Decisions in a Time of Crisis
By Ma Yi, China In October 2020, I was doing preacher duties. Not long afterward, the leaders asked me to take on a church. On the day of the first g…
What I Was Worrying About When I Shirked My Duties
By Barbara, Myanmar In 2022, I was elected to be a member of a district decision-making group, responsible for the work of several churches. Because …
God’s Words Guided Me to Cast Off My Feelings of Repression
By Jess, Spain I do translation duties in the church, and I’m mainly responsible for translating God’s words into English. At the end of July 2023, t…
What Hides Behind My Unwillingness to Be a Leader?
By Patricia, South Korea In the beginning of May 2024, I was doing dancing duty in the church. One evening, the district leader informed me that I ha…
What I Gained After a Bitter Failure
By Yuxin, China In 2013, the police arrested me through phone surveillance. They showed me photos of the upper leaders and told me to identify them, …
Upholding Duty During Persecution and Tribulation
By Kailin, China In April 2023, the upper leaders told me that a leader from Xingyuan Church had been arrested, and that two other leaders had also be…
I Overcame My Troubles With Stuttering
By Yishan, China My father had a stuttering problem, and I had the same issue from a young age. It was fine when I wasn’t meeting strangers, but whene…
What I Gained From Doing Real Work
By Xiran, China In November 2021, I was elected as a church leader. At first, I actively learned from my partners and participated in various tasks, a…
You Cannot Do Your Duty Well If You Constantly Preserve Yourself
By Han Chen, China I was screening sermons in the church. I was working with Yilin and Yiyang. One day in April 2022, the leaders sent a letter that s…
After I Became Wanted for Believing in God
By Guang Chun, China In July 2023, I began doing the duties of a leader in the church. In August, I arranged to meet with a brother for a gathering, b…
The Lessons I Learned From Experiencing Persecution and Tribulation
By Chen Wen, China In 2022, I was watering newcomers in the church. At the beginning of August, I learned that our district leaders had all been arres…
After I Was Reported and Dismissed
By Chang Min, China In December of 2022, by God’s grace, I took on the duty of leadership, in which I was mainly supervising the watering work. A year…
I Will No Longer Complain About My Fate
By Xiaoyun, China I was born into an ordinary family, and unlike kids born with a silver spoon in their mouths, my starting point in life was lower th…
How to Uphold Duty Amid Peril
By Gao Jiaqi, China In July 2023, I had just become a leader in the church. On August 13, I returned to my host family after finishing my work. As soo…
Protecting the Work of the Church Is My Responsibility
By Xiao Wei, China In 2019, I was doing text-based duty in the church. One day, I learned that Sister Yuan Li, from the Qingyuan church, had been elec…
I Am No Longer Constrained by My Poor Caliber
By Yicao, China In 2021, I was doing text-based duties in the church, but at the beginning of 2022, I was reassigned to a different duty. Later on, I …
What Is Shirking Supervision Really Hiding?
By Lin Wei, China In June 2021, I was elected as a preacher. At first, I was not familiar with my work, so I humbly studied from my co-workers. After …
What I Gained From Being Dismissed
By Zhang Liang, China In 2016, I was elected as a leader in the church. I was partnered with Sister Zhang Jing to be responsible for the work of the c…
