Henan Church: on Prayer and Children

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Apr 212011
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A vibrant worship service at a Henan Church. Photo: UBS/Dag Smemo

Henan Province: In one of the major cities in Henan, the 140,000 Christian residents of this city gather in 425 meeting points led by 9 ordained pastors, 27 elders and 1,100 lay preachers. Every year about 20 people from this city apply to enter the Henan Bible seminary but only half are accepted. Graduates of the seminary return to the churches and preach, thus providing more needed help to the over-worked pastors. Read more [...]
Posted by pamchoo at 10:46 am Children, Henan 河南, Jiangsu 江苏, Shanghai 上海

Telling Stories, Teaching Truths

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Apr 122011
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Excited children holding up their Bibles.

Henan: Seated on the cold, hard cement floor of a makeshift classroom was 8-year-old Zhang, listening attentively to her teacher reading a story from a pictorial Bible. Little Zhang was so captivated by the story-telling that she did not mind or even notice the freezing temperature in the cluttered room which was also used as a cooking and washing area for the church. Read more [...]
Posted by pamchoo at 12:35 pm Children, Henan 河南, Jiangsu 江苏, Shanghai 上海

Sold a buffalo to pay for Bible School

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Jan 152011

Ye Yahui (20 yrs old), a student at Henan Bible School. Photo: UBS/ Dag Smemo.

HENAN: Ye Yahui’s sharing left a lasting impression on me. She is a young student around 20 years of age, currently studying to be a preacher at Henan Bible School. Her home is a mountainous village where proper roads and transportation are unheard of. She stays a distance away from the church and would have to walk 10km, climbing up and down the mountainous terrains, to attend Sunday service. Her church consists of older people forming almost 50% of the entire congregation. For the elderly members, journeying to church is a daunting one, impossible to be completed within a day. The journey to church begins on the Saturday and their return trip is on the following Monday, since it would be too late to go home after the service on Sunday. Nevertheless, the elderly would faithfully brave the difficult walk week after week. Worshiping God has become more precious and meaningful. I am being reminded that true worship costs. Read more [...]
Posted by pamchoo at 11:00 am Henan 河南, Poor, Seminary
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