During his visit to BIOLA University, Randy Alcorn answered this question posed by a Torrey Honors Institute student: "Are Christians in China persecuted because of resistance to the communist party, or because the government doesn't understand Christianity?"
Map from Global Mapping International, showing the distribution of Christians in China.
Resources pastors and group leaders can use on the subject of the persecuted church.
Randy Alcorn gives a message on the persecuted church at Good Shepherd Community Church in 2005, titled "Those of Whom the World Is Not Worthy."
A new government-sponsored survey on spirituality in China has found that the number of religious believers among the country’s 1.3 billion people is far higher than generally known, amounting to as many as 300 million.
We receive many letters from readers asking for ways to help those being persecuted for their faith. In addition to financial contributions, the following are other opportunities for individuals, families, or church groups to help those in need.
Your book, Safely Home, has served as an inspiration to me.
The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP) is a global day of intercession in November for persecuted Christians worldwide. Its primary focus is the work of intercessory prayer and citizen action on behalf of persecuted communities of the Christian faith.
The IDOP began in 1996 through the efforts of the World Evangelical Fellowship (WEF) in cooperation with a variety of denominations and faith-based organizations. Now Christians in over 130 countries take part in IDOP and are growing in awareness of the problem of persecution and spending time in prayer.
For more information on IDOP, go to their ...
In your book, Safely Home, you talk about the persecution of Christians in China. I have a friend who visited China and went to a church where the Christians had Bibles and were free to worship. Can you explain this?
(This Biblical study on how to pray for the persecuted church was submitted by a friend of Eden Communications—a pastor who prefers to remain anonymous.) See also the Handbook of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, from Open Doors.
Please pray that they would:
1. Have physical protection and deliverance.
Matthew 26:39 — “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as Thou wilt.”
Acts 12:5 — “So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God.”
Philippians 1:19 ...
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