After meeting in one location near the National Changhua University of Education (NCUE) for more than 10 years, our church is looking for a new place to meet. God has blessed our small church for several years with a great location to be able to reach out to the surrounding community and university. Over the years, hundreds of students have passed through the doors of the church, many hearing the story of Christ and his salvation for the first time, while others have grown closer to their savior Jesus through Bible study, prayer, and fellowship! Eventually graduating, many as teachers, and moving throughout Taiwan and surrounding countries to be able to share the life of Jesus with their students in the classroom.
In many ways moving out is an answer to prayer. Over the past few years as a church body, we have been continually approaching God in prayer about the right time to purchase the church or find a new place to rent to meet the needs of the growing weekly attendance. There has not been any definite answers to this point until recently a couple months ago when the landlord of the building returned from abroad to share his desire to sell the property. A big answers to prayer! Really? God truly is answering our prayer by showing he is preparing the way for our church to continue to be a growing example of Christ in the university area. Especially recently, in guiding our church through more advanced Bible studies to help prepare each person to share Christ and lead others to maturity in faith.
God is now leading our church in an adventure of faith as we seek him for a suitable place before the sale of our current location in early 2010. We are hoping to find a somewhere to rent near the university campus (so students would still have easy access) that would accommodate more than 150 people each Sunday. This seems impossible right now on such a short notice since the land near the university is very scarce and mostly divided into small living units for students.
We can pray for all this without any anxiety! It is already very clear God has been at work in the lives of our church and he will provide for us. It is exciting to live in the hope God is giving! Please join our church in prayer to continue to follow him and prepare ourselves as a body of believers so we can allow him to work through us in the salvation of many more people in Changhua. Also pray for the best and most suitable location (that would give praise to God and show his infinite grace and blessings) so we can meet and share his love in Changhua for many more years!
The front of the church in Changhua.
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Lydia leading worship in the Sunday morning service.
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Dennis sharing the morning announcements.
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GuanU leading worship at the student fellowship night on the second floor of church.
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Jerry sharing about how to be a disciple of Jesus at the student fellowship night.
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