In late July, continuous heavy rainstorms led to serious floods in Zhengzhou, Xinxiang, Hebi, and other cities in Henan Province, leaving local people in "deep water".
Several believers from the Christian Truth Church in Yangxin County, Hubei Province, volunteered to donate money to the disaster area in Henan Province after exchanging views.
As such, those believers agreed through the church's deacon committee, to send out an initiative message in the church's WeChat group to donate money to the flood-stricken areas in Henan province, suggesting that the church assign a co-worker to record and collect donations for disaster relief. At the same time, these believers began to donate money in that WeChat group in the form of individual online red packets. Other believers of the church saw the message about the donation initiative for flood-stricken areas in Henan and the donation action of some believers, so they joined in, giving online red packets and noting that the money was for disaster relief in Henan.
In response to this action, the church’s deacon committee assigned a co-worker to collect and record donations from believers. Some old believers who do not know how to use WeChat to give red packets learned about this activity, asking their family members or other believers to help them give red packets, or directly gave cash to the co-worker responsible for collecting and recording the donations.
From July 29 to August 2, the church's followers donated a total of RMB15,250 to the disaster area in Henan. Having contacted a CC&TSPM branch in the flood-stricken area of Henan Province, the church's leader entrusted them with assisting the church in making the donation.
In fact, the believers of that church always followed the example of the "good Samaritan” and became the "neighbor" of people in the disaster area in every major natural disaster. At the beginning of 2020, the church was in the core disaster area of the novel coronavirus epidemic, yet the money and materials donated at that time amounted to more than 20,000 yuan.
The church was 1.7 million yuan in debt when it was built in 2018. Now it is still nearly 200,000 yuan in debt, which must be paid off this year, owning nearly 300 registered believers with about 150 weekly attendance on Sundays.
- Translated by Stephen Huang
七月下旬，河南省郑州、新乡、鹤壁等地市连降特大暴雨，给这些地区造成了特重大洪涝灾害，致使当地民众处在“水深火热”之中。
湖北省阳新县基督教真理堂的几位信徒在交通中，自愿为河南灾区捐款。
这样，这几位信徒通过该堂执事会同意，在该堂会的信徒微信群里发出为河南洪涝灾区捐款的倡议信息，并建议教会指派一位同工专门负责登记和收取赈灾捐款。同时，这几位信徒开始在该堂信徒微信群里，以发红包和接龙的方式开始捐款。该堂其他信徒看到这一为河南洪涝灾区捐款的倡议信息和某些信徒的捐款行动后，也纷纷接龙、发红包捐款，并注明用于河南赈灾。
针对信徒的这一行动，该堂执事会很快指定了一位同工负责收取和登记信徒所捐献的赈灾款。还有一些不会利用微信发红包的老信徒得知这一活动后，也纷纷找家人或主内弟兄姊妹帮助发红包捐款，或直接将现金交给负责收取和登记这笔捐款的同工手中。
从2021年7月29起至8月2日，该堂信徒共为河南灾区捐出人民币15,250元。该堂负责同工联系到河南省洪涝灾区的某地基督教两会，委托他们协助该堂将这笔捐款。
其实，在每次重大自然灾害中，该堂信徒都会自发地效法“好撒玛利亚人”，做灾区群众的“邻舍”。2020年初，该堂虽然处于新冠病毒疫情的核心灾区，但是，那次所捐的款物，共折合人民币2万余元。
该堂会在2018年建教堂时，欠下了170万元的外债，当前还下欠近20万元，且必须在今年还清。这对于在册信徒接近300人，平常主日聚会只有150人左右的阳新县基督教真理堂而言，也是一项不小的经济压力。
阳新县真理堂践行主爱 作灾区群众的“邻舍”
In late July, continuous heavy rainstorms led to serious floods in Zhengzhou, Xinxiang, Hebi, and other cities in Henan Province, leaving local people in "deep water".
Several believers from the Christian Truth Church in Yangxin County, Hubei Province, volunteered to donate money to the disaster area in Henan Province after exchanging views.
As such, those believers agreed through the church's deacon committee, to send out an initiative message in the church's WeChat group to donate money to the flood-stricken areas in Henan province, suggesting that the church assign a co-worker to record and collect donations for disaster relief. At the same time, these believers began to donate money in that WeChat group in the form of individual online red packets. Other believers of the church saw the message about the donation initiative for flood-stricken areas in Henan and the donation action of some believers, so they joined in, giving online red packets and noting that the money was for disaster relief in Henan.
In response to this action, the church’s deacon committee assigned a co-worker to collect and record donations from believers. Some old believers who do not know how to use WeChat to give red packets learned about this activity, asking their family members or other believers to help them give red packets, or directly gave cash to the co-worker responsible for collecting and recording the donations.
From July 29 to August 2, the church's followers donated a total of RMB15,250 to the disaster area in Henan. Having contacted a CC&TSPM branch in the flood-stricken area of Henan Province, the church's leader entrusted them with assisting the church in making the donation.
In fact, the believers of that church always followed the example of the "good Samaritan” and became the "neighbor" of people in the disaster area in every major natural disaster. At the beginning of 2020, the church was in the core disaster area of the novel coronavirus epidemic, yet the money and materials donated at that time amounted to more than 20,000 yuan.
The church was 1.7 million yuan in debt when it was built in 2018. Now it is still nearly 200,000 yuan in debt, which must be paid off this year, owning nearly 300 registered believers with about 150 weekly attendance on Sundays.
- Translated by Stephen Huang
Truth Church in Hubei Donates to Henan
