sentences:  The assembly was originally scheduled to be held in Guangzhou, Guangdong in 1940 but had to be postponed due to the Sino-Japanese War.It was finally held on October 21–25, 1946 in the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Shekou.According to an incomplete survey, church membership increased by 62% from the reported membership of 47,473 in the last assembly to 76,953 right after the war.