Here’s an article about our brothers and sisters in China. A sample:
Rev. Jin Mingri peered out from the pulpit and delivered an unusual appeal: “Please leave,” the 39-year-old pastor commanded his followers, who were packed, standing-room-only on a Sunday afternoon, into a converted office space in China’s capital. “We don’t have enough seats for the others who want to come, so, please, only stay for one service a day.”
A choir in hot-pink robes stood to his left, beside a guitarist and a drum set bristling with cymbals. Children in a playroom beside the sanctuary punctuated the service with squeals and tantrums. It was a busy day at a church that, on paper, does not exist.
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So without all the media outlets that the western church enjoys, how did the Chinese evangelical church grow? They have a core of prayer, which the western church has marginalized due to the time it takes and the lack of immediate results.
The Chinese church is a miracle of God, and they did it without the help of democracy and the religious right. Hmm…
I was going to say it was the guitar and and drums.
Tim – the drums are the beginning of compromise.
Especially when they bristle with cymbals.
It was all the copies of PDL books RA sent over there.
Actually…a true point indeed.
Are they now apostate? lol…
For those that are interested, there’s an interesting documentary that just aired on PBS regarding the church in China:
Amazing the sacrifice these men and women are making in obscurity.
There’s also an interesting overview of the “institutional” church being promoted by the government in an attempt to “remove the teeth” of Christianity.
On the other side are simple, devoted Christians focused on living and spreading the gospel in the face of persecution. Worth the watch.