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[[File:True Jesus Church Olive Garden.jpg|thumb|True Jesus Church training centre in [[Port Dickson]], [[Malaysia]]]]
The '''True Jesus Church''' is a [[Christianity|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 states a figure (contracted; show full)eb|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.

Easter is not observed either,<ref>The fact that the TJC does not celebrate Easter is mentioned in the [http://www.joy.org.tw/holyspirit.asp?num=5638 Holy Spirit Monthly, May 2007 publication], their reason being that the Bible never mentioned of the early apostles ever setting up a date to celebrate "Easter".</ref> because the name “Easter” c(contracted; show full){{Chinese Independent Churches}}
{{Sabbath-Keeping Churches}}

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