The True Jesus Church General Assembly which is located in Taichung, Taiwan.

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The True Jesus Church is a non-denominational (independent) church that was established in Beijing, China in 1917. The current elected chairman of the TJC International Assembly is Preacher Yung-Ji Lin. There are approximately 1.6 million believers in six continents. The church is a Chinese offshoot of the Pentecostal branch of Christianity that emerged during the early 1900s. The church also adheres to Oneness Pentecostal theology (Jesus-Name doctrine). They were also one of the three indigenous Chinese house churches that existed before the Communist takeover of China in 1949 [1]. A free church is a Christian church or denomination that is intrinsically separated from any government (as opposed to a theocracy or the state church). ... Beijing (Chinese: 北京; Pinyin: Běijīng; ; IPA: ), a city in northern China (formerly spelled in English as Peking or Peiking), is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Pentecostal movement within Protestant Christianity places special emphasis on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. ... Christianity is a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as recounted in the New Testament. ... // Events and Trends Technology First flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903. ... A movement of the Pentecostal branch of Christianity, Oneness Pentecostalism is said to be based on strict monotheism. ... Jesus-Name doctrine is a slang term used to describe the Oneness doctrine, i. ... Chinese house churches are unregistered Christian churches in the Peoples Republic of China, which operate independently of the government_run Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM) and China Christian Council (CCC) for Protestant groups and the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CCPA) and the Chinese Catholic Bishops Council (CCBC) for Catholics. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...

The five Main Doctrines

The five essential doctrines of the True Jesus Church are: Doctrine, from Latin doctrina, (compare doctor), means a body of teachings or instructions, taught principles or positions, as the body of teachings in a branch of knowledge or belief system. ...

Holy Spirit

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Baptism

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The Baptist, who already has had received baptism of water and the Holy Spirit, conducts the baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. And the person receiving the baptism must be completely immersed in water with head bowed and face downward". (John 3:5; Matt. 3:16; Acts 2:38, 10:48). Water (from the Old English waeter; c. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Water (from the Old English waeter; c. ... A human head In anatomy, the head of an animal is the anterior part (from anatomical position) that usually comprises the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth (all of which aid in various sensory functions, such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste). ... The face of Leonardo da Vincis Mona Lisa, one of the most recognized faces in the world A human face The face is the front part of the head, in humans from forehead to chin including the head, hair, forehead, eyebrow, eyes, nose, cheek, mouth, lips, teeth, skin, and... The Gospel according to John is a gospel document in the canon of the New Testament. ... The Gospel of Matthew (literally: according to Matthew, Greek: Κατά Μαθθαίον or Κατά Ματθαίον ) is one of the four Gospel accounts of the New Testament. ... The Acts of the Apostles (Greek Praxeis Apostolon) is a book of the Bible, which now stands fifth in the New Testament. ...

Foot washing

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Holy Communion

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It enables us to partake of the flesh and blood of our Lord and to be in communion with Him so that we can have eternal life and be raised on the Last Day. This sacrament shall be held as often as possible. Only one unleavened bread and grape juice shall be used". (1 Cor. 10:17, 11:26; John 6:53; Mark 14:24-25). Meat is animal flesh (mainly muscle tissue) used as food, sometimes with the exception of fish, other seafood, and poultry. ... Human blood smear: a - erythrocytes; b - neutrophil; c - eosinophil; d - lymphocyte. ... An image of a machine-made Matzo Matzo (also Matzoh, Matzah, Matza, Hebrew מַצָּה maṣṣā), an unleavened bread, is the official food of Passover. ... Grape juice is the liquid formed by crushing grapes. ... (Redirected from 1 Corinthians) See also: Second Epistle to the Corinthians and Third Epistle to the Corinthians The First Epistle to the Corinthians is a book of the Bible in the New Testament. ... The Gospel according to John is a gospel document in the canon of the New Testament. ... The Gospel of Mark is traditionally the second of the New Testament Gospels. ...

Sabbath Day

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Additional doctrines

Later on in the 1980s, more were added to these five main doctrines to become the 10 basic beliefs of the True Jesus Church: MacGyver - 1980s hero The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ...

Jesus

"Jesus Christ, the Word who became flesh, died on the cross for the redemption of sinners, resurrected on the third day and ascended to heaven. He is the only Saviour of mankind, the Creator of the heavens and earth, and the only True God". Jesus (8-2 BC/BCE– 29-36 AD/CE),[1] also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. ... A crucifix amidst the cornfields near Mureck in rural Styria, Austria A handheld crucifix A crucifix in front of the Holy Spirit Church in Košice, Slovakia A crucifix is a cross with a representation of Jesuss body, or corpus. ... Redemption can mean several things: Redemption is a religious term synonymous with salvation; or delivery from sins. ... It has been suggested that Resurrection of the dead be merged into this article or section. ... Heaven is an afterlife concept found in many religions or spiritual philosophies. ... Earth (often referred to as The Earth) is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance from the Sun, and the fifth in order of size. ...

