Church leaders visited and surveyed churches in Yunnan Province that had undergone construction as part of relocation, renovation, and expansion projects supported by churches throughout China, responding to the call of CCC&TSPM regarding the sinicization of Christianity.
The visits and survey were conducted by a group of 22 people from CCC&TSPM, including Chairman Rev. Xu Xiaohong of TSPM, President Rev. Wu Wei of CCC, and General Secretary Rev. Shan Weixiang of CCC, from June 5 to 9. CCC&TSPM reported that this research was carried out in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, located in Southwest China's Yunnan Province.
In the province, which had 129 counties, 122 had poverty alleviation tasks that included 88 national-level poverty-stricken counties and 27 deep-poverty counties.
In December 2019, Rev. Xu conducted research in Nujiang Prefecture and found that among the more than 40,000 Christians in Fugong County, over half of them (approximately 20,000 believers) needed to be relocated, thus requiring a solution for their places of worship. To address this issue, from 2020 to 2023, 17 CC&TSPMs and churches across the country raised more than five million yuan for 22 churches and gathering sites in Lushui City, Fugong County, and Gongshan County in Nujiang Prefecture. Nine buildings were rebuilt on the original site; nine buildings were rebuilt and expanded; three buildings were relocated and newly built; and one was reinforced and repaired. As of today, 21 churches have completed construction, and one of the churches has also received a piano valued at 16,000 yuan.
The research team conducted a survey starting at the Zhihuitian Church in Miangu Village, Pihe Nu Township, Fugong County (funded by the Beijing CC&TSPM), which had to be relocated to make way for road diversions.
The second stop was the Lisu pastor-designed-and-built Zion Church in Gongshan County (with a piano from Changshu Municipal CC&TSPM in Jiangsu Province). Rev. Wu Wei expressed his gratitude as he saw the worshipers of different nationalities gathering and praising God together. Then, the Mabiedi Church in Bapo Village, Dulongjiang Township (funded by Tianjin Municipal CC&TSPM) was surveyed as it had been destroyed in a mudslide in 2020 and was subsequently rebuilt with funding from churches around the world.
The fourth stop for the research team was the Shanghai CC&TSPM-funded Xianjiudang Church, which is located in the Dulong ethnic group's settlement. Reportedly, prior to the opening of the Gaoligongshan Tunnel, it used to take four days to travel from Gongshan County to Xianjiudang Village Church. Because of heavy snowfall, these mountainous regions were inaccessible for at least five months each year, making it impossible for the isolated Dulong population to enter or leave.
As part of their research, three groups headed by Rev. Xu Xiaohong, Rev. Wu Wei, and Rev. Shan Weixiang visited various churches on June 8. During one seminar, Wu discussed the rationale behind the sinicization of Christianity with respect to societal progress.
In the afternoon, the research team hiked up the mountain to visit the home of a Lisu believer for inquiry. The homestead belonged to an elderly couple and their granddaughter, a high school student who lost her parents when she was a young child and grew up with her grandparents. With support from the pastor of Yunnan Theological Seminary, she was able to attend school. Following exchanges with the family, the research team offered them financial assistance before departure.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
为了解基督教全国两会号召各地教会资助云南省怒江傈僳族自治州（下称“怒江州”）教会易地搬迁中新建、改扩建教堂事工落实情况，赴怒江州开展基督教中国化情况调研暨教会探访工作。
据基督教两会，6月5日至9日，中国基督教三自爱国运动委员会主席徐晓鸿牧师，中国基督教协会会长吴巍牧师、副会长兼总干事单渭祥牧师等一行22人，进行调研。
全省129个县中，122个曾有扶贫任务，其中国家级贫困县88个，深度贫困县多达27个。2015年1月，习近平总书记在云南考察时指出，要做好移民搬迁工作。
2019年12月，中国基督教三自爱国运动委员会主席徐晓鸿牧师赴怒江州展开调研工作，发现，怒江州福贡县4万多名基督徒中有2万名左右信徒需要易地搬迁，需解决搬迁后的信徒所需宗教活动场所问题。
2020年至2023年，基督教全国两会联络全国各地17个基督教两会、教会参与资助，筹款500余万元，先后对怒江州的泸水市、福贡县、贡山县三地22个基督教教堂及固定场所进行了专款专用拨付。原址重建9座，改扩建9座，搬迁新建3座，加固维修1座。目前21个教会均已得到重建、改扩建、搬迁新建和加固维修，其中一个教会还获得一架价值1.6万元的钢琴。
此次调研，调研组第一站是福贡县匹河怒族乡棉谷村指挥田教堂（北京市基督教两会资助），该教堂因需要为公路改道让路而易地搬迁。
