A church in Zhejiang held a baptism ceremony in 2024, where 91 seekers were baptized.
At Ningbo Centennial Church on July 28, Rev. Zhang Yaobo, vice president and general secretary of the Ningbo Christian Council, led seekers in reciting the Statement of Faith and conducted an inquiry for those preparing for baptism, according to the church. He asked if they would faithfully believe in the Triune God and if they would love Him, people, and the church throughout their lives, to which they responded in unison, "I am willing."
Then, Pastor Zhou Yuekun delivered a sermon titled "Baptized into the Lord to Be a New Creation," encouraging these new believers to die and rise with the Lord and become new creations through baptism.
During the baptismal ceremony, some people received baptism by sprinkling, while others received it by immersion.
Receiving baptism certificates, bibles, and flowers, the newly baptized members were encouraged to study the Bible daily to encounter the Lord and live out the life of Christ while receiving God’s guidance.
Located at No. 63, Daliang Road, Jiangsha Street, Haishu District, Ningbo Centennial Church, the first reopening church after the Cultural Revolution, resumed worship on April 8, 1979. The Gothic-style building, one of the most famous churches in the history of Christianity in China, greets people with red letters that read, Jesus loves you. Despite its name, this church was not built a hundred years ago. The present building of this church was first completed in May 1948 at Daliang Street by the Yincheng Pastoral District of the Zhejiang Diocese of the Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui (or the Anglican-Episcopal Province of China). The purpose of this church was to commemorate the onset of preaching activities by the Anglican Church in Ningbo in 1848, so it was named the "Centennial Church."
It is currently the central church of Ningbo, where the municipal CC&TSPM is stationed.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
浙江一教堂举行2024年受洗礼拜，91位慕道友接受了洗礼。
据宁波百年堂，7月28日在宁波百年堂，宁波市基督教协会副会长兼总干事张耀波牧师引导慕道友宣读信仰宣言，并对即将接受洗礼的慕道友进行了问询。问各位新人是否尊信三一上帝、是否终生爱神爱人、是否衷心热爱教会。大家齐声回应：“我愿意”。
随后，周跃坤传道以“受洗归主，成为新样”为题为主证道。他鼓励慕道友通过受洗归入主的名下，与主同死，与主同复活，成为新造的人。
施洗环节，一部分慕道友接受了点水礼，其余的慕道友受浸水礼。
新受洗的信徒领受了受洗证书、《圣经》和鲜花；被劝勉每天研读《圣经》，在神的话语中遇见主，蒙主引导，活出基督的生命。
91名慕道友在宁波大教堂受洗
A church in Zhejiang held a baptism ceremony in 2024, where 91 seekers were baptized.
At Ningbo Centennial Church on July 28, Rev. Zhang Yaobo, vice president and general secretary of the Ningbo Christian Council, led seekers in reciting the Statement of Faith and conducted an inquiry for those preparing for baptism, according to the church. He asked if they would faithfully believe in the Triune God and if they would love Him, people, and the church throughout their lives, to which they responded in unison, "I am willing."
Then, Pastor Zhou Yuekun delivered a sermon titled "Baptized into the Lord to Be a New Creation," encouraging these new believers to die and rise with the Lord and become new creations through baptism.
During the baptismal ceremony, some people received baptism by sprinkling, while others received it by immersion.
Receiving baptism certificates, bibles, and flowers, the newly baptized members were encouraged to study the Bible daily to encounter the Lord and live out the life of Christ while receiving God’s guidance.
Located at No. 63, Daliang Road, Jiangsha Street, Haishu District, Ningbo Centennial Church, the first reopening church after the Cultural Revolution, resumed worship on April 8, 1979. The Gothic-style building, one of the most famous churches in the history of Christianity in China, greets people with red letters that read, Jesus loves you. Despite its name, this church was not built a hundred years ago. The present building of this church was first completed in May 1948 at Daliang Street by the Yincheng Pastoral District of the Zhejiang Diocese of the Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui (or the Anglican-Episcopal Province of China). The purpose of this church was to commemorate the onset of preaching activities by the Anglican Church in Ningbo in 1848, so it was named the "Centennial Church."
It is currently the central church of Ningbo, where the municipal CC&TSPM is stationed.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
91 Seekers Baptized at Ningbo Megachurch
