Though churches in China are in lockdown due to recent COVID-19 spikes, they celebrated Passion Week virtually.
Below is a brief description of more than a dozen churches' online worship services during the most important festival in the Church Year.
Dushu Lake Church in Suzhou, Jiangsu, held morning prayer meeting every day during this week.
Besides broadcasting a live Palm Sunday service and Easter Sunday service, four pastors in Xiangcheng Church, Suzhou, hosted services from Monday to Saturday, recording the Good Friday evening prayer meeting which was posted on the WeChat account together with other pastoral workers and church council members.
Posting the scriptures and devotional articles on its official WeChat account, Mujia Garden Church in Suzhou held a meditation activity on sayings of Jesus on the cross, Easter Sunday morning service and Easter Sunday service, according to Suzhou CC&TSPM.
Jinsha New Area Church in Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, edited the "Suffering Week Special Issues", including Bible verses, festival introductions, important events, and meditation, which were updated every day. They also published a Bible reading plan, and Bible trivia quizzes which could help believers reinforce what they had read.
Senior Pastor Liu Xueguang of the Shuishiying Church in Dalian, Liaoning, hosted prayer meetings, services, and Bible reading activities which were not interrupted all year round, in which more than 1,000 believers participated every day. He also delivered a sermon during the Easter Sunday service.
In Yuguang Street Church, Dalian, Rev. Liu Haihua led the bible study fellowship to learn the scriptures about the resurrection of the Lord every day, forwarding articles such as Great Power Revealed by the Resurrection of Jesus from the magazine Tianfeng of CCC&TSPM. On Good Friday, church members engaged in fasting, prayer, meditation, and repentance.
Elder Zhou Fenglou of the Wenhua Road Church in Pulandian District, Dalian, aged 73, studied the Bible every day during Holy Week, publishing more than ten articles in the "Peace" series to encourage believers to stick to their beliefs without worries and stay at home amid the epidemic. He quoted Martin Luther’s sayings for the church members: “Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in the books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.”
Li Qingzhen, an 86-year-old pastor in Qinghe County, Uygur Autonomous Region, Xinjiang, released sermons, spiritual articles, and hymns. On Holy Sabbath, she announced a piece of good news that the Qinghe County Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau officially confirmed her as the leader of the church in the county, which opened a way for the resumption of the church that had been closed for many years.
Tumen Church in Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, hosted online services during the eight days of Passion Week, attracting believers to participate from Ningbo, Shandong, and Liaoning which are thousands of miles away.
Beihai Church in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region broadcast live four Easter Sunday services in Mandarin and Cantonese. Senior Pastor Zhang Yezhong, president of the Beihai CC&TSPM, shared a set of Chinese prints with believers, introducing the last journey of Jesus whose resurrection brought hope and peace.
Hepu County Church in Beihai City published Bible verses, metaphor stories, daily spiritual growth articles, hymns, prayers, and video files in the WeChat group, forwarding four virtual Easter Sunday services of Beihai Church, with believers making offerings for Easter Sunday.
In addition, Rev. Wang Ruiguang gave online sermons about Easter Sunday at Heilongjiang Theological Seminary, attended by more than 1,280 people.
Zhoujia Church in Dashiqiao City, Liaoning, Laohutun Church in Anshan, Liaoning, True God Church in the Fenghua District, Ningbo, Zhejiang, and Shiqiao Church in Cixi, Zhejiang, also carried out a variety of activities to mark Passion Week, such as sermons, praise meeting and worship on the Internet.
(The comprehensive news is originally published by the Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
因为疫情导致全国许多教堂的“双暂停”。各地教会并没有因为疫情暂停线下实地聚会而暂停受难周活动。
下面，介绍几个教会在受难周中网络的崇拜聚会活动的简况。
独墅湖堂举行受难周晨更祷告会记念耶稣受难,据苏州基督教两会
相城堂举办棕枝主日和复活主日崇拜直播，周一到周六分别由4位牧师 传道带领会众通过公众号线上灵修。受难日晚祷会由相城堂全体教职人员和堂委会成员参与录制，通过录播的形式在微信群播出。
从基督预苦期到复活节期间，慕家花园堂]通过微信公众号将今年预苦期和受难周经文、灵修分享列出，以便弟兄姊妹们学习与参与。在线上举行十架七言默想、复活节晨曦敬拜、复活节主日崇拜等。
黑龙江七台河金沙新区教会编辑了《受难周专刊》，包括圣经经文、节日介绍、重要事件、默想等栏目，每天更新，向信徒发布。他们每一天公众号都会发布读经计划，同时还会有圣经知识问答题，可在读经后进行作答巩固所读过的经文。
辽宁省大连市水师营教会，在刘雪光主任牧师的带领下，圣周的祷告群、讲道一直在进行。特别是读经群，常年不间断，每天都有1000多人次参与读经接龙。在复活节主日当天，刘牧师发表了讲章为主证道。
大连市玉光街教会，刘海华牧师带领查经团契坚持每天打卡查考与主复活的经文，并转发了《天风》杂志的《耶稣复活显明的大能力》等文章，在受难日，大家禁食祷告、安静默想，悔改向主。
大连市普兰店区文化路教会的周凤楼长老，年已73岁，在圣周每天查考圣经，并且以圣经为依据发表“平安”系列文章十余篇，鼓励信徒在大连市尚处在疫情期间坚守自己的信仰，不要忧虑、安心在家不外出，他引用马丁路德的名言和教会的肢体说：“你去看春天的每一片绿叶，上面都写满了复活的信息”。
