After the social distancing rules due to COVID-19 was eased, we restarted our Sabbath worship in June 2020. Since then, we have had an attendance of 25 to 30 people, and an additional 10 to 15 people have also been joining our Sabbath worship through livestreaming on Facebook. We originally planned to have an evangelistic meeting from September 24 to 26, and we invited Pastor Kim SunHwan, NSD PARL director, as the speaker. However, we had to cancel the event because he could not come to Japan due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. Instead of holding evangelistic meetings, I started online Bible study activities. So far, five people have accepted Jesus through these Bible studies and have been baptized. Praise the Lord! Here are their stories.
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1. Zhang Datong, a 27-year-old male and an employee of a Japanese business company from Shenyang, China, grew up in an Adventist family. After graduating from a university in Japan this year, he was led by believers of our church to attend Sabbath services. After my Bible study, he decided to be baptized and join the Adventist Church.
2. Tiangen Shinhun is a 57-year-old housewife. Since her three sisters are Adventist church members, they had spent a lot of time sharing the Gospel of God with her. She didn’t accept Jesus Christ until her son was diagnosed with cancer. She began to come to church seeking God’s mercy for her only son. She was willing to be baptized after participating in my Bible study. Now her son is getting better and recovering.
3. Wenzhe Li from Jilin, China, is a 30-year-old male. He has worked extremely hard to become competent in his field, but one day he found out that he had cancer. His family introduced our church to him, and I started to share the gospel of God with him. He finally accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior and was baptized.
4. Wang Enci is a 15-year-old Japanese male student. His father is Japanese, and his mother is Chinese. Both of them have attended our church for worship. A few months ago, his mother died, and he was willing to follow her Adventist faith by getting baptized.
5. Zhang Meilan is a 46-year-old housewife from Malaysia. I have known her for eight years. She attended Sabbath worship, but had not decided to be baptized yet. Last month she approached me and said, “I have something significant to tell you. I have decided to be baptized.” I asked her what made her decide to finally be baptized. She replied that she had spent eight years seeking the truth, and at the same time, she had witnessed the sufferings of the world. She didn’t want to waste time any longer and wanted to be reborn through baptism.
News Article by Yu Chuanfu, Pastor at Tokyo Chinese Church
