Church Dedication February 26, 2000
God gave the vision for this new building project back in
February 1999. But God had already begun His Gospel
work back in the 1960s and 1970s through the work
of dedicated Christian pastors and leaders from several
churches in the Denton-Dallas-Arlington areas (Dallas
Chinese Bible Church, Dallas Chinese Fellowship Church, Grace Temple
Baptist Church, and Arlington Chinese Church). We, as members, leaders,
and our pastor of Denton Chinese Church, express our thanks to the Lord
for the leader and helpers who started the Gospel work in the early
days. During the past five years, under the leadership of our pastor, we
have experienced the unusual goodness and greatness of our Lord Jesus
Christ. We are enabled by the grace and guidance of God to construct the
first Chinese Church building in Denton, Texas. We consider our church
as relatively small. Despite the size of our congregation, we have
touched the lives of many people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ
throughout the years. Living in a postmodern world of economic
globalization, visual commercialization, and reality simulation, it is
very easy for the world (its values and concerns) to get into the
church. It is becoming more difficult for the church to get into the
world. By the mercy and grace of God, we hope that our Christian
presence at this geographical location (college town) will make an
impact in worship and witness for the Lord. Throughout the construction
of this new church building, God has used the book of Nehemiah to
provide direction and devotion for our spiritual growth, vision, and
unity. The spiritual principles on Christian giving found in chapters
eight and nine of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians have enabled us
to make complete payment for this new building. Our giving to
the Lord has been marked by cheerfulness, readiness,
willingness, generosity, and determined sacrifice. The passage of Ephesians
3:20-21 provides the best summary of how we are surprised by the grace of
God: "Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that
we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,
to Him {be} the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations
forever and ever. Amen."
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