Sowers' China Ministry
(Article by Luke & Jenny Zhang)

Our Chinese ministry director, Luke Zhang, and his wife have been busy in laboring with many Chinese churches in and outside China this year. Luke was invited to speak to the Air Sunday School at GoodTV station in Taiwan, and recorded two series of teaching: discipleship and mission. These messages will be broadcasted to Mainland China from Taiwan. He was also in southern parts of China, ministering to young professionals and students during spring this year. In August, after sharing at the 7th CCCOWE conference in Macau, he was asked to speak at Mission Korea 2006 in Seoul. The theme of this mission conference was Picking Up the Lost Calling. Luke spoke specifically on China city evangelism, and mission strategies to over 5500 students there. This fall, he will again lead a discipleship conference in Beijing and also in house churches in the Zhe-Jiang area.

Luke's wife, Jenny, was in China during the month of May. God had opened a door for her to take the China's national counseling exam. Through hard laboring and His mercy, she passed the exam and will be getting the license very soon. She is hoping to work in this field along with her education background in China.

Their son, Joseph, will be three in Oct, and starts pre-school this fall. He has grown so much and now it is a new era for him. Though he only goes 2 half days, it will be good for Jenny as it will allow her to have some quiet time of her own when Joseph is in school.

Pastor Luke's parents are here in the States with them. After thirty years of ministering to house churches in China, they are taking a short rest. It has been a blessing for Luke and Jenny to have them, and to hear their great