I was born in a pastor’s family in 1958 and grew up inspired by the Christian faith listening to the biblical stories.
My father, Elder Zhu Hua, preached the gospel throughout China in the face of all kinds of dangers during the Cultural Revolution. At that time, religious freedom was not completely open, and there were no Christians in Sha County, Fujian Province. Moved by the Holy Spirit, my father went to Sha County to plant churches in 1976.
Within a year he developed a believer group of more than 600 people and had set up worshiping points in Sanming, Sha County, Xia Mao, and Fukou. My father expected me to carry on the ministry of God. In the late 1970s, he had a vision in which he saw a piece of cloth falling from the sky, which read "Ju Daimin succession". At that time I was deeply influenced by atheism and refused to accept the faith.
In the early 1980s, my father was arrested for evangelism and stayed at the Sha County Detention Center for a month. During that time, the whole church prayed for him fasting. One morning at six o'clock I heard my father calling me three times and I went out and saw no one but only white light. A miracle happened. At about seven o'clock someone from the Public Security Bureau came to inform me to pick up my father from the detention center. Only then did I believe that it was the angel of my father who had called me.
After high school, I taught at schools, worked as a tailor and volunteer in a church. After the reform and opening up, I participated in two volunteer training courses in respectively 1981 and 1984.
In 1989, my father was hospitalized with a heart attack. When two of the provincial Christian leaders visited to see my father, they earnestly advised me to receive theological education. In the same year, I was admitted to foundations at Fujian Theological Seminary. In 2007, I further studied pastoral theology and gained a diploma. Unexpectedly, the vision that my father had was embarked on the road of devotion to the Lord until today.
In 1985, I was re-elected as Vice-President and Secretary-General for Christian affairs of Sha County. On March 26, 2006, I was ordained as a patriarch at Tian'an Church in Fuzhou (the first female patriarch of Sha County). On October 20 of the same year, I was re-elected as president of the Three Self-Patriotic Associations of Sha County for three terms. Later I worked for three terms as a member of the Sha County religion committee. Also, I was awarded various titles for being a model believer.
For more than forty years, I have nurtured more than a dozen churches such as Sanming, Sha County, Xia Mao, Fukou, and Qingzhou, etc. My regular job involved bible studying for believers’ spiritual growth. On average, 70-80 people were baptized each year, and the number of saved people increased year by year.
On every Christmas I invited the leaders of the county government, committees and other religions such as Taoism, Buddhism, Catholicism and Christian friends of all denominations to my church to join our Christmas carol services. In 2016-2017, I led a choir to two large concerts at the Thousand People's Theatre in Sha County. On average every year, dozens of faith seekers were baptized under the name of Lord Jesus.
In addition, I take the opportunity of weddings and funerals to preach the gospel. The Church is loved by the people. Once on a wedding, the families were so moved by my sermon that my church received over a hundred requests for a copy of the Bible. Almost the whole village would come to believe the Lord.
I created the ‘Return to Eden’ health team in which I preached the gospel for the reason of fitness so that the whole concept of health and wellness could enter communities and we would take the opportunity to serve them. It was quite a remarkable achievement.
Step by step, I organized to build churches in Sha County, XiaMao, Qingzhou, Sanming Longgang, Yanxi and other places.
In 1998, the hundreds of believers in Xiamao had to rent a venue for services, which was too small to accommodate them. A "temporary activity point" was approved in August 2000. Then, a piece of 240-square-meter land was granted them to build a church. The believers made generous financial donations to build the church and a three-story building was completed in 2002. It was officially registered in 2004.
In Sha County, four churches used to have only one location for services. The small area couldn’t accommodate so many believers. The two floors together were only 280 square meters. I asked a local minister for separate buildings for each church. In 2005 we applied for permission to build a church. In October 2006 the three churches managed to buy a piece of 350-square-meter land from Shayang Park. The local leader applied for a transfer of the Shayang Park into a church activity point. The leader indicated that since the Sha County Buddhism group had stupas so should the Christianity community have had proper church buildings of their own. In 2008 the park was renamed as "Town South Church Activity Point". Meanwhile, I personally experienced a miracle to which I have been grateful when the land was granted in 2015. On March 17, 2015 I and three of my co-workers had an accident in the highway. The Lord protected me from life threatening dangers. I then immediately received the land documents granted by the provincial land bureau to build churches. The Lorded wanted to keep me to accomplish the sacred mission entrusted to me! The construction started in 2017. Till now the main project has been basically completed awaiting to be tested and approved for its quality. Currently the interior design is on its way and should be soon completed.
