Up the Mountain

Overview

　After his divorce, 50-year-old Laozhu had been living in the mountains of Beijing suburb with his girlfriend Xiaowang. For this, the Beijing Zhongyuan family church regarded it as adultery and refused to issue him the Holy Communion. Then, Laozhu had a Christian wedding ceremony and began to host a Bible-reading group at his home in the city. In the beginning, the members increased gradually, but due to different understandings of the belief, Laozhu conflicted with them continuously, from in the city to up the mountain. This led to the decrease of the member-number. As the lease expired, the church was forced to move around in restaurants and bathing centers… In the end, the church disappeared and the members scattered everywhere…