Global Chinese Ministries June 2010
House Churches Thrive in Beijing
This was the stunning headline to a major article which was published in the official English-language China Daily on March 17 of this year. Can we believe our eyes? Here is the complete article.
“Beijing has a growing number of, and an increasingly open attitude towards, ‘house churches,’ according to members of these churches and experts on religion. ‘House churches’ refers to Christian churches other than those government-sanctioned, officially-registered ones which include the Three Self Patriotic Movement, the China Christian Council and the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.
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Development of Shouwang Church in Beijing
Timeline
1993: Fellowship founded by a young couple in Beijing.
1994: Apartment rented to hold services and meetings.
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May Prayer Points
1. Praise God for the recent articles in China Daily favorably publicizing the Beijing house churches. Pray this will lead to a genuine breakthrough in official recognition for all urban house churches, and eventually rural ones as well.
2. Pray for the large Shouwang house church that it now will gain official recognition for its new, permanent church building. Pray its leaders will have wisdom negotiating with officials.