Recently, the severe COVID-19 outbreak in Jilin Province has attracted much attention, among which Jilin city and Changchun city are more serious.
On March 11, the city of Changchun was forced to press the pause button and start round after round of citywide nucleic acid testing. According to the latest news of the pandemic, 1,317 new local confirmed cases had been reported in Jilin on March 15, including 455 in Jilin and 268 in Changchun. In such a difficult time, churches in Changchun also participate in the anti-epidemic action.
On March 14, Rev. C's church launched a fundraising campaign for the outbreak, and at the same time, they issued an appeal, saying that believers who feel moved can serve as volunteers if conditions permit.
Rev. C stated that he was touched to donate money for the pandemic at that time, and posted the donation initiative on his personal platform, hoping to influence some people. "Whether they have faith or not, they can see that someone is doing it, which can arouse their love," he shared.
Many believers began to donate after learning about it, and some also signed up through the community to become volunteers. In the community, they help to do some disinfection work, deliver vegetables, food, and other daily necessities to some residents.
One of the female Christians, Yang, stayed up all night because she needed to come to the house to do nucleic acid testing for residents. After the church staff learned about it, they asked others to pray for her body: "We're worried that her heart can't take it anymore if she stayed up all night. Please pray for her." Yang replied, "Thank you for praying for me and giving me strength." She replied with a hug emoji. On March 15th, another pastor surnamed Fan in the church also took part in volunteer activities with his daughter and sister.
Due to certain limitations, some pastors and believers could not participate as volunteers, so they offered prayers for the believers and volunteers who were engaged in the service. For a long time, the church organized an hour of prayer every night. At first, they interceded for people's lost souls. Recently, due to the severity of the pandemic, they began to pray for the virus and the various pandemic prevention efforts.
C said, "Although we can't do anything together with them, we hope that the power of prayer can come to them." Through this hour of prayer, many believers also reported that their souls were awakened.”
"In this era, our faith should go out even more. The Lord Jesus said that we are the light of the world and the salt of the world, and the light must shine the darkness of the world, with salt keeping the world from corruption, so we need to bear witness to the Lord in a socially acceptable way. In the past, we used to talk about faith in the church and in front of the congregation, but now it is different, as we can be part of the community. We may not have to say that we are believers, but we can let the unbelievers around us see our faith through our actions, as this testimony will truly glorify God.”
C emphasized that social service was what the church should do. "From the perspective of evangelism, we should do our best and do our duty when the surrounding environment is difficult. Seeing that many enthusiastic people are actively participating, those of us who believe in God should also do like that, which God told us to do,” he added.
They were also involved in the relief work of the flooding in Henan and the Wuhan outbreak.
In the end, C said that in fact, not only his church was doing this, but also many churches opened their churches for the fight against the virus. Many Christians were participating in their own way, an example of which was to cook breakfast for the volunteers.
Translated by Leo Liu
近日，吉林省疫情备受关注，其中较为严重的是吉林市和长春市。
3月11日，长春这座城市被迫按下了暂停键，开启一轮又一轮的核酸检测。根据疫情最新消息，截止3月14日0-24时，全省新增本地确诊病例3076，其中吉林市2601例，长春市460例。在如此次艰难的时刻，长春有教会也参与到了抗疫行动中。
3月14日，C牧师所在教会为此次疫情发起了募捐活动，同时发出呼吁，希望条件许可、有感动的信徒可以参与到志愿者服侍中。
C牧师说，当时他有感动为此次疫情捐款，并将捐款活动发在了个人平台上，希望藉此影响到一些人，“不管是有信仰的还是没有信仰的，他们能够看到有人在这样做，能唤起他们的爱心。” 他分享到。
很多信徒得知后都开始参与捐款，有些也通过社区报名希望成为志愿者。在社区中，他们帮助做一些消毒工作，为一些居民送蔬菜和食物以及其他生活用品。
其中一位杨姊妹因为需要上门为居民做核酸检测一夜没睡，教会同工们得知后，请大家为她的身体祷告：“一宿不睡担心她的心脏受不了，大家为她祷告吧。”杨姊妹则回复到，“感谢大家给我祷告，给我加力量。”并回了一个拥抱的表情。3月15日，堂里另一名范教士带着自己的女儿还有妹妹都参与到志愿活动中……
