A Shaanxi church held a thanksgiving celebration for the fourth anniversary of the completion of its sanctuary.
From July 10 to 11, besides playing the video of the dedication of the sanctuary four years ago, Shuguang Church in Baoji, Shaanxi, held sermons, a praise meeting, theatrical performances, baptism, and communion services.
One day in 1992, five believers started to gather without a fixed meeting place. Worshipping God outside sometimes, they rode bicycles through streets to preach the gospel, so people jokingly referred to it as a "church on a bicycle".
In October of 2006, they rented a two-story warehouse with 500 square meters (0.0124 acres) from the Riza Company in Shuguang Road for more than ten years as their first temple, so it was called “Shuguang Church”. In 2012, due to the demolition of the company that owned the warehouse, they built a small church in 15 days, which was called the "Sanctuary of Floating Board Houses".
After four years of hard work, the new church was completed in December 2016. Christmas services were held on that Christmas, followed by five days’ celebrations of dedication held on July 12, 2017.
In the Sunday service conducted on July 11, 2021, 17 seekers were baptized by sprinkling.
(The article is originally published by the Gospel Times and the author is a Christian in Shaanxi.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
陕西宝鸡曙光教会，于2021年7月10日至11日，举行了圣殿落成四周年感恩庆祝活动。
其中包括有一堂证道，一堂回放当年献殿盛况视频，专场赞美和专场圣乐感恩文艺演出，施洗和圣餐二场圣礼等。
在1992年的一天，他们开始了5人聚会的启程。因没有固定的聚会场所，他们天当房子、地当炕。骑着自行车穿街走巷传福音，被人们戏喻为自行车上的教会……
在2006年10月的秋天，他们租到了曙光路日杂公司尘封十多年的500多平方米二层库房，建起了他们第一座圣殿, 因此得名“曙光教会”。2012年，因日杂公司要拆迁，他们又头顶烈日，以15天奇迹般的速度，搭建起第二座圣殿，还被大家亲切称为“水上板房圣殿”。
接下来历经4年的艰苦努力，于2016年的12月份，新堂终于落成了。在这年的12月25日，他们在新建教堂终于举行了圣诞节大聚会，并在次年的7月12日隆重举行了连续5天的献堂盛典大聚会。
周日的礼拜中，17名初信弟兄姊妹接受了点水施洗。
（本文作者渭水，为陕西一基督徒。）http://www.gospeltimes.cn/article/index/id/57034
陕西宝鸡曙光教会举行圣殿落成四周年感恩聚会
A Shaanxi church held a thanksgiving celebration for the fourth anniversary of the completion of its sanctuary.
From July 10 to 11, besides playing the video of the dedication of the sanctuary four years ago, Shuguang Church in Baoji, Shaanxi, held sermons, a praise meeting, theatrical performances, baptism, and communion services.
One day in 1992, five believers started to gather without a fixed meeting place. Worshipping God outside sometimes, they rode bicycles through streets to preach the gospel, so people jokingly referred to it as a "church on a bicycle".
In October of 2006, they rented a two-story warehouse with 500 square meters (0.0124 acres) from the Riza Company in Shuguang Road for more than ten years as their first temple, so it was called “Shuguang Church”. In 2012, due to the demolition of the company that owned the warehouse, they built a small church in 15 days, which was called the "Sanctuary of Floating Board Houses".
After four years of hard work, the new church was completed in December 2016. Christmas services were held on that Christmas, followed by five days’ celebrations of dedication held on July 12, 2017.
In the Sunday service conducted on July 11, 2021, 17 seekers were baptized by sprinkling.
(The article is originally published by the Gospel Times and the author is a Christian in Shaanxi.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Shaanxi Church Marks 4th Anniversary of Building Completion
