Posted by Ray Pritchard on 10.19.10 in China, Churches
Yesterday Peter took us on a ride outside of Dalian. It’s hard to explain the nature of Chinese cities because they consist of massive apartment buildings that sprawl out in every direction. The vast majority of people live in those high-rise buildings. You don’t see very many single-family homes. There are a few but not so many. So the…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 10.18.10 in China, Evangelism
On Sunday night I spoke for a “Meet the Author” event for students from six different universities in Dalian (metro population: 6 million). The authorities had put pressure on the organizers not to have the meeting, including much pressure on the key student leader on Saturday, asking him to postpone the event. As late as Sunday afterno…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 9.13.10 in China, Missions
This morning I spoke with Pastor Peter Wang in China for over an hour about the events of the last week. The police came on four different occasions to his church, attempting to shut it down. On Friday morning 20 police officers came and took him away for interrogation. On Sunday just as he was preparing to preach, police burst into the worship ser…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 9.11.10 in China, Churches
Many of you know that Pastor Peter is our “Keep Believing” man in China. He pastors a house church in a large Chinese city. Last Tuesday the authorities came and without explanation began to harass him and the people of his congregation. Here is the story (edited for security reasons):Without knowing why, our church has been under inter…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.15.10 in China, Internet/Blogging
Over a year ago we organized a China Task Force to begin work on translating my sermons in Chinese so that KBM could reach the 1.1 billion Chinese-speaking people around the world. It turned into a very complicated project involving many technical issues regarding how to properly display Chinese characters on a website built for the English languag…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 12.25.09 in China, Christmas
Yesterday I ran across an article called Atmosphere of Fear at Christmas in North China. Here’s how the article begins:Christians in north China are facing a Christmas of fear after 10 local religious leaders were jailed in recent weeks and their new church shut down amid a crackdown on unauthorised worship.Five of the church leaders were giv…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.18.09 in China
The Digital Bible Society has just released an amazing CD called Chinese Treasures 5.0 containing 177 different Bible, books and other Bible study resources available free of charge. They will send you a CD free along with the permission to copy it for the purpose of giving it to Chinese-speaking friends around the world. Best of all, this CD is co…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 3.9.09 in China
George Thomas of CBN News says that China’s Communists have changed their attitude toward religion. After decades of persecution and official opposition, China’s leaders have started to see the value of Christianity in promoting stability and harmony in society. At the recent National Congress in Beijing, President Hu Jintao added the w…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 11.25.08 in China, Podcasts, Sermons
We have just posted our first podcast in two languages. Several weeks ago I spoke for the 100th Anniversary service of the Chinese Bible Church of Oak Park, IL. Just before I spoke, I was introduced by Pastor Timothy Fung, the pastor emeritus and a longtime personal friend. Pastor Fung serves on the Board of Reference for Keep Believing Ministries….
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 11.20.08 in China, Churches
The Wednesday Journal ran a nice article on the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Bible Church of Oak Park. The church has a long legacy of faithful ministry and now is a multicultural congregation with services in Cantonese, Mandarin and English. …
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