(1 Tim. 3:16; 1 Cor. 15:3-4; Acts 4:12).

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The Bible

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(2 Tim. 3:16).

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Salvation

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(Eph. 2:8).

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True Church

"The True Jesus Church, established by our Lord Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit during the time of the 'latter rain', is the restored True Church of the Apostolic time". North Battleford, Saskatchewan between 1946 and 1948 marked the start of new movement within the Pentecostal family of churches around the world. ... The Apostolic Age is, to some church historians, the period in early church history during which some of Christs original apostles were still alive and helping to influence church doctrine, polity, and the like. ...

(Joel 2:23; Amos 9:11).

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Second Coming

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(Matt. 25:31-34; 1 Thess. 4:16-17).

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Other beliefs

The church does not celebrate Christmas since the 25th of December was originally asscociated with a pagan ritual celebrating the birthday of the Sun which was later adopted into the Christian church during the reign of the Roman emperor Constantine in the 4th century AD. They argue that the exact day of Christ's birth is unknown and that Jesus never told his disciples to commemorate his birthday. Good Friday is not observed as it also has pagan origins. Christmas is a Christian holiday held on December 25 which celebrates the birth of Jesus. ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... Paganism (from Latin paganus) and heathenry are blanket terms which have come to connote a broad set of spiritual or religious beliefs and practices of natural or polytheistic religions, as opposed to the Abrahamic monotheistic religions. ... The Trundholm sun chariot pulled by a horse is believed to be a sculpture illustrating an important part of Nordic Bronze Age mythology. ... For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ... This is a list of Roman Emperors with the dates they controlled the Roman Empire. ... Head of Constantines colossal statue at Musei Capitolini Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus[1] (February 27, 272–May 22, 337), commonly known as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or (among Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic[2] Christians) Saint Constantine, was a Roman Emperor, proclaimed Augustus by his troops on... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ... Jesus (8-2 BC/BCE– 29-36 AD/CE),[1] also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. ... The Twelve Apostles (in Koine Greek απόστολος apostolos, Liddell & Scott, Strongs G652, someone sent forth/sent out) were men that according to the Synoptic Gospels and Christian tradition, were chosen from among the disciples of Jesus for a mission. ... Good Friday is a holy day celebrated by most Christians on the Friday before Easter or Pascha. ...

Historical background and origins

The successful attempts to evangelize China by Nestorian Christians from Persia(635-845 AD), the Roman Catholics and Jesuits (1265, 1601-1724) were short lived - they fell out of favour with the Chinese emperor and saw only scattered underground efforts. The term Nestorianism is eponymous, even though the person who lent his name to it always denied the associated belief. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ...

The first Protestant missionaries to labor on Chinese soil began in 1807 with the arrival of the Scotsman Robert Morrison. After the Opium War in the 1840s missionaries from all over the world began to arrive in China. Hudson Taylor founded the China Inland Mission in 1865. Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... A missionary is a propagator of religion, often an evangelist or other representative of a religious community who works among those outside of that community. ... Scotsman may mean: a man from Scotland, in common parlance (Scotswoman is the equivalent for a woman) The largest bronze statue of a Scotsman is located in Clinton, South Carolina at Presbyterian College, home of the Bluehose. ... Robert Morrison. ... There were two Opium Wars between Britain and China. ... Hudson Taylor. ... The China Inland Mission was a missionary society, set up by English missionary Hudson Taylor on 25 June 1865 in Brighton during a home leave. ...

The 19th century witnessed a great increase in the number of Christians. In 1900 there were almost 111,000 Protestant Christians with 1,600 Chinese Christian workers and 2,000 missionaries.

The Pentecostal movement in China and the origins of TJC

Following the Pentecostal movement in the United States in the 1900s, an Apostolic Faith Mission church was established in Shanghai and many Chinese Christians subsequently received the Holy Spirit. The Pentecostal movement within Protestant Christianity places special emphasis on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. ... The Apostolic Faith Mission or The Apostolic Faith Church is a worldwide Wesleyan-Pentecostal-holiness religious organization, with headquarters in Portland, Oregon. ... Shanghai (Chinese: 上海; pinyin: ; Shanghainese: ), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is Chinas largest city by population. ...

Not long after the Boxer rebellion, attacks and persecutions in 1900, many Chinese Christians advocated a "Three-Self Movement", which promoted the strategy of 'self-governing, self-supportive, and self-propagating' in order to reduce foreign influences or interference on the Chinese churches. Several churches were localised or indigenised.

