Christianity Finds a Fulcrum in Asia
ByI came across an article that speaks to future of Christianity, taking into account the dramatic changes taking place in China right now.
I suspect that even the most enthusiastic accounts err on the downside, and that Christianity will have become a Sino-centric religion two generations from now. 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.
China, devoured by hunger so many times in its history, now feels a spiritual hunger beneath the neon exterior of its suddenly great cities. Four hundred million Chinese on the prosperous coast have moved from poverty to affluence in a single generation, and 10 million to 15 million new migrants come from the countryside each year, the greatest movement of people in history. Despite a government stance that hovers somewhere between discouragement and persecution, more than 100 million of them have embraced a faith that regards this life as mere preparation for the next world. Given the immense effort the Chinese have devoted to achieving a tolerable life in the present world, this may seem anomalous. On the contrary: it is the great migration of peoples that prepares the ground for Christianity, just as it did during the barbarian invasions of Europe during the Middle Ages.
The full article can be found here: Christianity finds a fulcrum in Asia; By Spengler
We hope and pray that the Holy Spirit continues to move among the people of China. We pray that this movement will spread throughout all of Hunan Province and Yueyang City – giving every person in Yueyang an opportunity to hear and understand the gospel message and the freedom to follow Christ.
Will you pray with us that the Holy Spirit will be poured out in Yueyang in a mighty and awesome way?
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