因为条件限制，有的牧者和信徒不能参与到志愿者的行列中，他们就在背后为参与服侍的信徒以及每一个志愿者献上祷告。一直以来，教会每晚都会组织一个小时的祷告活动。起先是为了灵魂代求，近期因为疫情严重，开始为疫情和各项防疫工作献上祷告。C牧师说，“我们虽然不能和他们一起做什么，但我们希望祷告的力量可以临到他们。”通过这一个小时的祷告，很多信徒也反馈说觉得自己的灵魂被唤醒了。
“今天这个时代，我们的信仰更应当走出去。主耶稣说我们是世上的光，世上的盐，光要照亮这个世界的黑暗，盐则能保证这个世界不腐败，所以我们应当用社会能够认可的方式为主作见证，以往我们都是在教会中谈信仰，在讲台上谈信仰，但是现在不一样了，我们可以融入到社会中，可能不必提我们是有信仰的人，但是让周围的不信者因我们的实际行动看到我们的信仰，这种见证也会真正的荣耀神。”
C牧师强调社会服务是教会应当做的，“从我们传福音的角度应当做，另外在周围环境艰难的时刻我们更应当尽我们的所能和本分，看很多热心的人都在积极参与，我们信仰的人更应该如此，上帝也让我们这样去行。”
在河南洪灾和武汉疫情中，他们也都参与其中。
最后C牧师表示，其实不止他们一间教会在做，还有很多教会把教堂贡献出来，也不止这一群基督徒在参与，还有很多基督徒通过自己的方式参与其中，有的就是去为志愿者们做一顿早餐。
疫情之下，长春教会呼吁信徒积极参与抗疫行动
Recently, the severe COVID-19 outbreak in Jilin Province has attracted much attention, among which Jilin city and Changchun city are more serious.
On March 11, the city of Changchun was forced to press the pause button and start round after round of citywide nucleic acid testing. According to the latest news of the pandemic, 1,317 new local confirmed cases had been reported in Jilin on March 15, including 455 in Jilin and 268 in Changchun. In such a difficult time, churches in Changchun also participate in the anti-epidemic action.
On March 14, Rev. C's church launched a fundraising campaign for the outbreak, and at the same time, they issued an appeal, saying that believers who feel moved can serve as volunteers if conditions permit.
Rev. C stated that he was touched to donate money for the pandemic at that time, and posted the donation initiative on his personal platform, hoping to influence some people. "Whether they have faith or not, they can see that someone is doing it, which can arouse their love," he shared.
Many believers began to donate after learning about it, and some also signed up through the community to become volunteers. In the community, they help to do some disinfection work, deliver vegetables, food, and other daily necessities to some residents.
One of the female Christians, Yang, stayed up all night because she needed to come to the house to do nucleic acid testing for residents. After the church staff learned about it, they asked others to pray for her body: "We're worried that her heart can't take it anymore if she stayed up all night. Please pray for her." Yang replied, "Thank you for praying for me and giving me strength." She replied with a hug emoji. On March 15th, another pastor surnamed Fan in the church also took part in volunteer activities with his daughter and sister.
Due to certain limitations, some pastors and believers could not participate as volunteers, so they offered prayers for the believers and volunteers who were engaged in the service. For a long time, the church organized an hour of prayer every night. At first, they interceded for people's lost souls. Recently, due to the severity of the pandemic, they began to pray for the virus and the various pandemic prevention efforts.
C said, "Although we can't do anything together with them, we hope that the power of prayer can come to them." Through this hour of prayer, many believers also reported that their souls were awakened.”
"In this era, our faith should go out even more. The Lord Jesus said that we are the light of the world and the salt of the world, and the light must shine the darkness of the world, with salt keeping the world from corruption, so we need to bear witness to the Lord in a socially acceptable way. In the past, we used to talk about faith in the church and in front of the congregation, but now it is different, as we can be part of the community. We may not have to say that we are believers, but we can let the unbelievers around us see our faith through our actions, as this testimony will truly glorify God.”
C emphasized that social service was what the church should do. "From the perspective of evangelism, we should do our best and do our duty when the surrounding environment is difficult. Seeing that many enthusiastic people are actively participating, those of us who believe in God should also do like that, which God told us to do,” he added.
They were also involved in the relief work of the flooding in Henan and the Wuhan outbreak.
In the end, C said that in fact, not only his church was doing this, but also many churches opened their churches for the fight against the virus. Many Christians were participating in their own way, an example of which was to cook breakfast for the volunteers.
Translated by Leo Liu
Jilin Church Calls On Believers To Participate in Anti-Epidemic Cooperation as COVID-19 Cases Surge
