A church in Gulei Port Area, Zhangzhou, Fujian, conducted a thanksgiving service for groundbreaking last Wednesday.
Originating as a Shanwei gathering place in Zhangpu County, the church planned to build more than 4,000 square meters of sanctuary and a complex building, with more than 2,000 square meters of land allocated and more than 10 million yuan of subsidy funds provided for reconstruction at a relocated site.
Liu Yinguo, a pastor of this church and president of Zhangpu County Christian Council (CC), presided over the groundbreaking service, in which Rev. Chen Huijiang, deputy president of the Zhangzhou Municipal CC, shared a sermon titled Fulfill the Lord’s Commitment, citing 2 Chronicles 22: 5-10.
Rev. Zhuang Jingcheng, chairman and president of the Zhangzhou CC&TSPM (Three-self Patriotic Movement), led the pastors and co-workers to conduct the foundation stone laying ceremony, saying "The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house."
The choir of this church and Puyi church, with Zhangpu joint choir, sang hymns to celebrate the groundbreaking. More than 300 people, including the co-workers of the Zhangzhou CC&TSPM and the believer representatives from various churches in Zhangpu county participated in the service.
-Translated by Abigail Wu
2021年4月7日，漳州古雷港区基督教堂举行新圣殿奠基感恩礼拜。
古雷港区教堂是原漳浦汕尾基督教聚会点，划拔2000多平米土地，异地搬迁重建补助资金人民币1000多万元；拟建造4000多平米的圣殿及综合楼。
奠基典礼由漳浦县基督教协会刘银国会长（本堂传道）主持，漳州市基督教协会副会长陈辉江牧师引用圣经《历代志下》22章5-10节，以《成就主托》为题分享。
漳州市基督教两会主席、会长庄静城牧师主礼圣殿奠基仪式，他率牧者、同工举行奠基礼并祝福“这殿后来的荣耀必大过先前的荣耀”。
漳浦联合诗班、浦邑堂诗班及本堂诗班献唱诗歌庆贺，来自漳州市基督教两会同工及漳浦县各教会信徒代表300多人参加圣殿奠基礼拜。
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福建漳州古雷港区基督教堂举行圣殿奠基感恩礼拜
A church in Gulei Port Area, Zhangzhou, Fujian, conducted a thanksgiving service for groundbreaking last Wednesday.
Originating as a Shanwei gathering place in Zhangpu County, the church planned to build more than 4,000 square meters of sanctuary and a complex building, with more than 2,000 square meters of land allocated and more than 10 million yuan of subsidy funds provided for reconstruction at a relocated site.
Liu Yinguo, a pastor of this church and president of Zhangpu County Christian Council (CC), presided over the groundbreaking service, in which Rev. Chen Huijiang, deputy president of the Zhangzhou Municipal CC, shared a sermon titled Fulfill the Lord’s Commitment, citing 2 Chronicles 22: 5-10.
Rev. Zhuang Jingcheng, chairman and president of the Zhangzhou CC&TSPM (Three-self Patriotic Movement), led the pastors and co-workers to conduct the foundation stone laying ceremony, saying "The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house."
The choir of this church and Puyi church, with Zhangpu joint choir, sang hymns to celebrate the groundbreaking. More than 300 people, including the co-workers of the Zhangzhou CC&TSPM and the believer representatives from various churches in Zhangpu county participated in the service.
-Translated by Abigail Wu
Fujian Hosts Thanksgiving Service for Church Groundbreaking
