Wow! What a Weekend!!!

This weekend, Vivian and I had the honor of meeting and listening to Dr. David Wang, the founder of Asian Outreach. Dr. Wang informed us of the explosion of new converts in China through both the house church movement and the official “Three C” churches. Both, he said, play vital parts in the revival taking place in China. The “Three C” churches can print Bibles so pastors throughout China can distribute them. The “Three C” pastors often attend the worship services in the house churches because of the miracles that are taking place there.

Dr. Wang shared that a conservative estimate of the number of “Born-again, spirit-led Christians in China now tops 100 million.” That is 50% higher than the total number of communist party members in China and up from 1 million known believers in 1952 when the last remaning mission agency, China Inland Mission, reluctantly left China under the threat of force.

Think about that, “100 million Christians in China.” Typically we talk about 1/3 of the people in America profess to be born again. That would be around 100 million as well. Now, you might say, China’s population is much greater than the United States. This is true. But the conversion rate today is off the charts in China. In the United States, we are barely breaking even.

Or, as Dr. Wang puts it, “We are seeing the Christianization of China and the de-Christianization of the United States.”

Sunday, we also heard Jeff Wells preach on missions and getting in the game. His message was one of the strongest, most direct messages I have heard, certainly in The Woodlands. Tomorrow, that post and a link to that sermon.