The Billy Graham of China: John Sung (1901–1944) Chinese evangelist John Sung was a man of tender conscience, constant selfexamination, daily repentance, and unremitting pursuit of holiness.
The Sunday service this week at an unassuming church in Taiwan was especially moving for one man. It was the first time Liao Qiang had worshipped publicly since authorities shut down his church in China seven months arrived in Taiwan last week after fleeing China...
Sep 14, 2018· Churches in China that are not part of either the statesanctioned China Christian Council or the ThreeSelf Patriotic Movement are considered "house churches." The term can be misleading, though, since it can refer to any unauthorized church, regardless of size or meeting location. Some "house churches" in China are megacongregations.
The church also ran schools and orphanages. [Read more history] 106 Orthodox churches were opened in China by 1949. In general the parishers of these churches were the Russian refugees, and the Chinese part was about 10, 000 persons. The "cultural revolution" destroyed the young Chinese Orthodox Church almost totally. [Catechizing the flock]
China's ruling Communist Party has carried out a widespread crackdown on all religious institutions in recent years, including bulldozing churches and mosques, barring Tibetan children from ...
Sep 10, 2018· Churches across China have faced new waves of harassment and pressure to register since a new set of regulations to govern religious affairs in the country came into effect in February and ...
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Dec 10, 2018· Of China's estimated 60 million Protestants, more than half worship at unregistered churches. In September, 344 Chinese pastors signed a faith statement, proclaiming, "For the sake of the Gospel, we are prepared to bear all losses—even the loss of our freedom and our lives."
A man stands in a room in a "house church" in Puyang in China's central Henan province on Aug. 13. Numerous house churches, which operate independently of the statecontrolled churches, have ...
Sep 10, 2018· BEIJING (AP) — China's government is ratcheting up a crackdown on Christian congregations in Beijing and several provinces, destroying crosses, burning bibles, shutting churches and ordering followers to sign papers renouncing their faith, according to pastors and a group that monitors religion in China.
May 15, 2019· (Guangzhou—May 15, 2019) At least 15 churches have been harassed in mainland China since Sunday in a nationwide crackdown on the faith. At 9:30 on May 12, state security officers from the local religious management bureau invaded Jinxiangtan Church in .
Jul 31, 2018· Churches in China are preparing to adapt to the fiveyear plan to promote Sinicization of the Catholic Church. The Bishops' Conference of the Catholic Church in China (BCCCC) and the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA) issued the FiveYear Plan on Carrying Forward the Chinese Catholic Church's Adherence to the Direction of Sinicization (201822) in June to all dioceses, asking them ...
Dec 15, 2018· "The church's pastor, Wang Yi, said that some Christians who host small groups in their homes have been harassed by the police or community officials," reported China Aid in October.
While all metaphors have limiting factors, especially if they are overused, the teenager metaphor applied to the house church in China seems to work quite well. The metaphor is extremely useful because it helps us better understand not only how the church identifies itself, but it also helps us unde
Nov 19, 2018· A cross is seen behind a poster with the logo of Communist Party of China (CPC) near a Catholic church on the outskirts of Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi province, December 24, 2016. | (Photo: REUTERS/Jason Lee) Four Christian churches in China's Sichuan province have been given an ultimatum and told they must join the official Communist government network or be shut down.
Dec 10, 2018· An unregistered or "house church" in China that has been the object of the government's persecution has suffered another blow. An overnight raid of .