Chengbei Church in Changsha, Hunan Province, held a Chinese Lunar New Year's prayer meeting with its pastoral staff.
On February 19, during the working hours of the first day after the Chinese Spring Festival holiday, Rev. Ren Xia, vice-president and vice-chairman of Changsha CC&TSPM, called on the participants to "honor God and benefit others, offer himself or herself as a sacrifice, and work hard."
This meeting of prayer was divided into three sections. The first section's subject was "praying for the world pandemic" and "praying for China's blessing," according to 1 Timothy 2:1-3. While the coronavirus epidemic is rampant, they prayed for it to be managed as soon as possible, the congregation praised for providing a regular existence.
The second part was to pray for Chinese churches and all church ministries at Chengbei. "May the Lord strengthen us, and we continue to learn and practice the sinicization of Christianity and to allow us to establish more effectively the pastoral service of the Church of Chengbei. May the Lord lead the progress of ministry and complete the Year Xinchou ministry plans."
In the third section, they were praying for church fellowships, families and also the pastoral ministry of the subordinate Xingang Church.
- Translated by Joy Zhang
湖南长沙市城北堂于2021年2月19日新年第一天上班时间召开了教牧工作人员新年祷告会，会后安排部署了新年的工作。
任霞牧师倡导大家“荣神益人、献己为祭、竭力奔跑”！
本次祷告会分为三个板块。
“我劝你第一要为万人恳求、祷告、代求、祝谢，为君王和一切在位的，也该如此，使我们可以敬虔、端正、平安无事地度日。这是好的，在神我们救主面前可蒙悦纳。”
第一个板块以“为世界疫情祷告”“为中国祝福祷告”为主题。会众感谢在全球疫情肆虐的今天，得以拥有正常的生活，并祈求世界疫情早日得到控制。
第二个板块是为中国教会和为城北堂教会各样事工祷告。“求主加添我们力量，能继续探索与实践基督教中国化，更好地开展城北堂牧养事工，也求主带领各项事工的推进，完成辛丑年的事工计划。”
第三板块为教会各团契以及家庭小组祷告，为新港教会点牧养事工祷告。
长沙市城北堂召开了教牧工作人员新年祷告会
Chengbei Church in Changsha, Hunan Province, held a Chinese Lunar New Year's prayer meeting with its pastoral staff.
On February 19, during the working hours of the first day after the Chinese Spring Festival holiday, Rev. Ren Xia, vice-president and vice-chairman of Changsha CC&TSPM, called on the participants to "honor God and benefit others, offer himself or herself as a sacrifice, and work hard."
This meeting of prayer was divided into three sections. The first section's subject was "praying for the world pandemic" and "praying for China's blessing," according to 1 Timothy 2:1-3. While the coronavirus epidemic is rampant, they prayed for it to be managed as soon as possible, the congregation praised for providing a regular existence.
The second part was to pray for Chinese churches and all church ministries at Chengbei. "May the Lord strengthen us, and we continue to learn and practice the sinicization of Christianity and to allow us to establish more effectively the pastoral service of the Church of Chengbei. May the Lord lead the progress of ministry and complete the Year Xinchou ministry plans."
In the third section, they were praying for church fellowships, families and also the pastoral ministry of the subordinate Xingang Church.
- Translated by Joy Zhang
Church Staff Attends Lunar New Year Prayer Meeting
