家乡的教会

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上次回家正好是圣诞节，参加了家乡教会的圣诞夜晚会和圣诞节崇拜，有４２位弟兄姊妹受洗归主。

 

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教会挤满了人。不少人站在门外。

 

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诗班

 

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晚会节目很丰富。

 

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圣诞节受洗弟兄姊妹合影。

 

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Where is it? I know little of churches in China, since they (family churches) don't have web sites.

 

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Where is it? I know little of churches in China, since they (family churches) don't have web sites.

It's in a county in the west of Hubei province.

This is a so called three-self church. The pastor graduated from a theological seminary in China and served in family churches before pastoring in this church.

 

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In general, I felt the government has been loosening its grips on the churches gradually over the years. However, persecutions are still widespread and severe in many cases. Many seekers are afraid of possible consequences if they join the churches openly. In one extreme case, Christians are labelled as FLGers and arrests occur from time to time in one of the four counties the pastor is overseeing.

My home county is the one with a relatively tolerant government among the four counties but is constrained in many different ways (e.g., expansion of church building) and is watched by the big brother all the same. Do not have much information about the family churches there for now.