mr. Huang Weimin, was also a pastor who served in Kinmen, Xiamen Xinjie (New Street) Church, and Zhushu Church after graduating from Nanjing Union Theological Seminary in 1924.
In 1949, after graduating from Zhangzhou Jinde Girls' School, Huang was determined to devote herself to early childhood education and applied to the normal school for preschool teachers that her mother had attended.
After graduating in 1952, she began to engage in early childhood education and became the first head of the affiliated kindergarten of the normal school she attended (now Riguang Kindergarten). Subsequently, she was successively elected as a delegate to the first, second, and third Xiamen Municipal People's Congress.
In 1959, Teacher Huang was transferred to the Fujian Provincial Department of Education to participate in research on early childhood and primary education. After 23 years, in 1982, she was assigned to the Preschool Education Research Center of the Xiamen Institute of Education (now Xiamen City University). Over her 50 years of contributions, Huang has insisted on combining scientific research with educational practice.
Apart from her work, Mrs. Huang is enthusiastic about donating money to support schools. In February 2009, she donated 120,000 yuan from her savings through frugality to establish the "Yachuan Scholarship and Teaching Fund" at Zhangpu No. 6 Middle School, encouraging the students not to give up their studies easily because of poverty and hardship.
Since 2013, there has been an increase of at least 10,000 yuan in the Yachuan scholarship every year. By 2021, the total donation had already reached 380,000 yuan.
In addition, Mrs. Huang cares about the churches and contributes to the construction of church buildings in mountainous areas such as Zhangpu Changqiao and Pinghe Xiazhai. On her path of faith, she not only lives her life with a grateful heart and a spiritual perspective but also preaches the gospel with faith and unity in the Lord.
- Translated by Poppy Chan
今年“圣经日”的主题是——“把圣经行出来”。11月11日，基督教全国两会发出通知，面向全国各地教会信徒公开征稿。
黄雅川被全国两会确定，作为福建地区“把圣经行出来”的典型，用视频方式广为宣传。
黄雅川祖籍福建省漳浦县，于1934年11月出生。她自幼生活在一个基督教家庭中，其祖父黄得庇牧师是当时漳浦基督教会创办的逢源小学首任校长。
她的父亲黄卫民也是一位牧师，1924年于南京金陵神学院毕业后，先后在金门、厦门新街堂、竹树堂任传道。
1949年，黄雅川从漳州进德女子学校毕业后，立志从事幼儿教育事业，报考母亲曾读过的厦门怀德幼师。
1952年毕业后，她开始从事幼儿教育，是厦门幼师附属幼儿园（后易名为日光幼儿园）首任园长。之后，她连续当选为厦门第一、二、三届人民代表大会代表。
1959年，黄雅川老师调到福建省教育厅工作，从事幼儿、初等教育的研究，1982年调入厦门教育学院学前教育研究中心。她结合教育实践，开展幼儿教育科学研究。
工作之外，黄雅川大姐乐捐兴学。2009年2月，黄雅川用她省吃俭用积攒下来的工资，捐赠12万元成立了漳浦第六中学“雅川奖学奖教基金”。让孩子们不因为眼前的贫穷、困苦而轻易放弃学业。
从2013年开始，雅川奖学金每年至少追加1万元，至2021年，捐助总额已达38万元。
除此之外，黄雅川大姐关心教会，为漳浦长桥、平和霞寨等山区教会兴建圣殿作奉献。她在信仰生活中不断用感恩的心，以属灵眼光去操练人生，凭着信心，同心合意，宣扬福音。
献身教育如光盐，90岁福建女信徒的故事
The theme of the 2023 Bible Day is “Put the Bible into Practice,” for which CCC&TSPM has issued a call for papers to the national congregation on November 11.
Among the submissions, CCC&TSPM has chosen Mrs. Huang Yachuan's story as the Fujian Province's role model, which will be promoted to the public via video.
Born in November 1934, Huang Yachuan was raised in a Christian family with her ancestral home in Zhangpu County, Fujian Province. Her grandfather, Rev. Huang Depi, was the first president of Fengyuan Primary School, founded by Zhangpu Christian Church at that time.
Her father, Mr. Huang Weimin, was also a pastor who served in Kinmen, Xiamen Xinjie (New Street) Church, and Zhushu Church after graduating from Nanjing Union Theological Seminary in 1924.
In 1949, after graduating from Zhangzhou Jinde Girls' School, Huang was determined to devote herself to early childhood education and applied to the normal school for preschool teachers that her mother had attended.
After graduating in 1952, she began to engage in early childhood education and became the first head of the affiliated kindergarten of the normal school she attended (now Riguang Kindergarten). Subsequently, she was successively elected as a delegate to the first, second, and third Xiamen Municipal People's Congress.
In 1959, Teacher Huang was transferred to the Fujian Provincial Department of Education to participate in research on early childhood and primary education. After 23 years, in 1982, she was assigned to the Preschool Education Research Center of the Xiamen Institute of Education (now Xiamen City University). Over her 50 years of contributions, Huang has insisted on combining scientific research with educational practice.
Apart from her work, Mrs. Huang is enthusiastic about donating money to support schools. In February 2009, she donated 120,000 yuan from her savings through frugality to establish the "Yachuan Scholarship and Teaching Fund" at Zhangpu No. 6 Middle School, encouraging the students not to give up their studies easily because of poverty and hardship.
Since 2013, there has been an increase of at least 10,000 yuan in the Yachuan scholarship every year. By 2021, the total donation had already reached 380,000 yuan.
In addition, Mrs. Huang cares about the churches and contributes to the construction of church buildings in mountainous areas such as Zhangpu Changqiao and Pinghe Xiazhai. On her path of faith, she not only lives her life with a grateful heart and a spiritual perspective but also preaches the gospel with faith and unity in the Lord.
- Translated by Poppy Chan
Devoted to Education as Light and Salt: Story of 90-Y-O Fujian Female Believer
