一段跨越世紀的福音傳承A Legacy of the Gospel

蔡蘇娟與李曼家族Christiana Tsai & the Leaman Family
「以暗室為禾場,以床榻為講台」"Her dark room as her mission field, her bed as her pulpit."
1874 年,年輕的長老會宣教士李曼(Charles Leaman)從這裡啟程前往中國。他殷勤勞苦、流淚撒種,最終安息在宣教工場上。
1906 年,江蘇巡撫之女蔡蘇娟歸主,與李曼的女兒馬利亞一同四處傳揚福音。後來她患上眼疾,只能待在暗室中得安舒。即便如此,她仍影響了無數弟兄姊妹的生命。
如今,在李曼當年啟程之地——賓州天堂鎮(Paradise, PA),這裡成為 AFC 的總部,承載著「向這一代華人知識分子傳福音」的使命,已逾五十年。
In 1874, young Presbyterian missionary Charles Leaman embarked from here to China. He worked diligently, sowed with tears, and then rested in the Lord on the mission field.
In 1906, Christiana Tsai, daughter of Jiangsu's Governor, was converted to the Lord. She joined Charles Leaman's daughter Mary to proclaim the gospel in many places. An eye disease later kept her comfortable only in a dark room — yet she influenced countless lives.
Here in Paradise, PA — from which Charles Leaman embarked — this place is now AFC's headquarters, carrying the mission to "reach this generation of Chinese intellectuals for Christ" for over fifty years.
