Chinese Christian Council (CCC) held an online conference with the Luis Palau Association in the United States on June 17.
Sharing their friendship, they exchanged views on the efforts of the two countries’ churches to fight against COVID-19, and the ministries they carried out under the normalization of pandemic prevention and control.
Rev. Shen Xuebin, deputy president of the CCC, introduced China's international cooperation on the COVID-19 pandemic and the status quo of the resumption of Chinese churches’ ministries. He also showed pictures of the mutual visits of the two sides more than 20 years ago, reviewing the long-standing friendly exchanges between them.
Rev. Andrew Palau, son of the late international Christian evangelist Luis Palau, thanked Chinese churches and the China Religious Cultural Communication Association for their immediate messages of condolence following the death of his father in March 2021. He claimed that he had prayed for believers in China all the time, although they could not see each other due to the pandemic. He also expressed that he would carry on his father's will with his family, which was passing on the friendship between the Louis Palau Association and the Chinese people from generation to generation, adding that the two sides would visit each other as soon as possible after the pandemic is over.
Luis Palau was one of the well-known evangelists in the United States. Greatly influenced by another American evangelist, Billy Graham, who gave him help and support in his early years, Palau held many large-scale evangelistic meetings in the United States and around the world. To make his evangelism more systematic, he established the Luis Palau Association, which his son was also involved in. At present, in addition to evangelism, the organization is also engaged in social services, charity, and relief work. Palau had visited China many times and was invited to give sermons in some churches before his death.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
2021年6月17日上午，中国基督教协会与美国路易帕劳协会举行了视频会议。双方共叙友谊，就两国教会抗击新冠疫情及疫情防控常态化下开展事工情况进行了交流。
中国基督教协会驻会副会长沈学彬牧师介绍了中国开展国际疫情合作的情况，分享了教会有序恢复事工的现状。他还展示了二十多年前双方互访的图片资料，回顾了双方友好交往。
安德鲁·帕劳牧师对中国教会和中华宗教文化交流协会在其父亲去世后，第一时间发去唁电表示衷心感谢。他说，虽因疫情阻隔我们不能相见，但一直为中国的弟兄姊妹祷告。他表示将和家人一道秉承父亲的遗志，将路易帕劳协会和中国人民的友谊一代一代传承下去！期盼疫情结束后，双方能尽快互访。
附路易帕劳协会简介：
路易·帕劳（Luis Palau）是美国著名的布道家之一，早年曾得到美国布道家葛培理的帮助与支持，受其影响较大。帕劳随后逐渐显露大型布道的能力，在美国和世界各地多次举办布道会。后来，帕劳成立了路易帕劳协会，使他的布道工作更为系统化。他的儿子也参与到该组织的工作中。目前，除了福音布道外，该组织也从事一些社会服务、慈善救济等方面的工作。路易·帕劳曾多次来访中国，也曾应邀在一些教会讲道。
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中国基督教协会与美国路易帕劳协会举行视频会议
Chinese Christian Council (CCC) held an online conference with the Luis Palau Association in the United States on June 17.
Sharing their friendship, they exchanged views on the efforts of the two countries’ churches to fight against COVID-19, and the ministries they carried out under the normalization of pandemic prevention and control.
Rev. Shen Xuebin, deputy president of the CCC, introduced China's international cooperation on the COVID-19 pandemic and the status quo of the resumption of Chinese churches’ ministries. He also showed pictures of the mutual visits of the two sides more than 20 years ago, reviewing the long-standing friendly exchanges between them.
Rev. Andrew Palau, son of the late international Christian evangelist Luis Palau, thanked Chinese churches and the China Religious Cultural Communication Association for their immediate messages of condolence following the death of his father in March 2021. He claimed that he had prayed for believers in China all the time, although they could not see each other due to the pandemic. He also expressed that he would carry on his father's will with his family, which was passing on the friendship between the Louis Palau Association and the Chinese people from generation to generation, adding that the two sides would visit each other as soon as possible after the pandemic is over.
Luis Palau was one of the well-known evangelists in the United States. Greatly influenced by another American evangelist, Billy Graham, who gave him help and support in his early years, Palau held many large-scale evangelistic meetings in the United States and around the world. To make his evangelism more systematic, he established the Luis Palau Association, which his son was also involved in. At present, in addition to evangelism, the organization is also engaged in social services, charity, and relief work. Palau had visited China many times and was invited to give sermons in some churches before his death.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
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