Even though the Chinese church is growing rapidly, heavy government restrictions are forcing it to remain underground and believers to meet in secret. These restrictions have increased in the last year, isolating Chinese pastors even more. This difficulty, combined with an estimated 10,000 believers for every one trained pastor, puts…
On January 27th the people of China began a week-long celebration of the Chinese New Year. It’s a time of festivals when people return to their hometowns and reconnect with family – setting off fireworks, decorating with red lanterns, exchanging gifts and attending lion and dragon dances. It’s also a…
We consider it such an honor to work with the underground pastors and network leaders in China. It’s humbling to see what the Lord has built through these brave men and women inside the underground church. Possibly the largest church in the world, yet still under oppression, they work to…
Under the cover of darkness our team hurriedly entered the facility in China in preparation for the two-day pastors and leadership conference hosted by World Compassion. This specific city of nearly 30 million people, has a network of believers standing 150,000 strong in the underground church. Their top 50 leaders…
“By experiencing so many difficult times in the past, the churches in China are becoming mature in the spiritual ways and have already started to take the responsibility of preaching the gospel and also to the minority groups. The vision is even clearer to join world missions. In fact some…
The nation of China is still a difficult place to share the gospel, and yet despite the ongoing persecution, the church is continuing to flourish. Living under the radar of government monitoring and having weekly services in cramped apartments, the Chinese church is growing at an extremely fast pace, but…
We had the chance while in Myanmar to visit a house church during their weekly ABC class. ABC Bible Curriculum is a 2-year program that we use to train believers, making them strong in their faith and preparing them to share the Word of God with others. Like the parable…
On May 2nd of 2008, the beautiful nation of Myanmar (also called Burma) was hit by the deadly Cyclone Nargis. More than 138,000 people were killed and 2 million were left homeless. The task of rebuilding the nation was daunting. We did not know exactly what God had in store…
“Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock. Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus…
The winters can be cold and dreary in China. Every year about this time we shuttle in and out of communities throughout the country, under cloudy and rainy conditions, meeting pastors and believers in homes, offices, hotels and coffee shops. We huddle together with our Chinese team planning the expansion…
As the Church, we are the vessel that co-labors with God to deliver the loving and hope-filled message of Jesus Christ to the world. Our mission at World Compassion is to equip and train the local indigenous church living in hostile and restricted environments around the world to reach their…
EQUIPPING LEADERS… This spring we celebrated the first graduating class of 40 students from the new World Compassion Ministry Training Center (MTC) in southern Burma (Myanmar). Our mission is to help train and equip the local church in the nations where we work, and this new training program…
Our team just returned from an impactful week of ministry, training over 200 Chinese pastors at our two leadership conferences in China last week. As you know, our conferences were cut short by police raids last year, so we are incredibly grateful we were able to return again and host…
The Chinese church is experiencing growth on such an incredible scale, it is hard to comprehend. Experts estimate the Christian church in China will grow by 55 million new believers by 2025 – that’s 15,000 new converts every single day! But the Church in China is already crippled by a…
We have a team heading to China today to conduct the annual World Compassion Pastors Conference. This conference brings together many pastors who use our ABC Bible Training Curriculum to disciple their leaders within their house churches.
I don’t know about you, but the World Compassion team has already hit the ground running in 2015. Before we get too far into the New Year, we want to take a moment to celebrate our accomplishments in 2014 and set our expectations for the year ahead.
Why did World Compassion create the China Mission School? We have to go back nearly twenty years and 7,000 miles for our answer…
Training Christian leaders in China has never been more important. Severe persecution and strict regulations from the Communist government have forced the Chinese church underground. The attempts of the regime over the last five decades to snuff out the flame for Christ in China has instead caused the underground house…
There is nothing in the world or the Church — except the church’s disobedience — to render the evangelization of the world in this generation an impossibility. -Robert Speer, leader in Student Volunteer Movement We live in extraordinary times – right now, the Body of Christ around the world is…
Although China is developed economically, and even has the influence of western culture, it is not a free land. We cannot forget that the communist party still rules. Many believe that things have changed for the better, that the grip has loosened on Christian churches because their culture is similar…
We receive testimony after testimony from our students throughout Asia on how World Compassion’s ABC Bible Training Curriculum has impacted their lives and strengthened their faith. Below is a testimony from a church leader and ABC student who is not only using ABC to grow in knowledge and faith, but…
As I stood with around 100 church planters in Burma just a few weeks ago, it hit me hard that we were “playing from behind.” These men looked tired with ragged, old clothes on their worn bodies, but there was a hunger that I had not seen. As we visited,…
The following encouragement is a testimony from an ABC student in China. By studying this course [ABC BIBLE TRAINING CURRICULUM], I understand that every Word from God is true and real.
Ramiz (pictured above in the red scarf) just crossed the border five days ago to return to his hometown in Afghanistan. His mother brought him to our course and requested that we accept him in, but we didn’t have space for another student.
