10,000 Christians a day....

Post by **_djeaton** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:12 pm

I think this would definitely fall under the category of a "movement"...in more ways than one. Asia Times has a story entitled "Christianity finds a fulcrum in Asia" which states: "Ten thousand Chinese become Christians each day, according to a stunning report by the National Catholic Reporter's veteran correspondent John Allen, and 200 million Chinese may comprise the world's largest concentration of Christians by mid-century, and the largest missionary force in history."

The article makes this interesting point though: "China may be for the 21st century what Europe was during the 8th-11th centuries, and America has been during the past 200 years: the natural ground for mass evangelization. If this occurs, the world will change beyond our capacity to recognize it. Islam might defeat the western Europeans, simply by replacing their diminishing numbers with immigrants, but it will crumble beneath the challenge from the East. " We still think of America as being a leading "Christian" nation, but the article points out that "South Korean Christians, who make up nearly 30% of that nation's population... send more evangelists to the world than any country except the United States"

Interesting thought, don't you think? If we won't...He'll find someone that will....
D.

Post by **_JC** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:31 am

Every time I talk to a Christian from one of the Asian nations it leave me with a distinct impression: What we have in the West is watered-down and compromised. The church I belong to is interesting in that, as a white male, I'm often the minority in our gatherings. Just this past week we were recieving reports from our sister churches in Islamic nations where entire villages of Mulsims recieved visions of Christ, telling them to find this church. Apparently it's a common thing over there.

I have a good friend who's a missionary in rural Philippines. When she returned from the last visit she told me they were doing some street preaching and a man got saved and began sobbing. He told my friend that his wife has been in a coma for a couple weeks. My friend and two of her missionary buddies went to the hospital and prayed for the man's wife. Well, she woke up as they were praying.

Things like this seem to only happen on the mission fields these days but at least they're happening.

Post by **_TK** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:09 am

read Jim Rutz's "megashift." if everything in that book is to be believed, there is indeed amazing things happening where HOME CHURCHES are the norm. the point of the book is that if want to experience in the US what is happening elsewhere, we need to get to the NT home church model.

TK

Post by **_Rick_C** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:17 pm

djeaton,

I saw your post a few days ago. It came to me as "good news" after a series of bad days I had been having. Thanks!

I was so encouraged I re-listened to some Postmillennialist lectures by Ken Gentry. (I'm still Amillennial...but it's good to hear some good news about the Good News, isn't it)?

Some people say China might be the world's no. 1 super-power later in this century. And, let's remember that Communism wasn't defeated when the Berlin Wall fell down (China). But what with all of the Christians there, Praise God! (Am I becoming Postmillennial now)?

Lastly, in my small town, a few Koreans work here: Not many, just a few. Every one of them read their Bible on lunch break. Very devout people! (South Korea has more churches (demographically) than any nation on earth).

Just some thoughts,
Rick

Post by **_Rick_C** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:21 pm

Hi TK,

I know that, in China, the majority of churches are "house churches." The reason for this is persecution (they are underground).....gtsy, TK

P.S. demographic note

At current rates of growth, there will be more Pentecostals than Muslims by 2050 (I believe, according to Barna Research).

Jesus Reigns!
Rick

Post by **_Michelle** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:55 am

Rick_C wrote:
Lastly, in my small town, a few Koreans work here: Not many, just a few. Every one of them read their Bible on lunch break. Very devout people! (South Korea has more churches (demographically) than any nation on earth).

Just some thoughts,
Rick

Hi Rick,

Nice to see you.

Living in a little larger town on the West Coast, there are probably more Koreans living near me than you. Here's a story that happened earlier this year: I was sneaking a peek on this website during a recess break. One of the children from my class came back in, and as he is interested in all-things-computer, he came over to see what I was doing. You know how the heading says Family Bible Fellowship? When he saw that he exclaimed, "What? You read the Bible? But you...you're an...American!"

Post by **_STEVE7150** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 6:35 pm

Lastly, in my small town, a few Koreans work here: Not many, just a few. Every one of them read their Bible on lunch break. Very devout people! (South Korea has more churches (demographically) than any nation on earth).

I was lead to the Lord by a South Korean lady doctor. Also i've heard the 10K per day figure in China but that's 3 mil a year in a country of 1.3 billion so although impressive and encouraging it's statiscally not quite as impressive.