Children Turned Away At Church in China
Rachel (not her real name) got a text message on her phone that her church in Shanghai was going to meet today on Sunday. Her church had not come together on Sunday for more than six months. Because of the increase of persecution against Christians in Shanghai, Rachel’s church had to change the meeting to days of the week that
Continue ReadingThe Three Most Unreached Tribes in China
Even though China has been experiencing the world’s largest revival for more than two decades, the majority of those revivals have been taking place in the eastern part of China with the Han Chinese speakers, the primary language spoken in China. Western China is still mostly unreached and lives in darkness. According to studies published by a Christian research group
Continue ReadingBTJ Banned From Fundraising by Facebook
The Back to Jerusalem Facebook page has been blocked from fund raising efforts. Back to Jerusalem currently has more than 35,000 followers on Facebook. That is not a lot, but it has been constant organic growth for several years. On average we see a new follower join our page every 3 or 4 hours. About ten years ago, every post
Continue ReadingStraight outta China – GOOGLE’s New Social Media Score
If you only follow Christian news, you might have missed the fact that last week a Silicon Valley whistleblower, who spoke with the intrepid investigative team at Project Veritas, sounded the alarm for all American Christians. In case you were sleeping, former Google software engineer Zachary Vorhies exposed different websites that were put on a blacklist, banning content from appearing on newsfeeds accessed
Continue ReadingChristian Leaders Renouncing their Faith??? Not in China – Why?
We should all be saddened by the prominent Christian leaders who have publicly renounced their faith in the last couple of weeks, but as someone who works with the underground house church in China, the thing that has stood out to me has been the fact that they renounced their faith “publicly.” These western Christian leaders did something willingly and
Continue ReadingMany Killed in China Flooding. Worst Typhoon This Year
The strongest typhoon to hit China this year has killed nearly 50 people and displacing more than 6.6 million residents in Zhejiang Province. Lekima is the ninth typhoon to hit China this year, hit the city of Wenling packing winds of 187 kilometers per hour and bringing heavy rainstorms. In Shandong Province, five people have been killed and 1.66 million
Continue ReadingThe New BTJ Office that Isn’t
Ministries in China are different in the way that they do not necessarily have church buildings and ministry headquarters from which to run their operations. They can’t. They are illegal. In many ways they operate as they did in the book of Acts when Christian outreach was conducted underground from places that operate in clandestine locations. The first century church
Continue ReadingThings are about to take a HUGE turn in Iran
Things are getting bad with Iran right now. As a Christian here are the things that you NEED to know. Click here to listen to the extended and detailed audio podcast of this: https://backtojerusalem.com/podcast/episode-412-possible-war-with-iran-what-christians-should-know/ The US just said today that they will sanction the most visible person of the Iranian regime – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad. His travel and his
Continue ReadingGod Made Three Trees
“For in all the world there is nothing to equal the day on which the Song of Songs was given to Israel, for all the writings are Holy, but the Song of Songs is the Holy of Holies.” Such is the importance expressed by Rabbi Aqiba in the year 90 A.D and echoes my recent fascination with the Biblical writings
Continue ReadingSundays are Dangerous for Christians in Shanghai
“Our church just let out,” Deborah (not her real name) said over the phone when I called her this evening. “We do not meet on Sundays any more. In fact, we do not know when we meet anymore,” she continued. Deborah’s church in Shanghai is one of the largest Christian fellowships in the city. Because of the increase in persecution
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