From May 13 to 17, 2024, Jilin CC&TSPM held ordination ceremonies in the cities of Yanji, Jilin, Liaoyuan, Songyuan and Changchun.
Thirty-four fellow workers from all over the province were ordained as pastors, including Han Yue (female), Lu Xiaohong (female), Zhao Xiuqin (female), Zhang Wanxu, Jiang Yanqiu (female), Zhao Ling (female), Shen Lina (female), Fu Xin, Yuan Yangle, Zhang Yuhe (female), Li Yunshen, Wang Huan (female), Li Shuang (female), Wang Yang (female), Li Xinzhu (female), Zuo Wenchen, Yin Xue (female), Zhao Yanjie (female), Li Wei, and He Xinlong, Piao Renzhe, Zhou Chengcheng, Sun Shuguang, Feng Bao, Xu Nanshu (female), Hou Yu, Wang Chuan, Li Shuzi (female), Han Hongbing, Tian Xue (female), Li Ming, Qu Zhenchao, Liu Jieni (female), and Niu Xinglong.
The ordination team consisted of Rev. Ren Dazhong, Chairperson and President of Jilin CC&TSPM, Rev. Hu Yuming, Vice Chairperson, Vice President and Secretary General of Jilin CC&TSPM, Rev. Chen Xihe, Vice Chairperson, Vice President and General Secretary of the Jilin CC&TSPM, Rev. Hao Yunli, Vice Chairperson and Vice President of Jilin CC&TSPM, and Rev. Liang Xiaoying, Vice Chairperson and Vice President of Jilin CC&TSPM.
At the ceremony, each of the five pastors from the ordination team shared words of exhortation, hoping that the newly ordained could adhere to the Chinanization of Christianity and actively guide Christianity to be compatible with the socialist society, and become good shepherds who are academically proficient, morally upright, and capable of taking on key roles when needed.
Translator & editor: Bei Feng