Yu Ligong

Yu Ligong

Yu Ligong, Moses Yu; Lee Kung Yu (from May 1, 1920 to March 29, 2010) was born in Shandong Province.

He was the first Dean of Singapore Seminary. Northern California founded the church, founded the Christian workers Seminary, served as Dean for 20 years, and wrote eight books.

After retirement, he still preached the truth and trained believers everywhere. He was a pastor in the United States.

His mother, Yu Sanniang, was not only a devout Christian, but also a well-known preacher, who had a great influence on Ligong's life.

Life of the characters

In the great rejuvenation of Shandong Province in 1931, Yu Ligong, who was only 11 years old, was called to serve the Lord.

In 1938, Yu Ligong, his father and elder brother Yu Zhongyi went all the way to Wuhan with confidence. At that time, they had only two or three yuan in their pocket.

In 1939, at the age of 19, Yu Ligong began his first sermon at a mission in Guilin, China. In the same year, his father was killed by the Japanese in Guilin.

He hoped that God would purify the souls of the invaders and sinners;

He also expects the world to be full of love, not hatred.

In 1942, Yu Ligong graduated from Guangxi Wuzhou Jiandao Bible College. (later, the Missionary Society established the Taoist seminary)

In 1943, pastor Zhao Junying invited him to preach the gospel on university campuses in mainland China. Together, they started to establish the "Chinese Christian student union" (IVCF). This valuable experience made him value student work all his life.

From 1944 to 1949, student associations were established in Chongqing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Wuhan and Guangzhou. During this period, he met his sister Xu Zhennan, who later became his lifelong partner.

When he first met the girl, he said to his brother, "I feel sorry for the person who will marry this girl in the future. She looks very naughty.". What I didn't expect was,

He was the one who married the naughty girl in 1946.

In 1948, their eldest daughter, Yu Yun, was born. Her English name was Margaret oppelt. The name is to commemorate a missionary who had a great influence on her family. Her name is Margaret oppelt. The day before his death, Yu Ligong's father went to the missionary and said, "in case something happens to me, please take care of my child.". At that time, the missionary was very strange. He did not know why he proposed such a thing, and asked a single missionary to take care of his two children. The next day, when her father was killed by a Japanese plane, she realized. She fulfilled the wishes of a father.

On Thanksgiving Day in 1949, the yuligong family came to the United States.

Their son, Michael Robert, was born in 1951.

Their youngest daughter, Gloria Yu, was born in 1960.

During these nine years, Yu Li Gong received a Bachelor of Bible education from Columbia Bible College in South Carolina;

Bachelor of philosophy from Wheaton University in Illinois;

From 1954 to 1958, the missionaries in San Francisco;

In 1958, he became the first Dean of Singapore Seminary;

After returning to the United States, he received a master's degree in Daoism from the Baptist Seminary in Berkeley, California.

Yu Li Gong preached in both Chinese and English during his pastoral mission in Sacramento, California.

Later, he moved to Berkeley and served in the Chinese pastoral society.

Over the next 15 years, he founded seven churches in the bay area and Fresno.

In 1973, Yu Li Gong founded the Christian Seminary of workers in Berkeley, where he served for 20 years.

In 1990, he and pastor Bi Yushu established the South American Christian workers seminary in Brazil.

After his retirement, he still preached the truth and trained believers.

In his later years, he went to the University of Johannesburg in South Africa to study biography.

In 2001, he got his doctorate at the age of 81. In the last few years of his life, Yu Ligong focused on the Ministry of training young herdsmen. He went all over the world to train people who wanted to work more for the Lord.

Character works

Pastor Yu was diligent in reading and writing all his life.

He likes to read all kinds of theological books, biblical Archaeological Studies and economic magazines.

In his life, he organized more than 25 tours to the holy land of Israel.

Edited by

Full of the Holy Spirit and speaking dialects, Xinjia publishing house, Hong Kong, 1967

Biblical reading aids, holy book library, 1985

Alone

Education of youth life, Hong Kong xuandao publishing house, 1969

Biblical history and geography, Taipei Campus study, 1979

Chajing, China Evangelical Seminary, 1987

The end of the night and the end of the day: Yu Ligong sees the shock of China's gospel, Taipei writers' Publishing House, 1998

Western missionary movement and the rise of church in China, olive press, 2006

The message of heaven: notes to Matthew, olive press, 2009

Prayer and the study of prayer

Lingming Jinshen

Christian philosophy of life

Coauthor

American Chinese Evangelical conference, 1974

Anecdotes of characters

At home, pastor Yu is a loving and humorous father to his three children and a grandfather to his four grandchildren. He is more generous and loving to that "naughty girl". He not only has entrepreneurial spirit, but also focuses on his goals.

At the age of nearly 60, he started running, aiming to run the marathon in Hawaii. As a result, he ran seven marathons in Hawaii, New York and San Francisco.

In November 2009, despite his health and the doctor's advice, pastor Yu went to Hong Kong after praying with pneumonia and asthma to preach for a group of brothers and sisters who were engaged in student work (40 of them came from all over China).

With the word of God and rich life experience, pastor Yu taught the brothers and sisters deeply, and inspired them to devote themselves to serving the Lord.

When he returned to California in early December, he once again ignored the doctor's advice and put the church ministry on top of his own health. He insisted on preaching valuable information at the pastoral ceremony of brother Li Yading, the first family of Christ's house. His refined seven points of exhortation are eternal encouragement for those who serve the Lord.

At the end of 2009, after preaching in Missouri Christian workers center winter meeting, pastor Yu went to Hawaii to install pacemaker in early 2010. He planned to return to San Francisco Bay area for recuperation after three months. Unfortunately, because of several relapses of drug-resistant pneumonia, they were hospitalized for three times. Finally, because of the recurrence of pneumonia, asthma, liver and kidney function decline and pulmonary Hydrosis and other factors, he rested at 10:05 pm on March 29.

Pastor Yu calmly returned to his wonderful benefactor who had served him with all his heart and soul for 71 years.