From 2007 to 2010, I helped the Qingzhou Church build a church. In 2008, I helped the purchase of real estate for Sanminglonggang Church point. In 2019, the application was officially granted. Our Heavenly Father’s supply was wonderful.
I experienced the Lord from an early age and have been willing to serve the Lord. I expect a great revival of the Church so that people are gained as fishers catch fishes. I sincerely hope the new church will be successfully completed. Glory be to the Lord!
"...... I have not violated that vision from heaven" (Acts 26:19). That’s my great calling and Jesus leads me until the Lord comes!
I was born in a pastor’s family in 1958 and grew up inspired by the Christian faith listening to the biblical stories.
My father, Elder Zhu Hua, preached the gospel throughout the country in the face of all kinds of dangers during the Cultural Revolution. At that time, religion was not completely open, and there were no Christians in Sha County, Fujian Province. Moved by the Holy Spirit, my father went to Sha County to do church planting in 1976.
Within a year he developed a believers' group of more than 600 people and had set up worshiping points in Sanming, Sha County, Xia Mao, and Fukou. My Father expected me to carry on the ministry of God. In the late 1970s, he had a vision in which he saw a piece of cloth falling from the sky, which read "Ju Daimin succession". At that time I was deeply influenced by atheism and refused to accept the faith.
In the early 1980s, my father was arrested for evangelism and stayed at the Sha County Detention Center for a month. During that time, the whole church fasted and prayed for him. One morning at six o'clock I heard my father calling me three times and I went out and saw no one but only a white light. A miracle happened. At about seven o'clock someone from the Public Security Bureau came to inform me to pick up my father from the detention center. Only then did I believe that it was the angel of my father who had called me.
After high school I taught at schools, worked as a tailor and volunteered in a church. After the reform and opening up, I attended two volunteer training courses in 1981 and 1984.
In 1989, my father was hospitalized with a heart attack. When two of the provincial Christian leaders visited my father, they earnestly advised me to receive theological education. In the same year I was admitted into the basic level at Fujian Theological Seminary. In 2007, I further studied pastoral theology and gained a diploma. Unexpectedly, the vision that my father had was began me on the road of devotion to the Lord until today.
In 1985, I was re-elected as Vice-President and Secretary-General for Christian affairs of Sha County. On March 26, 2006, I was ordained as a pastoral deacon at Tian'an Church in Fuzhou (the first female deacon of Sha County). On October 20 of the same year, I was re-elected as president of the Three Self-Patriotic Associations of Sha County for three terms. Later I worked for three terms as a member of the Sha County religion committee. Also, I was awarded various titles for being a model believer.
For more than forty years, I have nurtured more than a dozen churches such as Sanming, Sha County, Xia Mao, Fukou, and Qingzhou, etc. My regular job involved leading Bible studies for believers to help in their spiritual growth. On average, 70-80 people were baptized each year, and the number of people saved increased year by year.
Every Christmas I invited the leaders of the county government, committees and other religions such as Taoism, Buddhism, Catholicism and Christian friends of all denominations to my church to join our Christmas carol services. In 2016-2017, I led a choir to two large concerts at the Thousand People's Theatre in Sha County. On average every year, dozens of faith seekers were baptized in Jesus' name.
In addition, I have taken the opportunity at weddings and funerals to preach the gospel. The Church is loved by the people. One time at a wedding, the families were so moved by my sermon that my church received over a hundred requests for a copy of the Bible. Almost the whole village came to believe in the Lord.
I created the ‘Return to Eden’ health team in which I preached the gospel for the reason of fitness so that the whole concept of health and wellness could enter communities and we would take the opportunity to serve them. It was quite a remarkable achievement.
Step by step, I organized to build churches in Sha County, XiaMao, Qingzhou, Sanming Longgang, Yanxi and other places.