第二站，调研组来到贡山县城的锡安堂（江苏省常熟市基督教两会资助钢琴一架），该堂由傈僳族牧师设计建造。中国基督教协会会长吴巍牧师也说，不同民族的信徒在一起敬拜赞美上帝，特别感恩。
调研的第三站是独龙江乡巴坡村麻别底教堂（天津市基督教两会资助）。该堂2020年在一场泥石流中被摧毁，后得到各地教会资助，得以重建。
第四站是献九当教堂（上海市基督教两会资助），也是独龙族聚居地的教会。据介绍，高黎贡山隧道开通前，从贡山县城到献九当教堂需要4天时间；居住在深山中的独龙族同胞每年至少有5个月因大雪封山不能进出。
6月8日，调研组分别由徐晓鸿牧师，吴巍牧师，副会长兼总干事单渭祥牧师带3组，探访不同的教会。
在探访座谈中，吴巍牧师以“为什么要基督教中国化”为切入点，结合时代发展分享。
午后，调研组爬山到一户傈僳族信徒家中入户调研。这里住着一对老年夫妇和他们的外孙女，女孩是一名高中在读学生，很小就失去双亲。由外公外婆抚养长大，在云南省基督教神学院一位牧师的资助下上学读书。交流后调研组离开之前送上爱心款。
基督教中国化赴云南怒江州调研扶贫援建
Church leaders visited and surveyed churches in Yunnan Province that had undergone construction as part of relocation, renovation, and expansion projects supported by churches throughout China, responding to the call of CCC&TSPM regarding the sinicization of Christianity.
The visits and survey were conducted by a group of 22 people from CCC&TSPM, including Chairman Rev. Xu Xiaohong of TSPM, President Rev. Wu Wei of CCC, and General Secretary Rev. Shan Weixiang of CCC, from June 5 to 9. CCC&TSPM reported that this research was carried out in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, located in Southwest China's Yunnan Province.
In the province, which had 129 counties, 122 had poverty alleviation tasks that included 88 national-level poverty-stricken counties and 27 deep-poverty counties.
In December 2019, Rev. Xu conducted research in Nujiang Prefecture and found that among the more than 40,000 Christians in Fugong County, over half of them (approximately 20,000 believers) needed to be relocated, thus requiring a solution for their places of worship. To address this issue, from 2020 to 2023, 17 CC&TSPMs and churches across the country raised more than five million yuan for 22 churches and gathering sites in Lushui City, Fugong County, and Gongshan County in Nujiang Prefecture. Nine buildings were rebuilt on the original site; nine buildings were rebuilt and expanded; three buildings were relocated and newly built; and one was reinforced and repaired. As of today, 21 churches have completed construction, and one of the churches has also received a piano valued at 16,000 yuan.
The research team conducted a survey starting at the Zhihuitian Church in Miangu Village, Pihe Nu Township, Fugong County (funded by the Beijing CC&TSPM), which had to be relocated to make way for road diversions.
The second stop was the Lisu pastor-designed-and-built Zion Church in Gongshan County (with a piano from Changshu Municipal CC&TSPM in Jiangsu Province). Rev. Wu Wei expressed his gratitude as he saw the worshipers of different nationalities gathering and praising God together. Then, the Mabiedi Church in Bapo Village, Dulongjiang Township (funded by Tianjin Municipal CC&TSPM) was surveyed as it had been destroyed in a mudslide in 2020 and was subsequently rebuilt with funding from churches around the world.
The fourth stop for the research team was the Shanghai CC&TSPM-funded Xianjiudang Church, which is located in the Dulong ethnic group's settlement. Reportedly, prior to the opening of the Gaoligongshan Tunnel, it used to take four days to travel from Gongshan County to Xianjiudang Village Church. Because of heavy snowfall, these mountainous regions were inaccessible for at least five months each year, making it impossible for the isolated Dulong population to enter or leave.
As part of their research, three groups headed by Rev. Xu Xiaohong, Rev. Wu Wei, and Rev. Shan Weixiang visited various churches on June 8. During one seminar, Wu discussed the rationale behind the sinicization of Christianity with respect to societal progress.
In the afternoon, the research team hiked up the mountain to visit the home of a Lisu believer for inquiry. The homestead belonged to an elderly couple and their granddaughter, a high school student who lost her parents when she was a young child and grew up with her grandparents. With support from the pastor of Yunnan Theological Seminary, she was able to attend school. Following exchanges with the family, the research team offered them financial assistance before departure.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Visits Conducted for 22 Churches Receiving Aid for Reconstruction in Yunnan
