Global Chinese Ministries Dec. 2009
Confucius Makes a Comeback
China’s rekindled love affair with Confucius took another significant step forward when 1,000 members of China’s once most powerful aristocratic clan, the Kongs, were shown the first complete edition of their family tree for more than 70 years. Amid the blast of horns and thumping of drums at the great temple in the sage’s ancestral town of Qufu in Shandong, the 80-volume genealogy containing 2 million names was unveiled by the 83-year-old elder of the clan.
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Registered Church in Shandong Abolished
A Christian organization in Hong Kong has received letters from concerned Christians in Jinan, the capital of Shandong province, detailing the forced removal of one of the city’s oldest churches.
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Dec. Prayer Points
1. Pray for Christians in Jinan, Shandong, whose legally registered church has reportedly been forcibly closed.
2. Pray for all Chinese caught up in ancestor worship that they may come to knowledge of the One True God, and God as their Father.