In 1998, the hundreds of believers in Xiamao had to rent a venue for services, which was too small to accommodate them. A "temporary activity point" was approved in August 2000. Then, a 240-square-meter piece of land was granted to them to build a church. The believers made generous financial donations to build the church and a three-story building was completed in 2002. It was officially registered in 2004.
In Sha County, four churches used to have only one location for services. The small area couldn’t accommodate so many believers. The two floors together were only 280 square meters. I asked a local minister for separate buildings for each church. In 2005 we applied for permission to build a church. In October 2006 the three churches managed to buy a 350-square-meter piece of land from Shayang Park. The local leader applied for a transfer of the Shayang Park property to become a church activity point. The leader indicated that since the Sha County Buddhism group had stupas, the Christian community should also have proper church buildings of their own. In 2008, the park was renamed \" South Town Church Activity Point". When the land was granted in 2015, I personally experienced a miracle for which I have been grateful. On March 17, 2015, I and three of my co-workers had an accident on the highway. The Lord protected me from life threatening dangers. I then immediately received the land documents granted by the provincial land bureau to build churches. The Lorded wanted to keep me in order to accomplish the sacred task entrusted to me! The construction started in 2017. Until now, the main project has basically been completed and is awaiting testing and approval for its quality. Currently, the interior design is in progress and should be completed soon.
From 2007 to 2010, I helped the Qingzhou Church build a church. In 2008, I helped in the purchase of a real estate for the Sanminglonggang Christian Meeting Point. In 2019, the application was officially granted. Our Heavenly Father’s provision has been wonderful.
I experienced the Lord from an early age and have been willing to serve him. I expect a great revival in the church so that people become fishermen who catch fish. I sincerely hope the new church will be successfully completed. Glory be to the Lord!
"I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven" (Acts 26:19). That is my great calling and Jesus leads me until He comes!
- Translated by Charlie Li
崇高的恩召 ——朱代敏服侍小传
我1958年出生古田牧者世家，从小受信仰熏陶，听着《圣经》故事长大。
我的父亲朱华长老在文革期间，顶着各种的危险在全国各地传扬福音。那时的宗教没有完全开放，福建沙县没有基督徒，在圣灵感动下，1976年我父亲来到沙县开荒撒种。
一年之内从一人发展到有600多人，三明、沙县、夏茂、富口等地纷纷设立聚会点。我父盼望着儿女为主作工，七十年代末父亲曾在异象中见到一块布从天降下，上面写着“朱代敏接班”。那时的我受到无神论的影响，不肯接受。
八十年代初，父亲因传福音而被抓到沙县看守所关禁闭一个月。那段时间里，全教会为他禁食祷告。有天清晨六点的时候我三次听到父亲的呼唤声，我就出去一看，不见一人，只见有一道白光。奇迹就发生了，七点时公安局有人来通知我去看守所接父亲回家。直到这时我才相信是父亲的天使来呼唤我。
高中毕业我教书，做裁缝，做义工。改革开放后我参加了81年、84年两期义工培训班。
1989年父亲心脏病住院，省基督教两会副主席王恩波牧师和福州花巷堂黄钟藩牧师来探访时劝我说，“你不去读神学院太可惜了，是大材小用，赶紧去考！”当年我就考取了福建神学院中专，2007年又进修教牧神学大专，想不到，真应验了父亲所见的异象，踏上献身主的道路，直到今天。
伟大的使命
1、蒙主选召
1985年我连任两届沙县三自爱国会副主席兼秘书长，2006年3月26日在福州天安堂按立为教牧长老（为沙县首位女姓教牧长老），同年10月20日起至今连任三届沙县基督教三自爱国会主席，后连任三届沙县政协委员，省基督教两会委员、三明市基督教爱国会副主席、三明市级“和谐教堂”——沙县夏茂基督教堂堂主任，一度获评市级“五好宗教教徒”，县级“优秀政协委员”等称号。
四十多年来，我牧养三明、沙县、夏茂、富口、青州等十几个堂点，常为信徒查经培灵，提高信徒灵命，平均每年受洗70-80人，得救人数逐年加增。
