Fangshan Church

Fangshan Church

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 5, 2005

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

房山教堂

Director

Xu Xin

Description

A lively community of Christians inhabit Fangshan, a remote rural town in Jiangsu Province. At the start of the millennium, a church was built there with support of local inhabitants' relatives from Taiwan. On Sundays, up to 900 people gather to worship, while spending most of their days maintaining a modest living as farmers. Their faith governs how they handle family conflicts, illnesses and other difficulties. Still, they must contend with constraining forces in their community, from ancient folk religious practices to laws forbidding evangelism.