新疆维吾尔族自治区青河县86岁的李青真老牧师，在圣周每天为信徒们发布有关证道讲章和灵修文章，歌诗赞美。在安息日，她报告了大家一个好消息：青河县民宗局正式行文，确认李牧师为该县教会（活动点）的负责人，从而为几年没有开放的教堂复堂打开了屏障。
陕西省西安市土门教会通过网络直播的方式在受难周的八天不间断的带领会众在网络听道聚会，并且吸引了远在千里之外宁波、山东、辽宁等地的信徒也参与圣周网络崇拜活动。
广西壮族自治区北海市基督教会，在主日复活节当天网络直播崇拜，由黄正欣牧师等传道人分别用国语（普通话）和粤语（当地话）进行四场的证道、赞美等聚会活动。北海市基督教协会会长张业忠牧师与信徒们分享了一组中国版画作品，介绍耶稣在世的最后行程，以及复活给我们带来平安的希望。
北海市所辖的合浦县基督教会在微信群里每天发布圣经经文、《喻道故事》、圣周每一天的灵修、赞美、祷告，和视频文件，并在复活节当天的主日转发北海市教会的四场网络直播聚会。信徒们为复活节奉献。
此外，黑龙江神学院由王瑞光牧师证道，讲解了《复活节讲道》课程，有1280多人次参加；辽宁省大石桥市周家教会、鞍山市老虎屯教会、浙江省宁波市奉化区泉口真神堂教会、慈溪市师桥教会等各地教会也都以网络的方式开展圣周的讲道、赞美和崇拜等多种多样的受难周纪念活动和聚会。
（福音时报特约撰稿人综合报道）
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多地教会受难周网络崇拜活动剪影
Though churches in China are in lockdown due to recent COVID-19 spikes, they celebrated Passion Week virtually.
Below is a brief description of more than a dozen churches' online worship services during the most important festival in the Church Year.
Dushu Lake Church in Suzhou, Jiangsu, held morning prayer meeting every day during this week.
Besides broadcasting a live Palm Sunday service and Easter Sunday service, four pastors in Xiangcheng Church, Suzhou, hosted services from Monday to Saturday, recording the Good Friday evening prayer meeting which was posted on the WeChat account together with other pastoral workers and church council members.
Posting the scriptures and devotional articles on its official WeChat account, Mujia Garden Church in Suzhou held a meditation activity on sayings of Jesus on the cross, Easter Sunday morning service and Easter Sunday service, according to Suzhou CC&TSPM.
Jinsha New Area Church in Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, edited the "Suffering Week Special Issues", including Bible verses, festival introductions, important events, and meditation, which were updated every day. They also published a Bible reading plan, and Bible trivia quizzes which could help believers reinforce what they had read.
Senior Pastor Liu Xueguang of the Shuishiying Church in Dalian, Liaoning, hosted prayer meetings, services, and Bible reading activities which were not interrupted all year round, in which more than 1,000 believers participated every day. He also delivered a sermon during the Easter Sunday service.
In Yuguang Street Church, Dalian, Rev. Liu Haihua led the bible study fellowship to learn the scriptures about the resurrection of the Lord every day, forwarding articles such as Great Power Revealed by the Resurrection of Jesus from the magazine Tianfeng of CCC&TSPM. On Good Friday, church members engaged in fasting, prayer, meditation, and repentance.
Elder Zhou Fenglou of the Wenhua Road Church in Pulandian District, Dalian, aged 73, studied the Bible every day during Holy Week, publishing more than ten articles in the "Peace" series to encourage believers to stick to their beliefs without worries and stay at home amid the epidemic. He quoted Martin Luther’s sayings for the church members: “Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in the books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.”
Li Qingzhen, an 86-year-old pastor in Qinghe County, Uygur Autonomous Region, Xinjiang, released sermons, spiritual articles, and hymns. On Holy Sabbath, she announced a piece of good news that the Qinghe County Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau officially confirmed her as the leader of the church in the county, which opened a way for the resumption of the church that had been closed for many years.
Tumen Church in Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, hosted online services during the eight days of Passion Week, attracting believers to participate from Ningbo, Shandong, and Liaoning which are thousands of miles away.
Beihai Church in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region broadcast live four Easter Sunday services in Mandarin and Cantonese. Senior Pastor Zhang Yezhong, president of the Beihai CC&TSPM, shared a set of Chinese prints with believers, introducing the last journey of Jesus whose resurrection brought hope and peace.
Hepu County Church in Beihai City published Bible verses, metaphor stories, daily spiritual growth articles, hymns, prayers, and video files in the WeChat group, forwarding four virtual Easter Sunday services of Beihai Church, with believers making offerings for Easter Sunday.
In addition, Rev. Wang Ruiguang gave online sermons about Easter Sunday at Heilongjiang Theological Seminary, attended by more than 1,280 people.
Zhoujia Church in Dashiqiao City, Liaoning, Laohutun Church in Anshan, Liaoning, True God Church in the Fenghua District, Ningbo, Zhejiang, and Shiqiao Church in Cixi, Zhejiang, also carried out a variety of activities to mark Passion Week, such as sermons, praise meeting and worship on the Internet.
(The comprehensive news is originally published by the Gospel Times.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Many Churches’ Online Celebrations of Holy Week