每逢圣诞节我邀请县委常委、政协、人大、国保等领导、道教、佛教、天主教及基督教各宗派朋友来教堂听道。2016-2017年我带领唱诗班到沙县千人影剧院举办两次大型音乐会，座无虚席。平均每一年都有几十位慕道友上台决志，受洗归主名下。
此外，我也借着婚礼、丧礼对外布道，文明、隆重，广传福音，教会得众民喜爱。有一场婚礼，亲友们听了我证道之后，受感索取《圣经》的有一百人次之多，几乎全村村民都要来信主。
我创建了“回归伊甸园”健康团队，借着健康传播福音，让全人健康养生观念走进社区，走进人群，服务社会，小有成绩。
我先后主持筹建了沙县、夏茂、青州、三明龙岗、延溪等堂点。
1998年夏茂几百号信徒借祠堂聚会，地方小不够使用，2000年8月获批了“临时活动点”。在党政领导支持下，批了240㎡地建堂。弟兄姊妹踊跃奉献，三层教堂主楼于2002年落成，2004年正式登记。
沙县福音堂有四堂一用，人多堂小，两层仅280平方米，我向部长要求各堂会都要有自己的家。2005年我们申请建堂，在06年10月份我们城关三堂就买下了沙阳乐园350平方地皮，领导要求转让批设“沙阳乐园活动点”，说沙县佛教有舍利塔，基督教也要有个像样的教堂，2008年变更为“城南活动点”。2015年批地时有个感恩奇妙的见证。2015年3月17日我与三位同工在高速路上遭遇车祸，蒙主保佑脱险后随即拿到省国土厅建堂批地文件，原来主留我生命，神圣使命托付肩上！2017年开工，到如今年主体工程已基本完工待验收，目前内装修在即，.
2007-2010年我帮青州兄弟教会筹建了教堂。2008年我为三明龙岗聚会点牵头购置了房产，2019年正式批点，天父供应真奇妙。
我自幼经历主，诚愿服侍主，教会大复兴，得人如得鱼，望新堂落成，荣耀献给主！
“……我故此没有违背那从天上来的异象”（徒26：19）崇高恩召，耶稣领我，直到主来！
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I was born in a pastor’s family in 1958 and grew up inspired by the Christian faith listening to the biblical stories.
My father, Elder Zhu Hua, preached the gospel throughout China in the face of all kinds of dangers during the Cultural Revolution. At that time, religious freedom was not completely open, and there were no Christians in Sha County, Fujian Province. Moved by the Holy Spirit, my father went to Sha County to plant churches in 1976.
Within a year he developed a believer group of more than 600 people and had set up worshiping points in Sanming, Sha County, Xia Mao, and Fukou. My father expected me to carry on the ministry of God. In the late 1970s, he had a vision in which he saw a piece of cloth falling from the sky, which read "Ju Daimin succession". At that time I was deeply influenced by atheism and refused to accept the faith.
In the early 1980s, my father was arrested for evangelism and stayed at the Sha County Detention Center for a month. During that time, the whole church prayed for him fasting. One morning at six o'clock I heard my father calling me three times and I went out and saw no one but only white light. A miracle happened. At about seven o'clock someone from the Public Security Bureau came to inform me to pick up my father from the detention center. Only then did I believe that it was the angel of my father who had called me.
After high school, I taught at schools, worked as a tailor and volunteer in a church. After the reform and opening up, I participated in two volunteer training courses in respectively 1981 and 1984.
In 1989, my father was hospitalized with a heart attack. When two of the provincial Christian leaders visited to see my father, they earnestly advised me to receive theological education. In the same year, I was admitted to foundations at Fujian Theological Seminary. In 2007, I further studied pastoral theology and gained a diploma. Unexpectedly, the vision that my father had was embarked on the road of devotion to the Lord until today.
In 1985, I was re-elected as Vice-President and Secretary-General for Christian affairs of Sha County. On March 26, 2006, I was ordained as a patriarch at Tian'an Church in Fuzhou (the first female patriarch of Sha County). On October 20 of the same year, I was re-elected as president of the Three Self-Patriotic Associations of Sha County for three terms. Later I worked for three terms as a member of the Sha County religion committee. Also, I was awarded various titles for being a model believer.
