CHINA: Revival Falls on State-Controlled Churches

Source: CBN News, via Joel News International, February 15, 2016

It’s Thursday evening in Fujian Province, southeast China. Scores of men and women are dancing, waving flags, blowing shofars, singing and worshiping God. You might think these images come from a charismatic service in America or Africa. But they’re not. This is communist China. And what is remarkable about this scene is that it’s happening in an officially government-controlled congregation known as Three-Self Church.

“Dramatic changes are happening,” evangelist Duan Huila told CBN News. “God is moving in a powerful way inside these Three-Self Churches.” He and his wife have witnessed this move first-hand. Both are evangelists and have for several years crisscrossed the Chinese countryside documenting the Holy Spirit’s move among Three-Self Churches. “The most amazing thing is that the Lord is raising up God-loving people in these churches—so many brothers and sisters who love God deeply and want to serve him,” Duan said.

» Read full story and watch related video from CBN. See also a 2014 Joel News story on the paradox of the rapid spread of Christianity in China and consider subscribing to Joel News for more stories about the advance of God’s kingdom.

» Also read Leave China, Study in America, Find Jesus (Foreign Policy).

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