Churches in China greeted the Chinese New Year with retreats to boost believers' spirituality.
According to Suzhou Municipal CC&TSPM, on February 10, the first day of the Lunar New Year, distinct activity venues of the Suzhou Christian community in Jiangsu welcomed the new year with special services and worship featuring sermons, New Year’s greetings from pastors, praises performed by church committee members, red envelopes containing scriptures, free Chinese couplets of blessing, and traditional dances.
On the first Sunday of the Chinese New Year, Xucheng Church in Xuyi County, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province, hosted a praise meeting on the sinicization of Christianity. Huai'an Municipal TSPM stated that all the pieces were selected from indigenous hymns composed by Chinese pastors and musicians of sacred music.
On February 15, the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, a centennial church, the Ganjingzi Gospel Church in Dalian, Liaoning, held three Spring Festival retreats with the themes “Whole Person in Bless,” “Abundance in Life,” and “Pray for Blessings.”
Rev. Wu Bing, the keynote speaker of the retreats, preached the three roots of "blessing" in the Bible, with a focus on "blessing" in Chinese culture. He reminded the believers that "the blessings given by the Lord bring abundance instead of worries" based on the meaning of prosperity, goodness, and blessing as revealed through faith testimonies.
The history of Ganjingzi Gospel Church dates back more than a century. C. Waiatloew of the Danish Missionary Society founded the Lushun Lutheran Church in 1896, becoming the first church in Liaoning Province's Luda Administrative Area (now Dalian City). In 1902, a meeting place was established in Ganjingzi District, which served as a precedent for the Dalian Lutheran Church.
- Translated by Poppy Chan
中国教会举行培灵会迎新年。
2月10日，农历大年初一，江苏苏州市基督教各活动场所通过新春专场礼拜迎接新的一年。包括证道、牧者拜年、堂委成员集体献诗、发送经文红包、发放福字春联和传统民族舞蹈。
2月11日，农历新年的第一个主日，该省淮安市盱眙县盱城教堂举行了基督教中国化诗歌崇拜，选用的诗歌均为中国牧师和圣乐家创作的本土诗歌。
2月15日，正月初六，辽宁大连市甘井子福音堂举行三场新春培灵会，主题为：“全人蒙福”；“生命丰盛”；“祈祷求福”。
吴兵牧师作为此次培灵会的主讲人，以中国文化中的“福”为中心，传讲圣经中关于“福”的三个根源；以信仰中的见证强调兴盛、美好、福的三个含义，告诉大家“耶和华所赐的福，使人富足，并不加上忧虑”。
该堂具有百余年历史。“1896年，丹麦路德会外德劳牧师在旅顺建立了旅大地区的第一个教会——旅顺路德会。”1902年，在甘井子区设立聚会点，为大连信义会雏形。
中国教会举行培灵会迎新年
Churches in China greeted the Chinese New Year with retreats to boost believers' spirituality.
According to Suzhou Municipal CC&TSPM, on February 10, the first day of the Lunar New Year, distinct activity venues of the Suzhou Christian community in Jiangsu welcomed the new year with special services and worship featuring sermons, New Year’s greetings from pastors, praises performed by church committee members, red envelopes containing scriptures, free Chinese couplets of blessing, and traditional dances.
On the first Sunday of the Chinese New Year, Xucheng Church in Xuyi County, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province, hosted a praise meeting on the sinicization of Christianity. Huai'an Municipal TSPM stated that all the pieces were selected from indigenous hymns composed by Chinese pastors and musicians of sacred music.
On February 15, the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, a centennial church, the Ganjingzi Gospel Church in Dalian, Liaoning, held three Spring Festival retreats with the themes “Whole Person in Bless,” “Abundance in Life,” and “Pray for Blessings.”
Rev. Wu Bing, the keynote speaker of the retreats, preached the three roots of "blessing" in the Bible, with a focus on "blessing" in Chinese culture. He reminded the believers that "the blessings given by the Lord bring abundance instead of worries" based on the meaning of prosperity, goodness, and blessing as revealed through faith testimonies.
The history of Ganjingzi Gospel Church dates back more than a century. C. Waiatloew of the Danish Missionary Society founded the Lushun Lutheran Church in 1896, becoming the first church in Liaoning Province's Luda Administrative Area (now Dalian City). In 1902, a meeting place was established in Ganjingzi District, which served as a precedent for the Dalian Lutheran Church.
- Translated by Poppy Chan
Retreats Conducted for Spiritual Development
