House Church Talk - Fw: Fw: China Report

[Robert L. Moseley]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Hubbell" <ntc at churchrestoration.org>
To: <House Church Talk  at housechurch.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 5:07 PM
Subject: House Church Talk -  Fw: Fw: China Report


> Robert, thanks for your inquiry about persecution in China.
>
> As briefly as I can via e-mail, I will try and answer your questions.  I
> have access to information from various provinces of China so I am
familiar
> with much of what is going on in regard to persecution.
>
> The answer to your questions can only be answered by considering each
> province in China.  There are varying degrees of persecution from province
> to province ranging from simple harassment to imprisonment, torture and
> death.
>
> For example, in the area we are working presently, the Christians have a
> miraculous favor of the governmental authorities.  It is much like the
Book
> of Acts where it states, "they had favor with all the people."  For
security
> reasons, I am not at liberty to say anything further about this unique
> situation which I know you can understand.
>
> Just to show the stark contrast to other areas of severe persecution,
there
> was a beating and death of a Christian leader located just north of our
area
> who was martyred during the very time we were ministering in China in
> November.  Many of the Chinese leaders we know personally have been
> imprisoned several times for their witness for Christ.
>
> I had the privilege of ministering secretively in one of the major cities
of
> China in August where 20 Chinese apostles and their spouses from all over
> China attended.  Most of these leaders had experienced severe persecution
> and many had been imprisoned several times.  These leaders for the most
part
> are in their early thirties and forties.  To many of them, it is not a
> matter of "if" but "when" they are arrested and imprisoned.
>
> There has been a political pattern in the past that when China changes
> governmental leadership that the Communists tighten their hold on the
> underground church until that new leader makes certain of his power over
the
> nation.  Then they tend to loosen up some.  However, the national law is
> that every Christian church must register with the government and most of
> the believers in China refuse to do this because of the comprises they
have
> to make with the government controls.
>
> Approximately 8 million Christians register and 120 million refuse to do
so
> throughout the country.  Thus the government places Christians into two
> categories: Registered and Non-Registered.  Those unregistered are
according
> to the government in violation of the law and are subject to arrest and
> imprisonment.  How strictly this national law is carried out depends upon
> the local governmental authority of the various provinces.  Thus the
> discrepancy of the treatment of Christians varying from province to
> province.
>
> To complicate this situation of governmental persecution there is also a
> wave of cults in China attacking the underground church.  The most
familiar
> one is known as the Eastern Lightning Cult.  They try to seduce young
> believers and churches to join their cult which believes that Jesus has
> already returned in the form of a young Chinese woman who is the founder
of
> this movement.  While we were in China this past month, representatives of
> this cult came to the area where I was ministering and tried to recruit
> members from the house churches in that area.
>
> Robert, I trust that this helps you understand a little better the
situation
> about persecution in China.  I could share more but I am afraid to
> jeopardize the safety of the Chinese believers.  Pray for the safety of
the
> students and our teams as we return to China four more times in 2004.  We
> and the students are committed to our Lord regardless of their potential
> imprisonment and our extradition from the country .
>
> In His love,
> Dan Hubbell
> His servant
>
> > Great report Dan and welcome back to the great state of Texas.
> >
> > Just a question if you please...I have been led to believe that China as
a
> > nation has been closed to the true gospel message of the Bible since
1949,
> > or thereabouts.  Yet your mission trips seem to be rather open and free
to
> > travel, teach and even graduate student teachers to propagate the gospel
> > throughout the Communist nation of mainland China.  Am I being mislead
by
> > what I have read and seen on "Christian" TV???
> >
> > Yours in Christ and may the seeds that you and your team planted grow
> > great
> > fruit for the kingdom of God.
> >
> > Robert Moseley down and around Canyon Lake
>
> > > CHINA MISSION REPORT #3:
> > >
> > > We have just returned from our third China Mission in 2003. We were
> there
> > > from October 23 through November 25. Again, the Lord richly blessed
for
> > > which we give Him all the glory!
> > >
> > > Our team members were CJ, Daniel, Jeff, Kathy, Paulina, Tony and me of
> > > whom four were from California, two from Texas and one from Mainland
> > > China. We taught 60 Bible Sessions, 40 Ministry Sessions and 50
English
> > > Sessions.
> > >
> > > The Bible Sessions were filmed for distribution throughout China. The
> > > subjects covered this trip were: 1)God's Design for His Church 2)Man's
> > > 2000 Years of Traditions 3)How to Establish New Testament Churches.
The
> > > Ministry Sessions were for specific leadership training of apostles,
> > > prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. The English Sessions
> covered
> > > English grammar and conversational English. The Chinese students know
in
> > > the Spirit that God is calling them to preach the Gospel to the ends
of
> > > the earth and they want to be able to ministry in English to
accomplish
> > > this commission of the Lord.
> > >
> > > The Training Center has been preparing student leaders for three years
> > > with their curriculum covering a wide range of Bible subjects. Thirty
> > > five students graduated from the Training Center on November 24, 2003.
> > > They left the Training Center to scatter to various parts of China and
> > > beyond to share the Good News of the Kingdom of our Lord. We
challenged
> > > these new graduates to multiply their ministry training by mentoring a
> > > new potential "Timothy" leader each year. By doing this, they could
> > > potentially have hundreds of servant workers prepared for future
> ministry.
> > >
> > > We will return to China for four more missions in March, June, August,
> > > October 2004. We will begin training a new incoming class of students.
> > > All of these four months of Bible teachings will be filmed and made
> > > available to the November graduates on a continuing education basis.
The
> > > previous two Bible Sessions taught in 2003 will also be available to
> > > these new 2004 incoming students to round out their curriculum of 360
> > > filmed teachings.
> > >
> > > Thank you for your continued prayers and encouragement as we enter the
> > > "open doors" to China in 2004!
> > >
> > > His servant,
> > > Dan Hubbell
> > >
> > > http://www.churchrestoration.org
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