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Samuel Lamb or Lin Xiangao (; October 4, 1924 – August 3, 2013) was a Christian pastor in Guangzhou, China. He was a leader in the Chinese house church movement, and known for his resistance against participation in the churches of the state-controlled "Three-Self Patriotic Movement". ==Biography== Lamb was born in a mountainous area overlooking Macau. His father, Paul Lamb, was the pastor of a small Baptist congregation. Lamb was imprisoned for more than 20 years (1955–57, 1958–78) for his faith in Christ. In spite of "honey-bucket" duty at labor farms or backbreaking work in coal mines at labor camps, Lamb continued to teach. In 1978, Lamb was released from prison and, in 1979, he restarted the church in 35 Da Ma Zhan, Guangzhou. Because the attendance grew quickly, he then moved the meetings to 15 Rong Gui Li, De Zheng Bei Road. Now, the house church holds four main services each week, with an estimated attendance of four to five thousand. Since 1979, he has been publishing a series of booklets called "Voice of the Spirit"; now there are more than 200 booklets. He died in Guangzhou in 2013, aged 88.〔http://www.christiantoday.com/article/chinese.house.church.leader.samuel.lamb.dies/33506.htm〕For reasons of security and site elements, the date of the farewell ceremony has been changed, the farewell ceremony for Samuel Lamb (elder Lin Xiangao) will be held at half past two(pm) on August 16, 2013, in Baiyun Hall, Yinhe park, Yinhe cemetery,Guangzhou.(The original date is on August 17, 2013). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samuel Lamb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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