It's a little after 10 a.m. on Sunday, and the Rev. Elyn MacInnis leads her flock through the service. A small but harmonious choir sings hymns. Children cry and call out to their parents.
Scripture is read, a sermon is offered, bread is broken.
Many Protestants would find themselves at home in the Congregation of the Good Shepherd . The Congregation is non-denominational. The group uses a rented space in an office-apartment complex, and because of the transient nature of life in the international community, its membership is always turning over. But it also has a cohesiveness many established churches in the West would envy. By law, the Congregation of the Good Shepherd is not open to Chinese nationals.