New Testament Church (Hong Kong)
Hong Kong and Taiwan based Christian New Religious Movement founded by Kong Duen-yee
New Testament Church (Chinese: 新約教會; pinyin: Xīnyuē jiàohuì) is a Christian denomination from Hong Kong, founded by the Hong Kong movie actress Mui Yee in 1963 then led by her daughter Zhang Lude (張路得, Ruth Chang). The leadership was then passed to Elijah Hong, and he settled down the New Testament Church on Mount Zion in Taiwan. The Chinese government classifies the church as heterodox.
History
Spreads to Southeast Asia
After Mui Yee came out of her movie career, she returned to Christianity in 1957. Since 1959, Mui Yee has travelled across Southeast Asia to preach the gospel and develop her church. However, she was not trained formally as a preacher. In 1963, just after Mui Yee founded the New Testament Church, she was invited to Malaysia to conduct rallies in Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, and Penang. With the help of the Assemblies of God (AOG), a Pentecostal denomination, she continued to spread her ideas in Malaysia and Singapore. She stressed glossolalia (speaking in tongues), healing, and prophecy, becoming a sensation within Chinese Christian circles. In her meetings, she condemned Chinese religious practices.
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