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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, the church has approximately 2.5 million members<ref>Although the Los Angeles based IA church website states a fi(contracted; show full)tarte (Ashtaroth) in Phoenicia. It is possible that they were worshiping the same deity, albeit by different names. For further information, see [http://www.religioustolerance.org/easter1.htm Easter: Its Pagan origins]</ref> However, this is based on a misconception since Easter (or its variants) is the name of the holiday only in Germanic-speaking countries; the original name for the Christian festival is [[Pascha]] (Passover) and this is what it is called even in English by [[Orthodox Christians]].
 Furthermore, none of the events listed are stated in the Holy Bible. For instance, the Bible does not state that Jesus Christ was born on the 25th December; nor is this misunderstanding understandable.

== Historical background and origins ==
The successful attempts to evangelize China by [[Nestorian Christians]] from [[Persian Empire|Persia]] (635-845 AD), the Roman Catholics and [[Jesuits]] (1265, 1601–1724) were short lived—they fell out of favour with the Chinese emperor and saw only scattered underground efforts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imarc.cc/reghist/reghist1.html |title=History of Missions in China |publisher=Imarc.cc |date= |accessdate=2012-09-15}}</ref>

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[[Category:Seventh-day denominations]]
[[Category:Oneness Pentecostal denominations]]
[[Category:Christian denominations established in the 20th century]]