Fujian Pastor Writes Chinese New Year Couplets for Believers

在这新春佳节即将来临之际，福州花巷基督教堂主任陈立福牧师义务书写春联。

应个别信徒特殊的需求，陈立福牧师携手滕王蝶画传承人江源画家写春联，因春联，是中华语言独特的艺术形式，也是中国传统文化的瑰宝。

在花巷新堂会议室，两位“书法家”所完成的春联数量极其有限。陈牧师理解很多信徒都需要量身定制的春联来为这特殊的节庆增光添彩，通过春联这种优秀的传统中国文化来阐述圣经真理方式，但若要一一满足大家，就是写上几天几夜也写不完。加上在这特殊的时期，信徒不方便到教会来，教会也不适合开展一些大型的聚会、活动。因此，陈牧师只能默默地为大家代祷、祝福。

建于1915年，花巷教堂信徒人数两万余人，每个主日聚会人数达6500人（分三个场次）http://www.gospeltimes.cn/portal/article/index/id/55144

With the approach of Spring Festival, Chen Lifu, the Senior Pastor of the Flower Lane Church in Fuzhou of Fujian Province, writes Chinese New Year couplets voluntarily.

In response to the needs of some believers, Pastor Chen joined hands with painter Jiang Yuan, the heir of King Teng's butterfly painting, to write the couplets. As a treasure of Chinese traditional culture, Spring Festival couplets are a unique art form of the Chinese language.

In the conference room of the church, the two "calligraphers" write day and night, but they can’t meet the need of the many who are in the congregation. Through the couplets on which the Biblical truth is written, many believers want to add luster to their Spring Festival celebrations. And during the period of COVID-19, when pubic gatherings are suspended, Pastor Chen can only pray and bless the believers silently.

Built in 1915, the megachurch has over 20,000 churchgoers, with 6500 persons attending the three services on Sunday. 

 (The original article is published by Gospel Times.)

-Translated by Abigail Wu