The People's Church - China

Oct 1996
All over China ordinary men and women are embracing the 'Faith'. Turning from the teachings of the Communist Party, they are now attending church.

In a small basement in Beijing, 100 people cram onto red stools to listen to their leader, Allan Yuan a 'radical' who spent 22 years in prison with hard labour. From this backstreet pulpit, he runs an illegal 'house' church. Mr Lei had his leg amputated by a student doctor during the Cultural Revolution and says that after joining the church "he loved life more". At the Bureau of Religious Affairs, Lui Shu Xiang maintains that Chinese citizens do have "religious freedom". He refers to a Government funded Catholic seminary set up to train new Socialist Shepherds. In an ornate white and crimson church, deacons Joseph and James are about to be ordained. Lying face down at the altar, they are anointed with holy oil. They have been taught to adapt religion to the socialist system. They acknowledge the Pope as their spiritual leader but the Communist party as their political head. But for those who believe that the Pope plays a central role, 'underground' churches remain the true exponents of Christianity.

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[juandeet41902]

Jesus loves China!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[HIGHLANDERxMCLAMBIE]

the communist = the atheist in power!

[lowerarkanasadrummer]

Help the poor, god or no god. They will suffer and die with or without your help just like everyone, so it's good to do good to each other when WE ARE ALL HEADED FOR AN 'END' and soon. You help them and help yourself. It's obvious. Feel good about helping them for their sake. That's good. Fuck a reward from a fake god.

[lowerarkanasadrummer]

@fantastic7heaven ....you aren't qualified. You may have bought into the lies like I did. I believed all the way to make others well off. All I will get for it is the grave just like everyone including you. The life in me is ruined from this insanity.

[sunmoonstargood]

@fantastic7heaven, lol, "Europe is not completely dead", so Christianity is almost dead in Europe, even it's completely dead yet, Why can't be this Holy Spirit of yours not as revivals as in other countries? Miracles happen in all religions, even non religion practice, barbaric Christianity will be replaced by other religions, or it will transform to a completely new religions. Christianity shd hv dead long time ago, it survived only coz of stupitity of medival Europeans. European r smarter now.

[fantastic7heaven]

@sunmoonstargood - you don't understand anything about Christianity so you shouldn't talk. You act like only stupid people accept Christianity. Wherever the Holy Spirit moves, there will be revivals like are happening in China, Australia and Brazil, South Korea and other countries. Europe is not completely dead yet and the Lord is still alive there as well. People believe in Christianity because of the miracles they have experienced in their own lives.

[sunmoonstargood]

@pommeying, the churches in Europ are disappearing? Coz they have had enough, they r much wiser now; but Chinese r inexperiecend, still got hooked as the Eruopean had got hooked 1500 years ago. Chinese Church are founded by US zionist gov. US gov is controlled by zionist bankers, therefore, Chinese Christian r zionist, and r against humannity.

[sunmoonstargood]

@adrianquijada100, China doesn't Jesus' love, China needs respect from him, Jesus needs respect China. Love is an animal thing, animals are capabale love, but only respect is a human thing.

[adrianquijada100]

Jesus shine Jesus shine in China....

[adrianquijada100]

@juandeet41902 amen JESUS love China.....

[dralexoppenheimer]

@RonSafreed We atheists enlighten people, we don't 'convert' them. Let's see how successful you can be with your theocratic society and your rejection of empiricism (and therefore science and technology). You can let your faith cure your pneumonia, we atheists choose antibiotics. – Yours, from heathen, Darwin-loving, China-government supporting, Great Britain.