China Mission 3rd Day - Church, fellowship with Chinese Christians

One of 17 Churches in Urumqi, totalling 15000 believers.

Paster Huang, 86 years old. Left everything behid, came to Urumqi in 1949. Started Church in Urumqi, in 1949 Urumqi had less than 100 christians.

Paster Huang, and his daughter 60 year old, when he arrived in Urumqi in 1949, his daughter was 3 year old. Picture is of Paster Huang's family in 1958. He says, when he left his home to come to Urumqi, he had full head of black hair, now its all gray.

Standing right next God's servent, who has given up everything in his life, who has truely denied him self, and carried cross followed after God for 60 or so years, endured prosecution for Christ sake. All that God has used him to do, 100 christians in Urumqi in 1949, with 50 years of presecution now there are 15000 Christians, 17 churches in Urumqi. I told him I admired his faith, Paster Huang, says "All these years, has God provided for me? Food to eat and cloth to wear? Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, all that I needed has given to me!"

Leaving.

This morning we visiting the chinese church in Urumuqi. The group has been coming to this church past 3 times in 6 years, during every visit they noticed that the fellowship has grown, but they have never got chance to visit with the christian there.
The service stared in 11:30 AM, we arrived a little late, the teacher that morning is a lady, you should see her passion, man she was just preaching it, about Romans 4:1-25. Talking about story of Abraham and how it apply to life. After the service, somehow we got to talk to the teacher that morning, we shared with her about what we are doing this trip. She was excited to find out we are Christians, and we are here to serve the Living God. We asked if we could visit with the senior pastor at the church, they were very excited, they took us to 7th floor meeting room, there we meet the two senior pastor, pastor Huang did most of the talking, he shared with us his story, how he came to Christ in 1941 when he was 21 year old. The very next year when he was 22, he attended the Northwestern Seminary in Shang Xi, who was run by Hudson Taylor’s grandson. In 1949, right before the communist took control of China, he got his calling to go to Urumqi, the remote western China to share God’s love! He said good bye to his father, he said “Dad sorry that I might not able to take care of you in the future, I might not have enrough to care for you.” He left all he had to his brother so his brother could help care for his father. Pastor Huang, took his wife and his 3 year old daughter to Urumqi in 1949, when he arrived in Urumuqi there was only 100 christian there, he join with other pastor who have arrived in Urumqi 4 years prior started Church there. Since 1949 they had endured prosecution, many of the leaders for Christ sake had endure beating harsh treament, labor camp, some entered labor camp full head of blank hair, some never returned, some when they left the camp, they left with full head of gray hair. Pastor Huang him self was force to be in labor camp for 6 years.
Today in Urumqi, there are 15000 christian, pastor Huang had planted 17 churches around the City, many of leaders have got to start churches around other part of China, and some became professors of Seminaries in China.
One thing to read those stories in the books, when you get start right next to the God’s faithful servant it is something else. After the meeting, I went to talk to Pastor Huang, I told him how much I admired his faith, a faith so strong to follow God no matter what it costed him. He told me “Look at me, has God not provided for me? Has not God always provided food for me and cloth for me. Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, all that I needed God has given to me.” All of the sudden those precious verse I had been holding on had a much stronger and deeper meaning.