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" 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" 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
> >
>