CHINA: The Narrow Path of Thorns

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🗓️ 11 January 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Bob Fu is founder and president of the China Aid Association, and he’s one of the most knowledgeable people in the world on the Christian persecution in China. He’ll help explain why the Chinese government is cracking down on churches—even registered, “legal” churches— and how it is demanding Christians’ first loyalty be to the Communist Party and President Xi Jinping.

Wang Yi, pastor of Early Rain Covenant Church, was sentenced to nine years in prison by a Chinese court. Listen as Fu describes current oppression of the church in China—and how the church is responding. How can government leaders in free nations respond, and will it make a difference?

Bob will also share an update on the “prison ministry” of pastor John Cao—including a poem Cao wrote about God’s faithfulness to him in prison and his love, even for his persecutors. Pastor Cao is one of the Chinese prisoners you can write letters to through PrisonerAlert.com.

Use the link below to order a copy of Bob’s book, God’s Double Agent.

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0:00.0	You know it's tempting for us in the West to grow complacent about church, letting it become just a part of our routine.
0:10.0	But Bob Fu reminds us not to take our churches for granted.
0:14.8	In the People's Republic of China,
0:17.1	pastors can face jail time just for displaying a cross
0:21.6	on their building.
0:22.6	Some receive like 12, 14 years imprisonment for simply, you know, not willing to remove the cross
0:30.1	from the church roof of the building.
0:33.0	Jesus never promised his followers an easy path.
0:37.0	In fact, he told his disciples that the world would hate them.
0:41.0	He sent them out as sheep among wolves. Jesus's words came true in the
0:45.7	life of the Apostles and they're still coming true today in the lives of his
0:49.6	followers around the world. Join host Todd Nettleton as we hear their inspiring stories
0:54.4	and learn how we can help right now on the Voice of the Martyrs radio network.
0:58.4	Welcome again to the Voice of the Martyrs Radio. My name is Todd Nettleton
1:02.2	and we're in our studio in Bartlesville, Oklahoma
1:04.7	today with Bob Fu. He has been our guest previously. He is the founder and president of the China
1:10.8	Aid Association. He is a former prisoner for Christ in China.
1:15.2	Bob, welcome back to Voice of the Martyrs Radio.
1:18.4	Thank you, Todd, for helping me again.
1:20.4	Well, it's our pleasure.
1:21.8	I want to start out with this word sinusiz. It's a big deal in China right now. It's a big deal, especially with the church.
1:31.0	What does that mean to the Chinese government?
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