The three early founders of the True Jesus Church also supported this idea and through the inspiration and revelations of the Holy Spirit they decided to break away from their mainstream pentecostal churches. They were Paul Wei, Ling-Sheng Zhang, and later Barnabas Zhang. In various religions, most notably Trinitarian Christianity, the Holy Spirit (also called the Holy Ghost; in Hebrew רוח הקודש Ruah haqodesh) is the third Person of the Holy Trinity. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... Ling-Sheng Zhang (張靈生 Pinyin: Zhāng LíngshÄ“ng, 1863 - ?), was born in Shandong county, China. ... Barnabas Zhang (張巴拿巴) was born in Shandong county on 11 February 1882. ...

The early workers firmly believed that it was the Lord's will for them to set up a true church that would correct all the past errors and misinterpretations in the doctrines of the other denominations and eventually reach perfection before the Lord's second coming.

For more facts and information, see the Regional histories below.China's TJC History and Taiwan's TJC History. // Beginnings Through the hard worked by missionaries and the power of God, the seeds of the gospel were successfully sown in China. ... During the Japanese era, Elisha and Gideon Huang brothers, Sajia Zhang and Jeremiah Wang were the first True Jesus Church missionaries to preach in Taiwan. ...

Although still regarded as a Chinese church, the True Jesus Church is becoming increasingly globalised today as the gospel of Jesus is preached in countries all over the world.

Regional histories

• True Jesus Church in China
• True Jesus Church in Taiwan
• True Jesus Church in Singapore
• True Jesus Church in Malaysia[2]
• True Jesus Church in India
• True Jesus Church in Japan
• True Jesus Church in Korea
• True Jesus Church in the Philippines
• True Jesus Church in Myanmar
• True Jesus Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Although most of the believers were located in China, contact with the mainland was lost shortly after the 1949 Communist takeover in and subsequent persecution of Christians throughout China. Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ...

Membership

The church claimed in 2004 to have 440 churches and 106 prayer houses with 86,970 members from around 39 countries in six continents and estimates of over 1.4 million more members in China. [3]

• TJC Asia
  • Northeast Asia - China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan.
  • Southeast Asia - Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

• TJC Americas
  • North America - Canada, United States
  • Latin America - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and the Dominican Republic.

• TJC Oceania - Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Samoa and Tonga.

• TJC Europe - Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom

• TJC Africa - Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sierra Leone. Tanzania, Uganda, Togo.

Administration

The True Jesus Church is considered having a well structured and organised system. (Note: Taiwanese Presbyterian church point of view only)

The divine workers are the Elders, Deacons and Preachers which are all below the fellow believers in the system.

Nowadays, representatives from each of the True Jesus Churches in the world meet once every few years to elect a chairman of the International Assembly which focuses on the Church's development and future progress internationally.

There is a General Assembly in most of the countries mentioned above. The General assembly comprises of the Theology institution, Financial sector.

In some countries where there are not enough numbers of believers, prayer houses are established. When the number of believers are sufficient, a church dedication ceremony is made.

Why the name - TRUE Jesus Church?

Explanations include:

• The early founders decided to correct the past mistakes and errors they found in the other denominations by making their own doctrines more in accordance with the biblical teachings.
• The early workers believed that the gospel they preached contained the Truth and which led people to salvation. God is genuine, Jesus is also real and true. Since he is the true light, grapevine and saviour, God's church is also genuine and true.
• The church is atoned and redeemed by the blood of Jesus. Also the fact that Jesus is our Saviour and mediator so it would be deemed appropriate for the Church to bear the name of Jesus.

Initially, the proposed name was "Jesus True Church" (耶穌真教會) but while the application for the church’s name was being registered at the Beijing police station the characters were accidentally assembled as “True Jesus Church” "(真耶穌教會)and attached onto the church building. By 1927, the Shanghai TJC General Assembly decided to stick to the name.

Criticism

Some people disagree with the statement:

The True Jesus Church believes that she is the true church, restored by God Himself through His Holy Spirit, is the revival of the apostolic church in the end times and is the only One True Church that leads to salvation.

The neutrality of this section is disputed.
Please see discussion on the talk page.

Reasons for why there is only one true church: Image File history File links Stop_hand. ...

1. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism. (Eph 4:4-5)

Since Christ has only one body, and there is only one Spirit, there can only be one true church.

2. There is “one faith, one baptism”—that is, only one gospel of salvation. Two churches with different beliefs on salvation cannot both be true.

The True Jesus Church believes that she is the true church for the following reasons:

1.The church of the living God must have the Holy Spirit (“The body apart from the spirit is dead"-Jas 2:26). The abiding of the Holy Spirit is very important as through it, Jesus Christ gives the church the authority to forgive sins (Jn 20:22-23).The church has the abiding of the Holy Spirit (see below) and thus is the true church.

2. The Lord has confirmed that the True Jesus Church is His church through signs and miracles. For example, the witness of blood during baptisms in the True Jesus Church is strong proof of the true cleansing power of baptism. Others have been healed during baptism, or upon receiving the Holy Spirit.

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