DAY 30: Pastor Zhang Rongliang
“During the first two months after I was arrested, I was questioned every day. I looked for a glimmer of hope that they would be letting me go. No hope came. “Zhang Rongliang. You are being charged with two counts. How do you plead?” The judge asked when my day in court finally came. “I plead not guilty.” After hearing
Continue ReadingDAY 29: Sister Jing
Shandong Province has played a pivotal role in China’s revival. Missionaries from the West gave their lives in Shandong to bring the gospel message to the Chinese. One of those missionaries was a leading Baptist-philanthropist-turned-Pentecostal-evangelist, L.M. Aglin. A young man by the name of Jing Dianying went to work for L.M. Aglin, received the Lord, and was baptized in the
Continue ReadingDAY 28: Sister Ruth
Sister Ruth was in her early 20s when she was sent to the Philippines to be trained as a Back to Jerusalem missionary. She was very skinny, frail, and used to urban life in China. She had never traveled outside of China before and was extremely timid. The Back to Jerusalem school in the Philippines is not a typical missionary
Continue ReadingDAY 27: Sister Li
Sister Li is a Chinese Back to Jerusalem missionary. One morning when she was praying, the Holy Spirit came upon her and told her clearly, “My daughter, I want you to go to Tibet.” Upon hearing the command, Sister Li became frightened. “God,” she began to pray. “I know that you are telling me to go to Tibet, but I
Continue ReadingDAY 26: Sister An
Sister An is serving as one of the main trainers for Back to Jerusalem’s Dove Project. The Dove Project has been used to train more than 250,000 Sunday School teacher-trainers in China, Vietnam, India, Egypt, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden, and Norway. An is from Henan Province where Norwegian missionary Marie Monsen spent most of her time ministering in the
Continue ReadingDAY 25: Sister Grace He
The Back to Jerusalem vision is not a new vision. It was birthed in the hearts of Chinese believers in the early 1900s. One of the first groups to catch the vision was the Back to Jerusalem Evangelistic Band. Sister Grace He, one of its original members, passed away in January 2014. Here is a shortened version of her personal
Continue ReadingDAY 24: Brother Yun
“One day God spoke to my heart and told me to travel to Greece to plant a church there. I don’t speak English or Greek, so it would be difficult to travel there by myself. I had every reason not to go, but God had put the country on my heart and I knew better than to refuse His calling.
Continue ReadingDAY 23: Brother Joshua
Joshua is one of the main “uncles” in an underground House church network that does not have a name. This network is made up of five main leaders who share the authority over a group of several million believers. “Many people learn about Back to Jerusalem but are not really sure how they fit into the vision,” Joshua said to
Continue ReadingDAY 22: Brother Jacob
Brother Jacob is an evangelist from Mongfu (Lixin) Church, also known as the Blessing Network. He is 23 years old today and had only been a Christian for less than two years before he was sent out as an evangelist. He had been serving in his area of ministry for less than 10 months when he gave the following report:
Continue ReadingDAY 21: Pastor Zhang Rongliang
“On June 2, 1971, I was detained at a local jail while a small detachment of police were sent to my home to look for my Bible and any other religious writings. I knew that they would not find my Bible. I often gave it to others and we had a system of shuffling it around from one house to
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