After a five-year journey to freedom, the members of a Chinese church who fled persecution from the communist regime found a place to freely worship together after a West Texas congregation opened its doors to them.
As CBN News reported, the Christian members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church and their pastor, Pan Yongguang, fled China almost five years ago, first to South Korea and then to Thailand as they sought asylum in the U.S.
We visited the congregation in Bangkok in 2022 to tell their story. The group is nicknamed “Mayflower Church” after the English ship that carried Pilgrims to North America in search of religious freedom.
The congregation is now worshipping together in the facilities of the First Baptist Church in Midland, Texas, according to the Baptist Standard.
On Feb. 4, church members met for the first time for worship and fellowship in the church’s youth center. The Midland congregation is making its facilities available to the Mayflower Church three times a week, the outlet reported.
“It’s a real blessing for us,” Pastor Darin Wood of First Baptist Church told Baptist Standard. “Our church has a heart for missions. … This is a further reflection of that.”
Dr. Bob Fu, founder,
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