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Old 12-25-2009, 02:31 PM
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Re: China's first mega church gets shut down
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Originally Posted by Trouvere View Post
My husband was in China starting underground churches for three years. The big public churches that you see are government controlled and they make everyone attending register their names. People are beaten or teeth knocked out or killed for disobeying Gov.
sanctions. In the past Christian leaders have been jailed, tortured or killed for the gospel there. They don't play. They mean it.
Was this a government sanctioned church? They must have done something wrong (or right) to get beat up
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