Palau Preaches to Overflow Crowd in China Church
Monday, Nov. 21, 2005
Posted: 11:08:00AM EST

BEIJING – Evangelist Luis Palau preached to local Chinese believers in Beijing on Sunday at an evening service that followed an earlier morning service with President Bush. His 40 minutes of passion to win souls to Christ resonated among the overflow audience at Gangwashi Church.

Ten minutes before the service commenced, the main chapel was filled to the back. Some attendants were escorted to the adjacent rooms where they were able to sit on pews and watch the introduction of the 71-year old renowned evangelist from television sets. The crowd sang hymns passionately as they waited for the opening of the service.

The Rev. Ying Dufeng, pastor of Gangwashi Church, presided over the evening service. She introduced Palau as an “old friend,” who has been a frequent guest speaker at the church in each of his visits to Beijing.

Dr. Palau then went to the pulpit to greet the audience and in no time began exerting his evangelistic vigor as he rolled into the sermon. After a brief moment of humor and digest on his meeting with President Bush and former Minister of Information Zhao Qizheng during the past three days, he shared with the crowd how meeting God through Jesus Christ can be a "staggering" event in their lives. Story