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[[File:TJCFujian.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The True Jesus Church located in [[Fujian]], China.]]
The '''True Jesus Church''' is a [[Non-denominational Christianity|non-denominational Christian church]] that originated in [[Beijing]], China, in 1917. The current elected chairman of the TJC International Assembly is Preacher Yong-Ji Lin.<ref>Chinese: 林永基</ref> Today, there are approximately 2.5 million members<ref>Although the Los Angeles based IA church website sta(contracted; show full)er to be originally associated with a [[paganism|pagan]] ritual celebrating the birth of the [[Solar deity|Sun]] which was later adopted into the Christian church during the reign of the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[Roman Emperors|emperor]] [[Constantine I (emperor)|Constantine]] in the 4th century AD.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tjc.org/showArticle.aspx?aid=7219 |title=Is Christmas Biblical? |publisher=Tjc.org |date= |accessdate=2012-09-15}}</ref> The church also does not celebrate [[Halloween]]
  <ref>The fact that the TJC does not celebrate Halloween is mentioned in the [http://ia.tjc.org/elibrary/ContentDetail.aspx?ItemID=9629&langid=2 Holy Spirit Monthly, July 2007 publication]</ref> because it says the roots of Halloween can be traced back to an ancient Celtic festival called “[[Samhain]]” (meaning “Summer’s end,” pronounced “sow-en”). The festival took place on October 31 and marked the beginning of the dark season, which was associated with death and the waning of the sun.

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