Rev. Deng Fucun, the sixth deputy chairman and secretary-general and the seventh resident deputy chairman of China Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM), died of illness after failing to respond to the medical treatment at age 92.
Deng returned to heaven in Hangzhou at 21:14 pm on February 16, according to Zhejiang CC&TSPM.
According to the funeral committee, his remains' farewell ceremony is scheduled to be held at 9 a.m. on February 21 in Hangzhou Funeral Home. The team claimed: "As the number of mourners is limited due to the requirement of coronavirus pandemic prevention and control, the people outside Hangzhou are suggested to stay in place to mourn, while local staff workers need to make an appointment in advance."
They announced that the memorial service would be notified later.
Born into a Christian family, Deng's parents were both missionaries. His grandfather was a deacon of a church of the China Inland Mission. Baptized as a child and receiving confirmation at 16, he became an active member of a young people's fellowship. Determined to study theology after graduating from high school, he served as a pastor for his entire life after training at the Central Theological Seminary at Shanghai St. John's University in 1950.
"My faith has been tempered, wavering sometimes. But the grace of the Lord is enough for me, leading and protecting me to this day," Pastor Deng said to the Gospel Times in an interview in 2010. He represented in his 80's as deputy chairman of the national TSPM and chairman of Zhejiang TSPM.
At that moment, the Chinese church had just completed the new and old pastoral staff's handover, so he was delighted. He said: "The churches have many pastoral talents and qualified successors in various ministries, which is the great grace God-given to China. As a retired person, I want to do what the church needs me to do within my reach and be an old horse that knows the way, just as an old hand to be a good guide!"
(The original article is published by Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
中国基督教三自爱国运动委员会第六届副主席兼秘书长、第七届驻会副主席邓福村牧师因病医治无效，享年92岁。
邓牧师于2021年2月16日21时14分在杭州蒙召归天。
根据治丧委员会安排，邓福村牧师遗体告别仪式定于2021年2月21日上午9时在杭州殡仪馆1号厅举行。并表示“因疫情防控需要，人数受限，恳辞外地来杭悼念，本地同工需事先预约”。
追思礼拜时间以后另行通知。
邓福村牧师出生于一个基督徒家庭，父母都是宣教士，外祖父则是内地会一个堂会的执事。婴儿受洗，十六岁时接受坚振礼，成为教会青年团契的活跃分子。高中毕业便立志读神学，准备做教牧工作。1950年进入上海圣约翰大学中央神学院就读，从事教牧工作一生。
“我的信仰经历有过历炼，有过摇摆，但主的恩典是够我用的，保守带领到如今”，2010年，邓牧师在接受福音时报的采访时如此说，彼时他任中国基督教三自爱国运动委员会副主席、浙江省基督教三自爱国运动委员会主席，年逾八十依旧坚持侍奉。
当时中国教会刚刚完成新老教牧人员的交接工作，邓牧师非常欣慰，他说：“新一代的教牧人员人材辈出，各项教会事工后继有人，这是神给中国教会的莫大恩典。至于我个人，我将以一个退休者的身份，做一些我力所能及又是教会需要我做的事，做一匹识途的老马！”
http://www.gospeltimes.cn/portal/article/index/id/55371
中国基督教三自爱国运动委员会第六届副主席兼秘书长、第七届驻会副主席邓福村牧师蒙召归天，享年92岁
Rev. Deng Fucun, the sixth deputy chairman and secretary-general and the seventh resident deputy chairman of China Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM), died of illness after failing to respond to the medical treatment at age 92.
Deng returned to heaven in Hangzhou at 21:14 pm on February 16, according to Zhejiang CC&TSPM.
According to the funeral committee, his remains' farewell ceremony is scheduled to be held at 9 a.m. on February 21 in Hangzhou Funeral Home. The team claimed: "As the number of mourners is limited due to the requirement of coronavirus pandemic prevention and control, the people outside Hangzhou are suggested to stay in place to mourn, while local staff workers need to make an appointment in advance."
They announced that the memorial service would be notified later.
Born into a Christian family, Deng's parents were both missionaries. His grandfather was a deacon of a church of the China Inland Mission. Baptized as a child and receiving confirmation at 16, he became an active member of a young people's fellowship. Determined to study theology after graduating from high school, he served as a pastor for his entire life after training at the Central Theological Seminary at Shanghai St. John's University in 1950.
"My faith has been tempered, wavering sometimes. But the grace of the Lord is enough for me, leading and protecting me to this day," Pastor Deng said to the Gospel Times in an interview in 2010. He represented in his 80's as deputy chairman of the national TSPM and chairman of Zhejiang TSPM.
At that moment, the Chinese church had just completed the new and old pastoral staff's handover, so he was delighted. He said: "The churches have many pastoral talents and qualified successors in various ministries, which is the great grace God-given to China. As a retired person, I want to do what the church needs me to do within my reach and be an old horse that knows the way, just as an old hand to be a good guide!"
(The original article is published by Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Rev. Deng Fucun, Former Deputy Chairman of TSPM, Dies at 92
