A centennial church in Shanxi Province, Northern China, held the first collective memorial service after the three-year pandemic.
Linfen Yaodu District Church hosted the memorial service at the city church on November 22. Following Pastor Guo Lingquan reciting Revelation 14:13, Pastor Wang Shuai delivered a sermon titled “Blessed Are Those Who Die in the Lord.” Wang elaborated on four points: being in Christ is a requirement for blessed death; rest from labor is the reason for blessed death; blessed death actually occurs along with fruitful work; and God highly values the glory of blessed death.
Following the sermon, the church played a short video, “A Hundred Years of Martyrdom,” featuring the last words from a representative dozen of the 241 missionaries who were martyred for the Lord in Shanxi during the Boxer Rebellion. Subsequently, the introduction of the departed faithful servant of Christ in the church was presented, reviewing the brief history of the establishment and development of churches in Linfen.
(The article is originally published by the Gospel Times and the author reported in Linfen, Shanxi.)
- Translated by Poppy Chan
中国北方的山西省一大教堂举行三年疫情后首次大型追思纪念活动。
11月22日，临汾市尧都区教会在城区教堂举办追思礼拜。郭灵泉传道宣读了《启示录》14章13节后，王帅传道做了《在主里面而死的人有福了》的证道。他从四个方面分享：有福而死的前提是在基督里；有福而死的原因是歇了劳苦；有福而死的实际是做工果效随着；有福而死的荣耀神必看重。
此后教会播放了《百年殉道血》的短视频，通过展现在义和团运动中山西为主殉道的241名宣教士中有代表性的十几位的临终遗言。接着又播放了曾为临汾教会的已离世的基督忠仆的简介，回顾了临汾教会的传入和发展简史
注：本文作者为福音时报特约撰稿人。
山西教会疫情后首次举行追思活动
A centennial church in Shanxi Province, Northern China, held the first collective memorial service after the three-year pandemic.
Linfen Yaodu District Church hosted the memorial service at the city church on November 22. Following Pastor Guo Lingquan reciting Revelation 14:13, Pastor Wang Shuai delivered a sermon titled “Blessed Are Those Who Die in the Lord.” Wang elaborated on four points: being in Christ is a requirement for blessed death; rest from labor is the reason for blessed death; blessed death actually occurs along with fruitful work; and God highly values the glory of blessed death.
Following the sermon, the church played a short video, “A Hundred Years of Martyrdom,” featuring the last words from a representative dozen of the 241 missionaries who were martyred for the Lord in Shanxi during the Boxer Rebellion. Subsequently, the introduction of the departed faithful servant of Christ in the church was presented, reviewing the brief history of the establishment and development of churches in Linfen.
(The article is originally published by the Gospel Times and the author reported in Linfen, Shanxi.)
- Translated by Poppy Chan
Shanxi Church Hosts First Memorial Service Post-Pandemic