For more than forty years, I have nurtured more than a dozen churches such as Sanming, Sha County, Xia Mao, Fukou, and Qingzhou, etc. My regular job involved bible studying for believers’ spiritual growth. On average, 70-80 people were baptized each year, and the number of saved people increased year by year.
On every Christmas I invited the leaders of the county government, committees and other religions such as Taoism, Buddhism, Catholicism and Christian friends of all denominations to my church to join our Christmas carol services. In 2016-2017, I led a choir to two large concerts at the Thousand People's Theatre in Sha County. On average every year, dozens of faith seekers were baptized under the name of Lord Jesus.
In addition, I take the opportunity of weddings and funerals to preach the gospel. The Church is loved by the people. Once on a wedding, the families were so moved by my sermon that my church received over a hundred requests for a copy of the Bible. Almost the whole village would come to believe the Lord.
I created the ‘Return to Eden’ health team in which I preached the gospel for the reason of fitness so that the whole concept of health and wellness could enter communities and we would take the opportunity to serve them. It was quite a remarkable achievement.
Step by step, I organized to build churches in Sha County, XiaMao, Qingzhou, Sanming Longgang, Yanxi and other places.
In 1998, the hundreds of believers in Xiamao had to rent a venue for services, which was too small to accommodate them. A "temporary activity point" was approved in August 2000. Then, a piece of 240-square-meter land was granted them to build a church. The believers made generous financial donations to build the church and a three-story building was completed in 2002. It was officially registered in 2004.
In Sha County, four churches used to have only one location for services. The small area couldn’t accommodate so many believers. The two floors together were only 280 square meters. I asked a local minister for separate buildings for each church. In 2005 we applied for permission to build a church. In October 2006 the three churches managed to buy a piece of 350-square-meter land from Shayang Park. The local leader applied for a transfer of the Shayang Park into a church activity point. The leader indicated that since the Sha County Buddhism group had stupas so should the Christianity community have had proper church buildings of their own. In 2008 the park was renamed as "Town South Church Activity Point". Meanwhile, I personally experienced a miracle to which I have been grateful when the land was granted in 2015. On March 17, 2015 I and three of my co-workers had an accident in the highway. The Lord protected me from life threatening dangers. I then immediately received the land documents granted by the provincial land bureau to build churches. The Lorded wanted to keep me to accomplish the sacred mission entrusted to me! The construction started in 2017. Till now the main project has been basically completed awaiting to be tested and approved for its quality. Currently the interior design is on its way and should be soon completed.
From 2007 to 2010, I helped the Qingzhou Church build a church. In 2008, I helped the purchase of real estate for Sanminglonggang Church point. In 2019, the application was officially granted. Our Heavenly Father’s supply was wonderful.
I experienced the Lord from an early age and have been willing to serve the Lord. I expect a great revival of the Church so that people are gained as fishers catch fishes. I sincerely hope the new church will be successfully completed. Glory be to the Lord!
"...... I have not violated that vision from heaven" (Acts 26:19). That’s my great calling and Jesus leads me until the Lord comes!
I was born in a pastor’s family in 1958 and grew up inspired by the Christian faith listening to the biblical stories.
My father, Elder Zhu Hua, preached the gospel throughout the country in the face of all kinds of dangers during the Cultural Revolution. At that time, religion was not completely open, and there were no Christians in Sha County, Fujian Province. Moved by the Holy Spirit, my father went to Sha County to do church planting in 1976.
Within a year he developed a believers' group of more than 600 people and had set up worshiping points in Sanming, Sha County, Xia Mao, and Fukou. My Father expected me to carry on the ministry of God. In the late 1970s, he had a vision in which he saw a piece of cloth falling from the sky, which read "Ju Daimin succession". At that time I was deeply influenced by atheism and refused to accept the faith.
In the early 1980s, my father was arrested for evangelism and stayed at the Sha County Detention Center for a month. During that time, the whole church fasted and prayed for him. One morning at six o'clock I heard my father calling me three times and I went out and saw no one but only a white light. A miracle happened. At about seven o'clock someone from the Public Security Bureau came to inform me to pick up my father from the detention center. Only then did I believe that it was the angel of my father who had called me.
