More than a thousand people from churches all over Fujian participated in an ordination ceremony.
The ceremony was conducted by Fujian CC&TSPM at the chapel of Fujian Theological Seminary on April 15. Rev. Zhang Jiyou, vice chairman of the Provincial Christian Council and vice president of the seminary, preached a sermon titled "Being Servants After God’s Own Heart," citing Mark 10:35-45. He urged those to be ordained to be faithful to the Lord like Paul, be humble and diligent servants with firm faith, and live an abundant life by rejecting worldly desires.
After sharing their understanding of the office to which they have been called, 18 staff workers were ordained as pastors, including Zheng Meizhen (female), with Huang Chen Xiaoen (from the True Jesus Church) appointed as an elder. Later, they received the clerical stoles and bibles.
(The article was originally published by the Gospel Times and the author is a believer in a church in Fuzhou, Fujian.)
- Translated by Abigail Wu
