BTJ just completed one of the largest training sessions with pastors and leaders in China that we have ever experienced since 2019 crackdowns began.
A senior pastor and church planter who BTJ has been working with for several years asked BTJ to come and speak to a group of pastors and leaders. The plans were hastily put together at the last minute and there were only supposed to be a total of 10-15 Chinese leaders in the fellowship. Since the crackdowns in China began in 2019, there haven’t been any large meetings. Large meetings have simply been too dangerous to host.
However, somehow word got around to the other house churches about this meeting and many leaders asked to also attend the secret gathering. When one of the local Christian business leaders heard about the potential meeting, he offered his company to provide a secret location and when the BTJ team arrived, there were over 250 pastors and leaders all waiting and worshiping in the same room!
In addition to that, at the same time, BTJ was hosting another meeting in same city with over 50 leaders. Altogether, BTJ conducted several days of teaching to about 350 pastors and leaders in China.
This does not mean that things are getting easier in China, but it does show that the church is continually evolving to find new and creative ways to host meetings and the government is not able to stop it.
