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Everyone Has a Story to Tell
A Testimony by Liu Jinzhi, 3rd year student from Jiangsu Province Bible School
Liu Jinzhi. Photo: Jiangsu CC/TSPM
There is a common Chinese saying, “Everyone has a story to tell”. I too have a story to tell: when I failed my senior high school national examination, I felt like it was the end of the world. Life ahead was bleak as I walked through the valley of utter hopelessness. I wanted to end my life. From the depth of my heart, I cried out, “The God of my father, where are you? Can you save me?”
When a man reaches the end of the road, he finds God there, waiting for him. My eyes lightened up suddenly when I saw my father’s Bible lying on the desk in a corner. [...] Continue Reading…
The Bible and I
Testimony by Liu Ming, 3rd year student from Jiangsu Province Bible School
Liu Ming reading the Bible
I am Liu Ming, a third year student from Jiangsu Province Bible School. I thank the Lord for His calling and leading in giving me the opportunity to take the 3-year Bible course. Not only did I gain a deeper understanding of the Bible, my perspective in life has also deepened through all the learning. I was a lay preacher in a rural church in Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province. I strongly believe that all Christians need to grow in our spiritual maturity and that can only be done through the reading of the Bible. As human beings, we cannot live without food; as Christians, we cannot live without the Bible. [...] Continue Reading…
Rev. Dr. Gao Ying says ‘Thanks to UBS’
Excerpts from an interview with Rev. Dr. Gao Ying, Vice Principal of the Nanjing Union Theological Seminary
Rev. Dr. Gao Ying has been in the Lord’s service for the last 3 decades. She has these words to say about the growth of Christianity in China and the collaborative relationship between the China Church and the United Bible Societies (UBS):
“Unlike the West, China does not have a Christian cultural background. Christians are a minority group here; they may count for only about one per cent of the total population in China. The figure is small although the absolute figure might be a large number. After more than 20 years of printing Bibles locally, the supply of Bibles is still insufficient to meet its demand. Not only the Christians are asking for the Bible, there are also a vast number of non-Christians who want to read the Bible for different reasons: some of them want to learn about Christianity from a cultural point of view. [...] Continue Reading…
The Cost of Being a Disciple – Rev. Dr. Gao Ying
Rev. Dr. Gao Ying. Photo:UBSCP/Jacqueline Ho.
Rev. Dr. Gao Ying, Vice Principal of the Nanjing Union Theological Seminary shares her testimony of faith.
I remembered the words of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew: ‘I came to set sons against their fathers, daughters against their mothers, daughters-in-law against their mothers-in-law; your worst enemies will be the members of your own family. Those who love their father or mother more than me are not fit to be my disciples; those who love their son or daughter more than me are not fit to be my disciples. Those who do not take up their cross and follow in my steps are not fit to be my disciples’ (Matthew 10:35- 38; GNT).
I come from a non-Christian family. [...] Continue Reading…
Sun-dried Bibles – by Father Wang Yuliang
Father Wang showing one of the sun-dried Bibles now used in the Shandong church. Photo:UBSCP/Chris Neo.
SHANDONG – I always felt that there were never enough Bibles in the churches in China. I grew up in a village church in Shandong province. More than 20 years ago, there were not more than 20 Catholic Bibles shared among the 500-600 parish members. In those days, church members would read the Bible aloud through the amplifiers for the rest of the congregation to listen to God’s Word.
A Bible, to me, was a rare and precious commodity. This leads me to share with you an incident in 2002…
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