Suzhou Christian “Two Committees”
Suzhou has seven sections and five counties with a regional area of 8488.42 k㎡. It has the population of 5.73 million. There are 60 churches and 60,000 Christians in the whole Suzhou city. While there are about 25,000 Christians in the downtown area, there are only three churches -- Saint John Church, Apostles Church and Gongxiang Church. In July 2007, Shishan Church in the New District was completed and open to the public. In the last two years, Suzhou church has grown prosperously.
Suzhou Christian“Two Committees” is the simple name of Suzhou National Three-self Patriotic Movement Committee and Suzhou Christian Council. It serves to promote Suzhou church advancement, to provide better church facilities, and theological trends, etc. It also promotes the teaching of patriotism, cultivation of talents, and participation in the Suzhou communities. It reaches out to neighboring churches in other cities, provinces and churches overseas. Moreover, the primary goals of the “Two Committees” are: to improve the quality of Christians, to fellowship with other churches, to share ideas and experience on preaching, shepherding, and ways to better church standards.

Suzhou Christian “Two Committees” has 16 fulltime staffs. 10 are pastors, 3 are preachers, 3 are from general universities. They are relatively young. The eldest one is no more than 50 years old. Except 3 staffs from general universities, the rest are all graduates from Nanjing Union Theological Seminary. Suzhou Christian “Two Committees” carries out a strict screening process to select graduates to become pastors for ordaination.

Suzhou Christian “Two Committees” is located in Saint John Church. It is in charge of four churches: Saint John Church, Apostles Church, Gongxiang Church and Shishan Church.

Suzhou Christian “Two Committees”:
Saint John Church, No. 18 Shizi Street, Suzhou 215006, China Tel: 0512-65116760
email: suzhoulianghui@yahoo.com
Saint John Church, No. 18 Shizi Street, Suzhou 215006, China Tel: 0512-65223346
Apostles Church, No. 130 Yangyu Lane, Suzhou 215002, China Tel: 0512-65220327  
Gongxiang Church, No. 20 Gong Lane, Suzhou 215005, China Tel: 0512-65224152
Shishan Church, No. 170 Yushan Road, New District, Suzhou 215011, China Tel: 0512-68787298

Suzhou Christian “Two Committees” strives to maintain unity in leadership, to practice proactive planning, resulting in a satisfied church system. Using innovative ideas and experience from the past, it is our top priority to serve, prosper and develop the churches of Suzhou. Beside that, we request that brothers and sisters to pray and help us in the process. In the spirit of cooperative efforts, we believe that Suzhou churches will have a bright future.