Surprise Report: Increased Persecution in China Leads to New Explosive Church Growth
The crackdown on Christians in China is fueling growth in the underground church, according to reports from inside the country. A crack down throughout China over the last few weeks has shut down several remaining official churches. More than 42 official state-run churches have been shut down over two weeks, in Yugan county. However, the same thing has been experienced
Continue ReadingCRISIS: EXTREME BIBLE SHORTAGE IN CHINA
The Bible is under attack in China and access is as crisis levels. While the rest of the world is concentrating on the coronavirus, China is making aggressive moves to remove the Bible from China once and for all. “Is there really a need for more Bibles,” a pastor asked me in 2008, just before the Beijing Olympics. “I have
Continue ReadingLatest Chinese Government Plan to Re-write the Bible
To stop the astronomical growth of Christianity in China, the Chinese government has devised a new plan – rewrite the Bible. According to Rev. Bob Fu in his testimony to Congress, founder of China Aid, the Chinese government plans to incorporate Buddhist scripture and Confucian teachings into the Bible and edit worship songs to include Chinese characteristics. The official government
Continue ReadingChristian Mother in Prison in North Korea
Inside North Korea, working behind the bamboo curtain, BTJ missionaries have been risking their lives to smuggle in Bibles. BTJ missionaries from China are smuggling thousands of small electronic bibles into the nation right under the noses of the North Korean guards. If they are caught, they could be beaten, thrown into prison, or worse. Every day, BTJ missionaries from
Continue ReadingFormer Muslims Coming to Christ in Iraq
“We have eight churches in Northern Iraq that are all made up of former Muslims and Yazidi members,” said the Iraqi pastor that we were meeting with. “We have seen so many people come to Christ since the invasion of ISIS in 2014.” For security reasons, we cannot give the name of the pastor in Iraq, but he is working
Continue ReadingILLEGAL BIBLE PRINTING
In my opinion, it would be pretty hard for any tale to match the awesomeness of the illegal Bible printing story told by Brother Ren at the beginning of Eugene Bach’s The Underground Church (available here on the BTJ website). That said, I once heard a story that does come close, if not in terms of sheer daring, then at
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