Last Years and Legacy
Towards the last years of his life, intestinal tuberculosis plagued him and deeply affected his work. Despite this, he continued to preach and even had to speak in a leaning position to lessen the pain. He succumbed to the disease at the age of 42. It is claimed that John Sung was the most influential Chinese evangelist during the 1930s and his ministry had a profound impact on Christianity especially in the Chinese-speaking world in China and Southeast Asia. He also helped found the Church Assembly Hall along with Watchman Nee and others. Countless Chinese were converted and revived through his ministry and they would play a significant role in the growth of Christianity in the region.
A confession from a woman in Indonesia when John Sung enter the church from the door, sick people nearby suddenly healed as he walk forward to altar. It happened in a service in Church of Sion (known today as Gereja Ayam) in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1930s(it was Batavia, Dutch Indies on that time) .
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