During the autumn baptism thanksgiving gathering held in Linfen Yaodu District Church, Shanxi province from August 16 to 18, a baptism service was held in the second service on the morning of the 18th with 53 seekers being baptized.

Previously, believers left directly after the sermon in the small group. Now the group encourages young people to utilize their gifts and participate in ministry. This has cultivated a batch of young core members.

In Jiabao Village, in the northwest of the county, a five-story building with a peaked roof attracts people’s attention. Through constructing the builoding, the whole congregation ws dedicated as if they were one person.

The three-story church was put into use on Easter and was dedicated on Wednesday.

Two churches in the cities of Linfen and Houma, Shanxi, held memorial services for a dedicated deaconess and a sister in Christ, respectively.

During a visit to his mother-in-law at the Spring Festival, the author witnesses the remaining firm belief despite the declining situation of a meeting point.

During visits to the disabled believers, I saw God's grace and their earnest response so that their lives manifest God's fullness.

Elder Zheng Fengying, aged over eighty, with silver hair and a vibrant spirit, is a kind and amiable figure in Shanxi Province.

Little did an old preacher expect that he would meet with heretics himself and that heresy is so close by.

During our visit to three churches in the mountains of Shanxi Province, we observed that the more remote the churches in the region, the greater the need for support and assistance they should receive.