During the Christmas season of 2025, churches across southern China marked Christmas and Christmas Eve through a wide range of worship gatherings and faith-based expressions. From sacred music services and thanksgiving celebrations to personal testimonies and prayer responses, congregations in cities including Shanghai, Ningbo, Zhenjiang, Kunming, Zhangzhou, and multiple locations across Guangdong reflected a shared focus on thanksgiving, witness, and the meaning of Christ's birth within diverse local church contexts.
1/14Worshippers dressed in red staged a performance during Christmas celebrations at Ningbo Centennial Church in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, during the Christmas season of 2025.(Photo: Ningbo CC&TSPM)
2/14A church choir presented a performance during the Christmas Eve gathering at Ningbo International Church in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, on the evening of December 24, 2025.(Photo: Kristina Ran/Gospel Times)
3/14A group of Christian women performed a traditional umbrella dance at the Christmas celebration held at Daxilu Gospel Church in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, during the Christmas season of 2025.(Photo: Daxilu Church in Zhenjiang)
4/14Young Christian performed a stage play at the Christmas celebration held at Daxilu Gospel Church in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, during the Christmas season of 2025.(Photo: Daxilu Church in Zhenjiang)
5/14Believers presented a gesture dance performance for a Christmas thanksgiving service at Hudson Taylor Memorial Church (Xuande Church) in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, on the evening of December 24, 2025.(Photo: Hudson Taylor Memorial Church (Xuande Church) in Zhenjiang)
6/14A manger setting symbolizing the birth of Jesus was set up at Xuande Church during the Christmas season, featuring a backdrop bearing the Chinese characters "道成肉身" ("Incarnation") during the Christmas season of 2025.(Photo: Hudson Taylor Memorial Church (Xuande Church) in Zhenjiang)
7/14More than twenty believers presented testimonies of their transformed lives through a flip-board presentation at Shanghai Gospel Church in Shanghai on December 23, 2025.(Photo: Grace Yuan/Gospel Times)
8/14Young believers formed a heart shape while holding candles during a Christmas fellowship event hosted by Huxi Church in Shanghai on the evening of December 19, 2025.(Photo: Huxi Church in Shanghai)
9/14A sacred music worship service following traditional Christian liturgy was held at Shanghai International Church in Shanghai on the evening of December 25, 2025.(Photo: Grace Yuan/Gospel Times)
10/14Believers responded during a Christmas Eve praise gathering at Beimen Church in Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, on December 24, 2025.(Photo: Beimen Church in Zhangzhou)
11/14A pastor lit the Advent candle during the Christmas Eve worship service at Guangdong Union Theological Seminary in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, on the evening of December 24, 2025.(Photo: Guangdong Union Theological Seminary )
12/14A group of Christian women presented a traditional fan dance performance at a church in Guangdong Province during the Christmas season in December 2025.(Photo: Guangdong CC&TSPM)
13/14A church choir and a traditional instrumental ensemble presented a musical performance at a church in Guangdong Province during the Christmas season in December 2025.(Photo: Guangdong CC&TSPM)
14/14Christians in festive dresses performed at Beichen Church in Kunming City, Yunnan Province, during the Christmas season of 2025.(Photo: WeChat Account: "Waiting for You")
By CCD EditorialJanuary 2nd, 2026
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