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在都柏林浸信會（Dublin Baptist Church）和哥倫布地區浸信會聯合會
(Metro Columbus Baptist Association) 的大力支持下，都柏林浸信會華人敎會 (Dublin
Baptist Chinese Church)，將于2019年1月6號上午10: 30
在都柏林浸信會交誼廳正式成立。都柏林浸信會華人敎會將是都柏林第一間華人敎會， 也是哥倫布地區第一間華人浸信會敎會。
李海龍牧師是都柏林浸信會華人敎會的創始牧師。李牧師出生於中國山東，畢業于美國西南浸信會神學院並獲得道學碩士學位。詳情請看dublinbaptistchinesechurch.com或跟李牧師聯繫pastor.h.j.li@gmail.com。都柏林浸信會華人敎會熱情歡迎你！New
Chinese Church Starts In Dublin
Dublin Baptist Chinese Church will hold its first worship
service on January 6 at 10:30 am at 7195 Coffman Road, Dublin, Ohio
43017. Dublin Baptist Church and the Metro Columbus Baptist
Association are helping launch the first Chinese Church in Dublin
and the first Chinese Baptist Church in the Columbus area.
Pastor Hailong Joshua Li will serve as the founding pastor. Pastor
Li, born and raised in China, is a graduate of Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. For more information,
please visit dublinbaptistchinesechurch.com or contact Pastor Li at
pastor.h.j.li@gmail.com. |
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Dear Brothers, Sisters and Friends,
Thank you for coming to the ordination service to witness God’s
amazing grace and His calling!
When I was in College, I studied Reverend Martin Luther King Jr’s
famous speech “I have a dream”. Since then, I often had dreams. To
marry the person I loved- Shumei, To have a nice job-I did. To have
children- I have two. Almost all ofmy dreamsbecame true. Being a
Pastor wasnever my dream. My dreams were centered around my personal
health, wealth, happiness and fame. However, being a pastor is what
God called me for.
I was born and raised in China. Before I came to US in 1998, I had
never heard of the gospel, or the name of Jesus. In order to
socialize with other Chinese people in the US, I attended a Chinese
Bible Study in a Christian home. It was difficult for me to put my
faith in Christ because of my pride and the atheistic education I
received in China. I believed that I could take good care of myself
and that my life was full of potential. When Christians shared the
gospel with me, I told them, “I will notbelieve in Jesus unless I
personally experience Him.” In Spring of 1999, God spared the lives
of my wife and I from what could have been a fatal car accident with
an 18-wheeler.If it were not God’s grace and mercy, my wife and I
would have been killed about 20 years ago. On that day, Shumeiand I
confessed our sins and received Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.
We were baptized on Easter Sunday of 1999 at First Baptist Church of
Jackson, MS.
It was God who made me a new creation.I was very grateful. I was
passionate to share the Gospel with friends and relatives. But I was
not ready to become a full-time minister.God can use anyone of us to
change people’s lives. Right?
I served in three Chinese Churches in the past 20 years due to
family relocations. However, I never considered serving Godin full
time ministry until one day in April 2014, when God’s calling came
to me through his Words in Matthew 16: 26, “what will it profit a
man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?” These words
came to me as “What will it profit you if you gain the whole world,
yet many people forfeit their souls?” I quit my job and enrolled in
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in the fall of 2014 as a
full-time student. Even though I have trouble speaking fluent
English, Ihave fulfilled all the requirements for theMaster of
Divinity degree including Greek and Hebrew. ThankGod for His grace!
Some of you may not know how I came to Dublin Baptist Church.How?
it’s God’s amazing grace and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. This
past January, as a seminary course requirement, I needed a Southern
Baptist pastor to be my mentor. Through prayer and google search, I
found the senior pastorDr. JD Davis of Dublin Baptist Church. It is
my great honor and great blessing to be mentored by such a great
pastor, preacher, teacher, advisor,and encourager.
With Pastor Davis’ encouragement, I started to lead a Chinese Bible
Study in February 2018. We continuously see God’s workand His
blessings in this Bible study group. We are moved by the Christlike
love and care of Pastoral staff, deacons, executive council and all
of our brothers and sisters of Dublin Baptist Church.We have
experienced how each ministry and department of Dublin Baptist
Church works with and helps the development ofthe Chinese ministry.
Inthe Gospel of John 12:32, Jesus says “And I, when I am lifted up
from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”Therefore, the
Mission of DBC Chinese Ministry is to exalt Jesus Christ, to share
the gospel and to make disciples among Chinese people for the glory
of God. In the Great Commission, Jesus commands us to go and make
disciples in all nations.
Today, I have a dream. In fact, it is not a dream, it is a prayer. I
pray that with God’s blessing and all your prayer and support, in
January of 2019, a Chinese Chapel will be dedicated in Dublin
Baptist Church, which will be aChrist-Centered, Bible-teaching,
Gospel-Proclaiming, and God-glorifying Chinese Churchthat reaches
out and disciples Chinese people for the sake of the Gospel. Let us
continue to work together to advance the Kingdom of God!
Thank you,and may God bless you all! |
