Anxi Church in Pingnan County, Ningde City, Fujian Province, held a thanksgiving service for reconstruction last Wednesday.
Lin Shengfeng, senior pastor of Beimen Church in Jiaocheng District, said that to build a church to glorify the Lord's name, the members needed to rely on the Lord, let Him be the first and keep the Father's work in mind. He said irrespective of the external sanctuary or the internal believers’ heart, Anxi Church should be able to leave a good impression on people who came to Anxi Village and send out the aroma of Christ by establishing its own "brand".
Rev. Lin Jiaxing gave a sermon titled "New Creations in the New Church", in which he urged believers to be new creations who were of one mind, loved each other, adhered to the truth, and exalted Christ to glorify His name. Christians were encouraged to live out their faith by equipping themselves with truth to resist heretics and cults and to give full play to different gifts to build the temple of God.
Chen Changshi, the head of Anxi Church, introduced the brief history of the church. Introduced before 1949, the gospel was spread in 1981 again by Qiu Yinzhang from Daixi Township, who came to Anxi Village to make clothes. The number of believers grew from less than ten to more than one hundred, but there was no fixed place for gathering. With the support of Chen Daoyang, the church borrowed his land (about 160 square meters in Yangtou, Anxi Village) to build a simple meeting place in 1990. Till October 23, 2019, the church invested 60,000 RMB to purchase this land, with the foundation stone laying ceremony held on October 28, 2019. After the reconstruction was finished, they held a thanksgiving service for the new church on December 19, 2020, according to Pingnan CC&TSPM.
Rev. Xie Baihan, chairman of the Jiaocheng District CC&TSPM (Christian Council & Three-Self Patriotic Movement), exhorted believers to build themselves in the faith, strive to spread the gospel, and testify the Lord’s name, citing Hebrews 3:14, Psalms 119:11 and Philippians 1:27.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
2021年5月5日，屏南县基督教安溪教会迎来了新堂落成感恩礼拜。宁德市基督教两会领导和部分班子成员与各县（市、区）的牧长、嘉宾、同工同道等受邀参加庆典感恩礼拜。
蕉城区基督教北门堂主任林生锋牧师以《建造荣耀主名的教会》为题分享三点：一、让上帝居首位；二、以父家事为念；三、坚心依靠主。安溪教会无论外在圣殿还是内在圣殿，都要能使来到安溪的人留下美好的印象，建立自己的“品牌”，彰显基督的馨香之气。
林加兴牧师以《新堂要有新造的人》为题劝勉：一、要同心合意；二、要彼此相爱；三、要坚持真理；四、要高举基督；五、要荣耀主名。信徒要努力做新造的人，活出信仰，以真理装备自己，抵挡异端邪教，发挥不同恩赐，共同建造神的殿。
安溪教会负责人陈长施同工介绍安溪教堂简史：安溪村的福音是解放前传入，1981年，由代溪镇邱银赠姐妹来到安溪村做衣服将福音再次传入，从不到十人发展至一百多人。由于没有固定的场所聚会，在信徒陈道样弟兄的支持下，1990年，教会借用他的土地（土名安溪村洋头160平方米）建造简易聚会点，2019年10月23日本堂会决定出资陆万元人民币购买安溪村洋头160平方米（即1990年教会借用陈道样弟兄土地搭建的原址），于2019年10月28日举行重建教堂奠基礼拜。2020年12月19日举行搬进新堂洁净感恩礼拜。
蕉城区基督教三自爱国运动委员会主席谢柏涵牧师引用《希伯来书》3章14节，《诗篇》119章11节，《腓立比书》1章27节的经文，劝勉信徒在真道上建立自己，努力传扬福音，见证主名。
福建屏南县基督教安溪教会新堂落成感恩礼拜
Anxi Church in Pingnan County, Ningde City, Fujian Province, held a thanksgiving service for reconstruction last Wednesday.
Lin Shengfeng, senior pastor of Beimen Church in Jiaocheng District, said that to build a church to glorify the Lord's name, the members needed to rely on the Lord, let Him be the first and keep the Father's work in mind. He said irrespective of the external sanctuary or the internal believers’ heart, Anxi Church should be able to leave a good impression on people who came to Anxi Village and send out the aroma of Christ by establishing its own "brand".
Rev. Lin Jiaxing gave a sermon titled "New Creations in the New Church", in which he urged believers to be new creations who were of one mind, loved each other, adhered to the truth, and exalted Christ to glorify His name. Christians were encouraged to live out their faith by equipping themselves with truth to resist heretics and cults and to give full play to different gifts to build the temple of God.
Chen Changshi, the head of Anxi Church, introduced the brief history of the church. Introduced before 1949, the gospel was spread in 1981 again by Qiu Yinzhang from Daixi Township, who came to Anxi Village to make clothes. The number of believers grew from less than ten to more than one hundred, but there was no fixed place for gathering. With the support of Chen Daoyang, the church borrowed his land (about 160 square meters in Yangtou, Anxi Village) to build a simple meeting place in 1990. Till October 23, 2019, the church invested 60,000 RMB to purchase this land, with the foundation stone laying ceremony held on October 28, 2019. After the reconstruction was finished, they held a thanksgiving service for the new church on December 19, 2020, according to Pingnan CC&TSPM.
Rev. Xie Baihan, chairman of the Jiaocheng District CC&TSPM (Christian Council & Three-Self Patriotic Movement), exhorted believers to build themselves in the faith, strive to spread the gospel, and testify the Lord’s name, citing Hebrews 3:14, Psalms 119:11 and Philippians 1:27.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
New Church Completed in Fujian
