Do you know where the fastest growing churches in the world are? They are in countries like Nepal, China, Sudan and Iran – countries where Christians are oppressed.

By 1953 the Chinese communist government had expelled all foreign missionaries and incarcerated local church leaders. There were a few hundred thousand Christians, and the religion was illegal. Under opposition and persecution that number has risen in the past 70 years to perhaps 100 million. God’s kingdom advances under pressure!

Source: Explore Bible notes, 3/8/2019

Do you know where the fastest growing churches in the world are? They are in countries like Nepal, China, Sudan and Iran – countries where Christians are oppressed.

By 1953 the Chinese communist government had expelled all foreign missionaries and incarcerated local church leaders. There were a few hundred thousand Christians, and the religion was illegal. Under opposition and persecution that number has risen in the past 70 years to perhaps 100 million. God’s kingdom advances under pressure!

Source: Explore Bible notes, 3/8/2019