Church leaders and believers in Shandong, Guangxi, and Fujian provinces held memorial activities during the season of Qingming Festival and Easter.
On April 4, the day before the Qingming Festival, staff of Shandong CC&TSPM, teachers and students of Shandong Theological Seminary, more than 130 people in total, came to Heroes’ Mountain (Yingxiong Shan) Cemetery in Ji’nan, Shandong, to commemorate the revolutionary martyrs, said Shandong CC&TSPM.
In Guangxi, some churches held celebration activities as well as memorial events on April 9, the day of Easter. Beihai Church and Hepu Church in Guangxi visited graves with flowers in their church cemetery respectively. It is a tradition the Beihai church has followed for more than 130 years.
The gospel was spread to Beihai in 1886, and the Anglican Church established Puren Hospital and Puren Leprosy Hospital. Leprosy patients without families and relatives were buried in the Shiziling Graveyard (north of the current Changqing Park) after they died. It was built by foreigners and was also the first churchyard in Beihai. Later, the Lutheran Church built two Lutheran cemeteries (one of which has been moved to the Guangzhuling Graveyard) at Wenchang Tower in Hepu County and Guangdong Middle Road in Beihai City.
On April 11th, Fujian CC&TSPM held a memorial service to commemorate the resurrection of Christ and remember the deceased believers who were resting in the Lord’s arms.
The choir of the seminary sang two hymns, and Rev. Zhang Jiyou, vice president of the Fujian Christian Council and Fujian Theological Seminary, preached a sermon titled “A Fragrant Sacrifice” based on 2 Corinthians 2:14–16.
After the sermon, four pastors prayed for the peace of the country, the revival of the church, believers who passed away, and the renewal of believers' lives.
- Translated by Kristina Ran
山东，广西，福建的基督教领导和信徒去墓园扫墓。
据山东省基督教两会，4月4日，山东省基督教两会驻会班子成员和山东神学院师生130余人来到济南英雄山烈士陵园，追忆革命先烈。
4月9日是复活节。教会除了安排复活欢庆礼拜外，广西北海堂、合浦堂都组织部分信徒前往各自的教会墓园举行扫墓献花的活动。这是北海教会沿袭超过130多年的传统。
福音自1886年传到北海，圣公会先是创办了普仁医院和普仁麻风病院。无亲无故的麻风病人离世后就安葬在石子岭(现长青公园北侧)，是外国人修建，也是北海第一个教会墓园。后来的信义会在合浦文昌塔和北海现广东中路建造了两个信义墓园(其中一个已迁到光珠岭)。
4月11日上午，福建省基督教两会在福州市三山陵园天恩墓园举行“纪念基督复活暨安息主怀信徒追思”活动。
福建神学院诗班献唱2首赞美诗后，基于哥林多后书2章14-16节，福建省基督教协会副会长、福建神学院副院长张纪有牧师以《馨香之祭》为题进行了证道。
证道结束后，4位牧师为祖国和平，教会兴旺发展，为安息主怀的信徒，为信徒的生命更新祷告。
各教会追思活动
Church leaders and believers in Shandong, Guangxi, and Fujian provinces held memorial activities during the season of Qingming Festival and Easter.
On April 4, the day before the Qingming Festival, staff of Shandong CC&TSPM, teachers and students of Shandong Theological Seminary, more than 130 people in total, came to Heroes’ Mountain (Yingxiong Shan) Cemetery in Ji’nan, Shandong, to commemorate the revolutionary martyrs, said Shandong CC&TSPM.
In Guangxi, some churches held celebration activities as well as memorial events on April 9, the day of Easter. Beihai Church and Hepu Church in Guangxi visited graves with flowers in their church cemetery respectively. It is a tradition the Beihai church has followed for more than 130 years.
The gospel was spread to Beihai in 1886, and the Anglican Church established Puren Hospital and Puren Leprosy Hospital. Leprosy patients without families and relatives were buried in the Shiziling Graveyard (north of the current Changqing Park) after they died. It was built by foreigners and was also the first churchyard in Beihai. Later, the Lutheran Church built two Lutheran cemeteries (one of which has been moved to the Guangzhuling Graveyard) at Wenchang Tower in Hepu County and Guangdong Middle Road in Beihai City.
On April 11th, Fujian CC&TSPM held a memorial service to commemorate the resurrection of Christ and remember the deceased believers who were resting in the Lord’s arms.
The choir of the seminary sang two hymns, and Rev. Zhang Jiyou, vice president of the Fujian Christian Council and Fujian Theological Seminary, preached a sermon titled “A Fragrant Sacrifice” based on 2 Corinthians 2:14–16.
After the sermon, four pastors prayed for the peace of the country, the revival of the church, believers who passed away, and the renewal of believers' lives.
- Translated by Kristina Ran
Churches Commemorate Revolutionary Martyrs, Deceased Believers
