Similarities to basic philosophy and practices of Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) don't bode well for the TMO in China; easily confused by the Chinese paranoic leaders with the former.
...Typically, the Chinese leaders need 30 years to evaluate a program/movement/idea coming from abroad; notwithstanding the ancient Taoist Tradition with Chinese roots, which they've forgotten. Even statues of Confucious are 'verboten'.. ... Christianity is doing far better in modern China, probably since the modern Missionaries have taken care not to directly confront the political leadership; and don't forget the Biblicatl "Render under Caesar...." ... See for example the website of Missionary Dennis Balcombe (scroll down for images of Chinese Christians). http://rcmi.wordpress.com/ In Charisma Magazine, Jan 2012, page 55, he says "revival in China is 'like the book of Acts'; and has spread even to the state churches, where people are being filled with the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues". ... On page 36 of Charisma, China is mentioned as one of 12 Global Hot Spots for conversions: "Mao Zedong tried to wipe out Christian faith in the 1970's when there were only 2.7 million believers. Today, the most conservative estimate is that China had 75 million believers in 2010." But Missionary Freddie Sun estimates that there are 150 million Protestants and Catholics in China, compared with 60 million communist party members. Sun states (Charisma, page 53): "Every day, 30,000 people believe in Jesus [i.e. new believers in China] - even communist party members. It's the greatest revival in church history.". --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Buck" <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote: > > To join, applicants need the backing of existing members and to undergo > exhaustive checks and examination by their local party branch. They then face > a year's probation, again involving assessments and training. > > Organizational Chart > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13904437 >
