Church president calls Chinese Adventist faith 'vibrant'

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From Adventist News Network

http://news.adventist.org/2009/05/church-president-cal.html

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A rendition of a popular Adventist hymn by a 45-member choir of the Wuxi Seventh-day Adventist Church, "Lift up the Trumpet," welcomed Pastor Jan Paulsen on his first official visit to the People's Republic of China as the world president of the Adventist world church.

"I am often asked, 'How are our brothers and sisters in China?' Now, I will be able to say -- they are well and vibrant," Paulsen told the congregation of several hundred gathered in a 108-year-old city-center Protestant church, Wednesday, May 13. One of the Wuxi Adventist congregations packs this sanctuary every Sabbath.

The Adventist faith community throughout China is a growing body of believers, who are part of a larger Protestant Church in the country, whose activities are coordinated by the China Christian Council/Three-Self Patriotic Movement (CCC/TSPM). The Wuxi Adventist community, which makes up 10 percent of Protestant Christians in the metropolitan area, has 35 congregations.

Preaching on the meaning of the Christian gospel, Paulsen encouraged believers to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with others. "We are a witnessing community," he said.

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