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Friday, July 17th, 2009
China 2009
After a period of complete ban of religious life, in 1979 China restored the right for Christians to hold their own religious beliefs and to engage in regular worship. Many of the churches we visited where started within couple years of 1979 and now there are new churches constantly being organized and built. These are the so called “registered churches”, which have chosen to comply with the government regulations for registration of places to worship. There are churches which choose not to register – the underground church. Most if not all churches we been to were registered therefore it is hard to understand the reason for not registering. It seems that it has to do more with a theological disagreement of any civil registration which may be due to the long time hostility between the government and church. A similar position was taken by many Romanian believers who had lived through the harsh times of communism there. Sadly, the unregistered seem to still be a target for the Chinese government.
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Friday, July 17th, 2009
China 2009
La sfârşitul luni Iunie am petrecut zece zile de neuitat în China, împreuna cu Bryan Revor şi William Ripple. Călătoria noastră a fost în urma unei alteia făcută în 2008, în care s-au distribuit o mie de Bibli în zona rurală a Chinei. Aceste călătorii au fost posibile doar pentru că William Ripple [...]
