A church in the Shanxi province in northern China ordained a pastor and 17 deacons.
On August 21, three weeks after Yaodu District Church in Linfen City resumed its on-site services, the ordination of pastors and the appointment of deacons were held after the Sunder service.
Before the worship, churchgoers entered having their itinerary code and health code checked with registration.
Zhang Xiaohua, the elder of the church, delivered a sermon with the title of "Follow in the Footsteps of the Lord and Learn to Be a Good Shepherd", saying Jesus had left a beautiful example. He shared that it was Jesus’ beautiful footprint that he was walking through all cities and villages, He had provided abundant supply by teaching, preaching, and healing", and that He had a pastor’s heart with spiritual concerns as He had compassion on the people when seeing them. Zhang exhorted worshippers to live a life worthy of the calling they have received and to make up their minds to imitate the Lord, follow Him, and obey the Lord’s command to reap His harvest. Just as the apostle Paul taught Timothy, "Do your best to present yourself approved to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth", the elder encouraged the congregation to look up onto the Great Shepherd Jesus Christ and learn to be a good shepherd.
During the ceremony, pastors and deacons accepted the laying on of hands after they shared their understanding of the office to which they have been called.
Born in 1977, the newly promoted Rev. Duan Yanqing entered the church ministry in 1992, followed by her studies at Jinling Nanjing Union Theological Seminary. After earning a master's degree, she has been serving in the office of Yaodu District CC&TSPM, responsible for the southeast parish of the city. The 17 deacons were recommended by churches and fellowship groups in the city in recent years.
- Translated by Livingstones Shi
中国北方的山西省的一个教会按立1个牧师，派立17名执事。
8月21日上午，是山西临汾市尧都区城区基督教堂恢复实体礼拜后的第三个主日，在主日崇拜后，举行了牧师圣职按立和执事派立典礼。
礼拜前，弟兄姊妹心在接受了查验行程码、健康码、登记后进入。
本堂张晓华长老做了《跟从主脚踪，学做好牧人》的主题证道，分别从主耶稣的佳美脚踪——“走遍各城各乡”；丰富供应——“教训宣讲医治”；属灵关怀——“他看见许多的人”；牧者心肠——“就怜悯他们”，阐述了主耶稣留下了美好榜样。他劝勉大家既然蒙召，就要与蒙召的恩相称，当立下心志，一心效法主，矢志跟随他，顺服主托付，收他的庄稼。就如使徒保罗所教训提摩太那样“你当竭力在上帝面前得蒙喜悦，按着正意分解真理的道，作无愧的工人”（提后2：15），仰望大牧者耶稣基督，学做好牧人。
圣职按立和执事派立典礼中，圣职按立誓约询问后，牧师、执事接受按手礼。
新晋的段燕青牧师生于1977年，1992年进入教会事工，后就读于金陵协和神学院，又攻读硕士研究生学位，毕业后一直在尧都区两会办公室服事，兼任城区东南片区负责人。另外17名执事都是城区各点及各团契近年来举荐的同工。
山西教会举行牧师圣职按立和执事派立崇拜
A church in the Shanxi province in northern China ordained a pastor and 17 deacons.
On August 21, three weeks after Yaodu District Church in Linfen City resumed its on-site services, the ordination of pastors and the appointment of deacons were held after the Sunder service.
Before the worship, churchgoers entered having their itinerary code and health code checked with registration.
Zhang Xiaohua, the elder of the church, delivered a sermon with the title of "Follow in the Footsteps of the Lord and Learn to Be a Good Shepherd", saying Jesus had left a beautiful example. He shared that it was Jesus’ beautiful footprint that he was walking through all cities and villages, He had provided abundant supply by teaching, preaching, and healing", and that He had a pastor’s heart with spiritual concerns as He had compassion on the people when seeing them. Zhang exhorted worshippers to live a life worthy of the calling they have received and to make up their minds to imitate the Lord, follow Him, and obey the Lord’s command to reap His harvest. Just as the apostle Paul taught Timothy, "Do your best to present yourself approved to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth", the elder encouraged the congregation to look up onto the Great Shepherd Jesus Christ and learn to be a good shepherd.
During the ceremony, pastors and deacons accepted the laying on of hands after they shared their understanding of the office to which they have been called.
Born in 1977, the newly promoted Rev. Duan Yanqing entered the church ministry in 1992, followed by her studies at Jinling Nanjing Union Theological Seminary. After earning a master's degree, she has been serving in the office of Yaodu District CC&TSPM, responsible for the southeast parish of the city. The 17 deacons were recommended by churches and fellowship groups in the city in recent years.
- Translated by Livingstones Shi
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