One pastor and sixteen elders were ordained in Inner Mongolia.
The ordination ceremony was conducted by Inner Mongolia CC&TSPM in Shaanba Church, Hangjin Rear Banner, Bayannur, according to CCC&TSPM.
Before the ceremony, Rev. Wang Xiaozhen, chairman of Baotou TSPM and vice-chairman of Inner Mongolia TSPM, guided the new clergy to study the Administrative Measures of Religious Personnel which took effect from May 1.
The ordained workers were given stoles and Bibles as gifts.
Pastor Zhang Ronghui, the representative of the ordained, expressed gratitude for God's choosing, the church's trust, the cultivation by leaders, as well as the support from believers. She vowed to serve the church more fervently and urged her fellow ordained to be the faithful and wise servants.