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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)
A "Deacon" is defined as a member who has been ordained by the church to tend to the faith of the congregation, conduct sacraments, and set good examples for others. An "Elder" is a title given to a TJC member 
who has attained at leastis aged over fifty years of age and has ministered in the Church for at a minimum of seven years. A TJC "preacher" is a full-time church minister whose duties are prayer, preaching, attending to members’ spiritual needs, and the conducting of sacraments <ref>‘Visiting the Church’, a church brochure giving a glossary of church terminologies.</ref>

Nowadays, representatives from each of the True Jesus Churches in the world also meet once every few years to elect a chairman of the International Assembly which focuses on the Church's development and future progress internationally.

There is a General Assembly in most of the countries mentioned above. The General Assembly is subdivided into Religious Affairs, Financial Affairs and General Affairs. In Taiwan, Central and local headquarters seem able to deal with the ever-expanding network of both rural and urban churches.<ref>In style and in function, the General Assembly seems much the same asis similar to the legislative organ of the [[Presbyterian Church in Taiwan]]. Yet, in theory, such as assembly and the basic ecclesiology of the church itself is based, according to church leaders, upon Apostolic precedent. On church [[ecclesiology]], see True Jesus Church, Jiàohuì Zǔzhī Yuánlǐ (教會組織原理)</ref>
The church's publication effort has also helped the church to grow. Tracts have been written and produced in great numbers and these are made readily available to each church member. The press has become more sophisticated in its presentation of tracts and scriptural materials and is better able to meet the needs of the expanding church.<ref>The authors and editors of the magazines are now able to target their audiences more clearly, writing different types of articles for different types of church audiences. A personal of a typical issue of the monthly ''Holy Spirit'' (聖靈月刊) and ''Manna'' publications demonstrate this point</ref>

In some countries where there are not enough numbers of believ⏎
In some countries with small numbers of members, prayer houses are established. When the number of believers are sufficient, a church dedication ceremony is made.<ref>To form a "Church" at any given location there must be at least thirty members; A "Prayer House" is established when there are fifteen or more TJC members gathering together in a locality. For further information, see here [http://members.tjc.org/sites/en/us/GA%20Documents/LcBlws-Amend_31%20NCC.pdf]</ref>

== Nomenclature ==
(contracted; show full){{Chinese Independent Churches}}
{{Sabbath-Keeping Churches}}

[[Category:True Jesus Church| ]]
[[Category:Religious organizations established in 1917]]
[[Category:Seventh-day denominations]]
[[Category:Oneness Pentecostal denominations]]
[[Category:Christian denominations established in the 20th century]]