Last Sunday was special to Zhangzhou Beimen Church in China's southeastern-coastal Fujian Province. The senior pastor of Guangzhou Dongshan Church led the fifth choir and the congregation to worship the Lord, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Zhangzhou church.
Beimen Church in Zhangzhou was formerly a family gathering place. In 2001, the believers rented a 60-square-meter office in Zhangzhou Glass Factory for gatherings during Easter. Pastor Huang Lihong, Elder Li Mingxi, and dozens of other believers studied the Bible with prayers and preached the gospel there. The numbers of churchgoers increased to around 70.
In 2003, a grain warehouse in Nankeng, Zhangzhou, was finally used as a new meeting point, and it became a fixed place that met the six requirements for setting up a registered church. On March 17, 2001, the Xiangcheng District Bureau of Religious Affairs formally approved the establishment of the "Christian North Gate Chapel in Xiangcheng District, Zhangzhou City."
The new church was built in September 2010 at the intersection of Xinhua North Road and Zhanghua Road in Xiangcheng District and was dedicated on October 6, 2017. With a total construction area of about 10,594 square meters (15.8 acres), it can accommodate 5,000 people. The church is the largest Christian church and a new landmark of modern architecture in Zhangzhou.
(The original article is published by Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Yuehan Jiang
昨天（4月18日）漳州基督教北门堂的主日很特别，广州东山堂主任牧师带领第五诗班与本堂全体肢体一同敬拜主，庆祝漳州北门教会创立20周年。
福建漳州州北门堂的前身是一个家庭聚会点，2001年复活节信徒们租用漳州玻璃厂的一个60平方米的办公室作为聚会使用，黄立红传道和李明西长老等十几个信徒就在这里查经、祷告、传讲福音。聚会人数逐年增加至六七十人。
2003年，终于在漳州南坑一处粮食仓库作为新的聚会点，成了一个符合设立教堂六大条件的固定场所。2001年3月17日，芗城区民宗局正式批准设立“漳州市芗城区基督教北门礼拜堂”。
现建成的新北门教堂是2010年9月在芗城区新华北路与漳华路交叉处奠基，2017年10月6日献堂，新堂总建筑面积约达10594平方米，可同时容纳五千人参加礼拜。北门礼拜堂是漳州市最大的基督教堂，也是漳州市现代建筑新地标。
福建漳州北门堂庆祝建堂20周年
Last Sunday was special to Zhangzhou Beimen Church in China's southeastern-coastal Fujian Province. The senior pastor of Guangzhou Dongshan Church led the fifth choir and the congregation to worship the Lord, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Zhangzhou church.
Beimen Church in Zhangzhou was formerly a family gathering place. In 2001, the believers rented a 60-square-meter office in Zhangzhou Glass Factory for gatherings during Easter. Pastor Huang Lihong, Elder Li Mingxi, and dozens of other believers studied the Bible with prayers and preached the gospel there. The numbers of churchgoers increased to around 70.
In 2003, a grain warehouse in Nankeng, Zhangzhou, was finally used as a new meeting point, and it became a fixed place that met the six requirements for setting up a registered church. On March 17, 2001, the Xiangcheng District Bureau of Religious Affairs formally approved the establishment of the "Christian North Gate Chapel in Xiangcheng District, Zhangzhou City."
The new church was built in September 2010 at the intersection of Xinhua North Road and Zhanghua Road in Xiangcheng District and was dedicated on October 6, 2017. With a total construction area of about 10,594 square meters (15.8 acres), it can accommodate 5,000 people. The church is the largest Christian church and a new landmark of modern architecture in Zhangzhou.
(The original article is published by Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Yuehan Jiang
Beimen Church in Fujian Marks 20th Anniversary
