Recently, Jilin Provincial CC&TSPM ordained 16 pastors, including eight Ethnic Koreans.
On September 25, nine people from Yanji City, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, in China’s northeastern Jilin Province, were ordained as pastors. Most of the ordained pastors graduated from the Yanbian Korean Theology Class, according to the Jilin CC & TSPM (China Council & Three-Self Patriotic Movement)
On September 24, Jilin CC & TSPM held an ordination ceremony at Fumin Christian Church in Meihekou City. Seven pastoral staff from Liaoyuan City, Tonghua City, Baishan City, and Meihekou City were also ordained as pastors.
According to the Jilin CC & TSPM, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture is located on the eastern border of the China, bordering North Korea and Russia.
Four pastors laid their hands on the pastors who were ordained. Pastor Ren Dazhong, the chairman of Jilin TSPM and president of Jilin CC, officiated at the ordination. She gave a sermon entitled, "The Mission of Pastors", based on Ephesians 4: 11-13. She emphasized that everyone who was ordained must be aware of their calling as pastors and they must be separated from the world. The mission of the pastor is to shepherd the Lord’s flock, help them to be perfect, and build up the body of Christ. In the service of God, pastors must perform their duties properly and in order. She especially emphasized that the pastor must be an example of believers and have clean hands and a pure heart to honor God. To be a loyal shepherd, pastors should learn from Jesus to lay down their lives to protect the sheep according to God's will.
According to the Jilin CC & TSPM, they ordained eight Korean pastors in Yanbian State to strengthen the border areas against the infiltration of foreign heresies. Ordaining more Korean pastors, some smaller churches in the border areas can have pastors, so the churches along the border can be more stable.
-Translated by Abigail Wu
近期，吉林省基督教两会在按立16人被按立为牧师。
据吉林基督教两会报道，9月25日，来自延边朝鲜族自治州延吉市的九人被按立为牧师，其中有八位朝鲜族，此次按立牧师的同工大部分毕业于延边朝鲜语神学班。
9月24日，吉林省基督教两会在梅河口市福民基督教堂举行按立圣职典礼，来自辽源市、通化市、白山市和梅河口市的7位教牧同工也被按立为牧师。
据吉林基督教两会报道，延边朝鲜族自治州地处祖国东部边陲，与朝鲜和俄罗斯接壤，州内基督教活动场所有三分之二以朝鲜族信徒为主体。
按立团有四位牧师组成，吉林省基督教两会主席兼会长任大中牧师任主礼，任牧师引用《以弗所书》第四章第十一至十三节的经文，以《牧师的使命》为题证道，她强调，每个接受圣职的人，要清楚牧师圣职的来源与属性，承担圣职就意味着要与世界分别为圣。牧师的使命就是要牧养好主的群羊，成全圣徒，建立基督的身体，因此，在侍奉中要各尽其职，规规矩矩按着次序做好当做的事。她特别强调，牧师要成为信徒的榜样，要手洁心清才能得见神的荣耀。要摆正自己的位置，注目耶稣，照着神的旨意牧养和保护群羊，为羊舍命，才能成为忠心的好牧者。
吉林基督教两会报道说，此次在延边州按立八位朝鲜族牧师，是吉林省基督教两会继续加强边境地区抵御境外势力渗透的措施之一。加大按立朝鲜族牧师的规模，使边境地区一些规模较小的堂点也能够有牧师进行牧养，使边境教会恢复稳定。
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吉林省基督教两会在延边州举行按立牧师圣职典礼
Recently, Jilin Provincial CC&TSPM ordained 16 pastors, including eight Ethnic Koreans.
On September 25, nine people from Yanji City, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, in China’s northeastern Jilin Province, were ordained as pastors. Most of the ordained pastors graduated from the Yanbian Korean Theology Class, according to the Jilin CC & TSPM (China Council & Three-Self Patriotic Movement)
On September 24, Jilin CC & TSPM held an ordination ceremony at Fumin Christian Church in Meihekou City. Seven pastoral staff from Liaoyuan City, Tonghua City, Baishan City, and Meihekou City were also ordained as pastors.
According to the Jilin CC & TSPM, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture is located on the eastern border of the China, bordering North Korea and Russia.
Four pastors laid their hands on the pastors who were ordained. Pastor Ren Dazhong, the chairman of Jilin TSPM and president of Jilin CC, officiated at the ordination. She gave a sermon entitled, "The Mission of Pastors", based on Ephesians 4: 11-13. She emphasized that everyone who was ordained must be aware of their calling as pastors and they must be separated from the world. The mission of the pastor is to shepherd the Lord’s flock, help them to be perfect, and build up the body of Christ. In the service of God, pastors must perform their duties properly and in order. She especially emphasized that the pastor must be an example of believers and have clean hands and a pure heart to honor God. To be a loyal shepherd, pastors should learn from Jesus to lay down their lives to protect the sheep according to God's will.
According to the Jilin CC & TSPM, they ordained eight Korean pastors in Yanbian State to strengthen the border areas against the infiltration of foreign heresies. Ordaining more Korean pastors, some smaller churches in the border areas can have pastors, so the churches along the border can be more stable.
-Translated by Abigail Wu
16 Pastors Ordained in Jilin