After high school I taught at schools, worked as a tailor and volunteered in a church. After the reform and opening up, I attended two volunteer training courses in 1981 and 1984.
In 1989, my father was hospitalized with a heart attack. When two of the provincial Christian leaders visited my father, they earnestly advised me to receive theological education. In the same year I was admitted into the basic level at Fujian Theological Seminary. In 2007, I further studied pastoral theology and gained a diploma. Unexpectedly, the vision that my father had was began me on the road of devotion to the Lord until today.
In 1985, I was re-elected as Vice-President and Secretary-General for Christian affairs of Sha County. On March 26, 2006, I was ordained as a pastoral deacon at Tian'an Church in Fuzhou (the first female deacon of Sha County). On October 20 of the same year, I was re-elected as president of the Three Self-Patriotic Associations of Sha County for three terms. Later I worked for three terms as a member of the Sha County religion committee. Also, I was awarded various titles for being a model believer.
For more than forty years, I have nurtured more than a dozen churches such as Sanming, Sha County, Xia Mao, Fukou, and Qingzhou, etc. My regular job involved leading Bible studies for believers to help in their spiritual growth. On average, 70-80 people were baptized each year, and the number of people saved increased year by year.
Every Christmas I invited the leaders of the county government, committees and other religions such as Taoism, Buddhism, Catholicism and Christian friends of all denominations to my church to join our Christmas carol services. In 2016-2017, I led a choir to two large concerts at the Thousand People's Theatre in Sha County. On average every year, dozens of faith seekers were baptized in Jesus' name.
In addition, I have taken the opportunity at weddings and funerals to preach the gospel. The Church is loved by the people. One time at a wedding, the families were so moved by my sermon that my church received over a hundred requests for a copy of the Bible. Almost the whole village came to believe in the Lord.
I created the ‘Return to Eden’ health team in which I preached the gospel for the reason of fitness so that the whole concept of health and wellness could enter communities and we would take the opportunity to serve them. It was quite a remarkable achievement.
Step by step, I organized to build churches in Sha County, XiaMao, Qingzhou, Sanming Longgang, Yanxi and other places.
In 1998, the hundreds of believers in Xiamao had to rent a venue for services, which was too small to accommodate them. A "temporary activity point" was approved in August 2000. Then, a 240-square-meter piece of land was granted to them to build a church. The believers made generous financial donations to build the church and a three-story building was completed in 2002. It was officially registered in 2004.
In Sha County, four churches used to have only one location for services. The small area couldn’t accommodate so many believers. The two floors together were only 280 square meters. I asked a local minister for separate buildings for each church. In 2005 we applied for permission to build a church. In October 2006 the three churches managed to buy a 350-square-meter piece of land from Shayang Park. The local leader applied for a transfer of the Shayang Park property to become a church activity point. The leader indicated that since the Sha County Buddhism group had stupas, the Christian community should also have proper church buildings of their own. In 2008, the park was renamed \" South Town Church Activity Point". When the land was granted in 2015, I personally experienced a miracle for which I have been grateful. On March 17, 2015, I and three of my co-workers had an accident on the highway. The Lord protected me from life threatening dangers. I then immediately received the land documents granted by the provincial land bureau to build churches. The Lorded wanted to keep me in order to accomplish the sacred task entrusted to me! The construction started in 2017. Until now, the main project has basically been completed and is awaiting testing and approval for its quality. Currently, the interior design is in progress and should be completed soon.
From 2007 to 2010, I helped the Qingzhou Church build a church. In 2008, I helped in the purchase of a real estate for the Sanminglonggang Christian Meeting Point. In 2019, the application was officially granted. Our Heavenly Father’s provision has been wonderful.
I experienced the Lord from an early age and have been willing to serve him. I expect a great revival in the church so that people become fishermen who catch fish. I sincerely hope the new church will be successfully completed. Glory be to the Lord!
"I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven" (Acts 26:19). That is my great calling and Jesus leads me until He comes!
- Translated by Charlie Li
The Calling of Pastor Zhu Daimin
