William Ashmore DD, an American missionary of the Northern Baptist Convention in Shantou Queshi Church, hired Elder Chen Yongquan to preach the gospel in Jieyang.
The church activities was held in a rented house on the Cross Street of Chenghuang Temple in the county capital town of Rongcheng.
Later, as the number of religious believers gradually increased, a chapel with a capacity of about 200 people was built by the Rong River outside the north gate of Rongcheng in 1889.
And "nursing homes" were established to provide care for elderly and helpless believers.
[1] [2] [4] [5] The church pays great attention to social welfare, from the initial medical and drug donation, literacy classes, and girls' schools, to the establishment of the Truth Hospital, the Truth School, nursing homes and other welfare undertakings.