BTJ is so thankful for those who have been praying for the mission work. Last week, BTJ hosted a secret meeting in mainland China between some of the top Chinese underground house church pastors and about 30 pastors and mission leaders from Europe, America, Canada and Brazil.
Although it was an extremely risky meeting, there were so many things that the leaders inside China wanted to share. During several days of secret meetings, BTJ partners were protected from the police in miraculous ways that can only be explained as an answer to prayer.
Two pastors were not able to attend the meeting because, even though they had already purchased their plane tickets, they were contacted by the police advising them not to leave their home. Another underground house church pastor was contacted by the police after they arrived at the meetings and could only share for 40 minutes about their situation before jetting off.
One of the BTJ Chinese staff members was contacted by the police while they were at the meeting and had to return to their home province to answer questions. Even one of the pastors from America who attended the meeting was contacted by the police for dubious reasons regarding their travel.
Due to the high risks involved in this kind of meeting in China, BTJ has not hosted a secret forum of this nature for more than 10 years, but this year presented an amazing opportunity.
BTJ could not send out a prayer request before or during the meetings, as it could have caused a security breach, which is why we are so thankful for our prayer partners and BTJ GateKeepers who are praying for us on a regular basis.
We at BTJ want all our partners to know that God has heard the prayers of our friends and fellow believers around the world and everyone who attended the meeting has returned home safe.
