80 Millionth Bible Celebration: The Lord Has Done a New and Wonderful Thing

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Nov 172010
Rev Dr Cao Shengjie giving a sermon at the Thanksgiving Service for the 80 millionth Bible Celebration. Photo: UBSCP

Rev Dr Cao Shengjie giving a sermon at the Thanksgiving Service for the 80 millionth Bible Celebration. Photo: UBSCP

“The Lord has done a new thing, a wonderful thing, a great thing!”, declared Rev Dr Cao Shengjie in her sermon at the Thanksgiving Service for the Completion of the 80 millionth Bible held in Nanjing on 8 Nov 2010. Rev Cao is the Co-Chairperson of the Advisory Committee of the Church in China and former President of the China Christian Council. Rev Cao recounted the time of the Cultural Revolution when Bibles were confiscated and destroyed. The Chinese Christians were deprived of their Bibles during those years. She remembered when the Chinese Church leaders gathered for their first Standing Committee meeting after the end of the Cultural Revolution in Shanghai in February 1980, they decided that one of their first urgent and important tasks was to print Bibles to meet the crying needs for the Word of God. Read more [...]
Posted by pamchoo at 5:19 pm Amity Printing Co, History, Jiangsu 江苏, Shanghai 上海

“I am not surprised ….” says Stephen Green

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Apr 092010
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Mr Green (right) with Mr Catford (left) and Mr Qiu (middle)(Photo: UBSCP/Jock)

“I am not surprised by the success of Amity Press -- it is meeting a need that is recognized in a society undergoing a remarkable transformation,” remarked Mr Stephen Green, Group Chairman of Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank (HSBC) at Nanjing’s Amity Printing Company on 24 March 2010. Mr Green and his wife, Jay, were accompanied by Mr James Catford, the Group Chief Executive of British and Foreign Bible Societies (BFBS) and Ms Sue Wilmot, Key Relationships Manager of BFBS. They were welcomed by Mr Qiu Zhonghui, the Board Chairman of Amity Printing Company, who led them in a tour of the printing facility. Both Mr and Mrs Green were extremely impressed with the operation of Amity Press. Read more [...]
Posted by pamchoo at 11:12 am Amity Printing Co, Beijing 北京, Henan 河南, Jiangsu 江苏, Seminary, Shanghai 上海

The Visually Impaired in China Needs Chinese Braille Bibles

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Nov 202009
Zhang Madam Zhang is a visually impaired person. She also has a weak heart and getting out of bed proved to be difficult at times. Her husband is mentally disabled. They do not have any children. She came to know the Lord in March 2000 and later joined a fellowship for the visually impaired in Harbin City that same year. She was baptized in 2008. Despite facing difficulties in living each day, Madam Zhang still attends church faithfully. She shares that the portion of Scripture that is especially dear to her is Psalms 23 because she needed the strength to see her through each day.Full of trust in the Lord, she says with a smile, “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. God promises to give strength. Every time I come across these verses, I would pray that God gives me strength and grant me good health because I have heart illnesses. Every time I read this verse, I am filled with joy because of His promises.” Read more [...]
Posted by pamchoo at 3:06 pm Amity Printing Co, Beijing 北京, Blind, Henan 河南, Jiangsu 江苏, Shanghai 上海
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