from Dennis Balcombe's website: http://rcmi.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/img_0153.jpg ... and the Chinese butt-bouncers are where?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu" <yifuxero@...> wrote: > > 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 > > >