Lay preacher Pu Zhidui pointing to another church, two mountains away, which he is shepherding | photo: Deborah Yuen
It’s not very often a preacher has to scale a cliff to get into his pulpit, but that is the kind of terrain that Pu Zhidui must overcome as he oversees eight churches comprising 2,000 believers.
The area in which Pu preaches, Fugong county, has 360 churches and 80,000 Christians, but just 67 lay preachers and four pastors.
Fu came to Christ 20 years ago, saying: ‘I was very moved by God’s word.’ His mother was healed of her long-term illness after coming to Christ.
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