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- ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton (center) visits Holy Trinity Church in Shanghai.
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- ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton presents a gift the Rev. Gao Feng, president of the China Christian Council.
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- ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton presents a gift to Elder Fu Xianwei, chairperson of the National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China.
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- ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton (center) meets with representatives of the China Christian Council and the National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China.
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- ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton (center) visits Meile Church in Yunnan, China. She is surrounded by church members dressed in traditional Lisu attire.
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- ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton sits among Sunday school students during a three-day vigil in the Maokenju village church.
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- ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton (second from right) enjoys new friendships with (from left) Li Youni, Ong Jinaai, He Wenqin and Emily Demuth Ishida. In the background is the newly dedicated Meile “Rock of Ages” church.
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- ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton visits with Yu Liang-Jun, elder of the Maokenju congregation, and Zhao Wei, evangelist at Houdu Village.
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- ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton visits the Wijihou church, dedicated in November 2013. The ELCA provided funds to support the church building.
According to ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, many American Christians and Lutherans would be surprised by the large Christian presence in China. In a trip to China this Easter season, Eaton, along with a group of ELCA leaders, met in Shanghai with representatives of the China Christian Council and leaders of the National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China. Eaton also met with Christians in Meile, a small village in northern Yunnan, where she participated in a dedication of a new church building. Meile’s Christians are from the Lisu ethnic minority.
