Starting from a small gathering, a church in Fujian held a worship service and ceremony to celebrate its 30th anniversary.
Rev. Huang Liangguang shared a sermon titled “A Church of the Lord” at Quqiao Church in Licheng District, Putian City, on December 2. In the sermon, Rev. Huang first made the point that the Lord Jesus founded the church and paid for people’s sins with his blood. The church, on the other hand, has Christ as its head, its rock, and its foundation. Therefore, the Lord’s church is to share the love of God with the world through testimonies.
Subsequently, Pastor Huang elaborated on the four main themes of “a true church": filled with true love, truth, blessings, and life. He also shared the achievements of Quqiao Church in those four areas.
On behalf of the Putian Charity Association, President Zheng Jincan delivered a congratulatory message. He introduced that Quqiao Church was originally a gathering point affiliated with Putian Church, only in the home of a believer. There was an evening gathering to pray, sing, and witness for God every week. With the development of the church and the increasing number of believers, the pastors of Putian Church had undergone in-depth pastoral care. Purchasing the farm production team cafeteria as a temporary meeting place in 1987, they bought miscellaneous land to build a single-story meeting place of nearly 300 square meters in 1992. Later on, they added floors and built bells to the old church to build today’s three-story chapel in 2006.
(The author is a pastor in Putian, Fujian.)
- Translated by Cassie Li
