With a blend of Christianity and local Chinese culture, a tulou church (an enclosed and fortified earth building) in Fujian undergoing reconstruction becomes a popular tourist attraction during the summer tourism season.
Last Thursday, more than 50 believers from Shandong, Jilin, and Fuzhou in Fujian gathered in an earthen roundhouse church in Yongding District, Longyan City, listening to the construction of the church which promotes the localization of Christianity.
As the Hukeng Gathering Site in Yongding District became a highly dangerous building, Yongding District CC&TSPM decided to reconstruct the venue as an earthen castle to develop Christianity in the Chinese context. With the foundation stone laid on December 31, 2020, the main building had been completed with financial support from different sectors. Combining the Chinese culture, the elements of “interpretation, teaching, and use of scriptures” will be integrated into the re-decoration.
To close, Rev. Zheng Rujian, chairman of the Longyan Christian Council, shared a sermon on the achievements of the practice of indigenization of Sinicization from the construction of the tulou Church, followed by prayers for the early completion of the church.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
