A county church in Hunan Province held a training course for preachers in the county to help them improve their ministry in different aspects.
From March 4 to 10, Huarong County Church in Yueyang City, Hunan Province, conducted the first workshop of the seventh session, with over 120 participants.
Leaders from the provincial and municipal CC&TSPMs and the county’s Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau delivered 50-hour lessons on topics ranging from legal regulations, healthy continuity of the church, exegetical preaching, the Corinthians, and communication skills.
Rev. Deng Peng, associate general secretary of the Hunan CC&TSPM, advised the attendees to learn from Nehemiah and consistently prepare themselves when dealing with the challenges of small groups in the church. At the same time, after learning about the issues that concern the believers in the group, the group leader should pray before the Lord and work together with Him.
Rev. Du Wenwu, chairman of the province CC&TSPM, stated that if exegetical preaching was used correctly, the truth would be preached properly since this preaching approach has sparked many revivals throughout church history.
During the training, it was mentioned that "1 Corinthians" is a "treatise of problems" in which the Apostle Paul's insights provide the solutions that the church needs today.
Rev. Chen Songmei, president of Yueyang Municipal CC&TSPM, guided the participants on communication techniques and principles.
On March 10, the graduation ceremony took place in Chengguan Church. Rev. Chen exhorted students to be God’s vessels and faithful shepherds of congregations, preaching the proper gospel.
(The article was originally published by the Gospel Times and the author is the vice-chairman of Huarong County’s CC&TSPM in Yueyang, Hunan.)
- Translated by Poppy Chan
