Learning About an Ancient Church
Following the footsteps of revival from where it started in Jerusalem at Pentecost, has brought the Back to Jerusalem team in some pretty unexpected places. In some of the early Christian strongholds in the Middle East and North Afrika, the church was all but wiped out or marginalized under Islamic rule. But one church in Africa is a different story.
Continue ReadingNorth Korea on the Brink of War
The world watches as two of its leaders are at each other’s throats. The aggressive threats that have been the trade mark of the Kim regime in the DPRK for many years, are now responded to in kind by the US president. It seems the Kim regime is particularly angered by the word ‘rocket man’, used by Trump in his
Continue ReadingPrayer and Praise for Prisoners
In the midst of worries and war talk, let’s pause a moment and thank God for the great news that our brother pastor Hyeon Soo Lim was released from prison. He was sentenced to a lifetime of hard labour after he was arrested in the beginning of 2015, while doing NGO work in North Korea. His family, church and government
Continue ReadingCount the Cost and Carry the Cross
Do you ever wonder why the Church in China and the 10/40 window is so lively, while the Church in the West is so sleepy and ineffective? Now hold on a second – this statement is obviously a broad, sweeping generalization. Not all churches and believers in the West are sleepy and ineffective, and I would imagine that the reverse
Continue ReadingBTJ in the Classroom
Designing a Comparative World Religions course for an online Christian high school is an interesting proposition – probably because there are so many ways to approach it. I recently moved to a new city with my wife and children to start a job with a Christian school here in Canada, and I was asked to do just that. Actually, I
Continue ReadingHong Kong’s 20th Anniversary
July 1st of 2017, marks the 20th anniversary of the handover in Hong Kong that took place back in the summer of 1997. Before Hong Kong was handed back and was no longer a British colony, the Chinese and British governments had many of discussions of how to handle the transition of power from the British to the Chinese. They
Continue ReadingA Podcast Not to Miss
Podcasts are always interesting to listen to, especially when they’re Back To Jerusalem podcasts. Eugene Bach and a guest talking about Christianity, their ministry, interesting stories, and more information is something that will always keep you listening and waiting for the news of the next podcast. The latest Back to Jerusalem podcast features a special guest who was born and
Continue ReadingBrother Yun Tours the UK
Brother Yun’s UK tour started last week in Slough, where he was invited to be the keynote speaker at a mission event. Although it was not planned like that, this tour has come at a time when significant things are happening in the UK. Just after the first meeting in Slough, there was the terrible attack on London bridge and
Continue ReadingEgyptian Coptic Christians Under Attack
It has been reported that at least 28 people were killed in Egypt after ten masked gunmen opened fire on a bus full of Coptic Christians. Men, women, and children are those among the dead, while twenty-three others are injured. Egyptian officials are now classifying this as a terror attack. The bus full of the Egyptian Coptic Christians were driving
Continue ReadingUnderground House Church – Entering the Cities
In the wake of the communist and cultural revolutions, China is in the midst of a new revolution – a spiritual revolution. Despite continued government efforts to stamp out any religious activity that is not government controlled, China is experiencing an explosive growth of faith that is largely driven by the unregistered house churches. It is said that there are
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