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	Chinese house church - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Protestant house churches are indigenous to mainland China and are usually not under foreign control; some groups welcome help from abroad as long as it does not compromise their independence.
		This assertion of native roots is important in the PRC political discourse, since Christian churches and missionaries have sometimes historically been seen as tools of imperialism.
		One collection of Chinese house church worship songs, Jiānán Shīxuăn (迦南诗选; "Songs from Canaan") has been made into a book, with a VCD and tape of some of the songs available.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_house_church (563 words)

	House Church
		House church is an informal term for a group of Christians gathering regularly or spontaneously in a home instead of a building dedicated to the purpose.
		A commonly held belief in the modern day house church 'movement' is that the Protestant Reformation did not go far enough to demonstrate a New Testament belief in the 'priesthood of all believers' and that Jesus Christ alone is the Head of the Church which is the body of Christ.
		There is also an argument that the house church movement is a re-emergence of the move of the Holy Spirit during the Jesus Movement of the 70's in the USA (http://www.one-way.org) or the worldwide Charismatic Renewal of the late 60's and 70's.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/house_church (556 words)

	Station Information - Chinese house church
		Chinese house churches are Christian churches which operate independently of the government-run Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM) and China Christian Council (CCC) and are generally unregistered.
		Because house churches operate outside government regulations and restrictions, their members and leaders are often persecuted by local government officials.
		House churches are indigenous to China and are usually not under foreign control, although some groups welcome help from abroad as long as it does not compromise their independence.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/chinese_house_church.html (258 words)

	Chinese house church -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This assertion of native roots is important in the PRC political discourse, since Christian churches and missionaries have sometimes historically been seen as tools of (A policy of extending your rule over foreign countries) imperialism.
		One collection of Chinese house church worship songs, Jiānán Shīxuăn (迦南诗选; "Songs from (An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism) Canaan") has been made into a book, with a VCD and tape of some of the songs available.
		Catholic house churches generally recognize the authority of the (The head of the Roman Catholic Church) Pope in contrast to the official (Click link for more info and facts about Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association) Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association which does not.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/chinese_house_church.htm (558 words)

	Chinese Churches in Global Missions
		The Chinese churches are determined to join hands with their Western counterparts to deploy workers to mission fields worldwide as deliverers of the Great Commission’s last baton.
		Some of the students have volunteered as vanguard missionaries of the Chinese house church to be sent to neighboring countries, such as Myanmar, upon graduation.
		Chinese churches sending missionaries to the world has always been a vision and burden of Pastor Dennis Balcombe.
	www.rcmi.ac /eng/html/newsletter/issue303/e_chinese.htm (658 words)

	New Zealand House Churches - Edgenet
		House churches are the most easily reproducible form of church, and hence, are the most obvious choice for church planting.
		House churches should not be confused with "cell churches".
		Those who meet in house churches regard themselves as belonging to the worldwide Church, but are self-governing and independent, generally without formal relationships with established "institutional" churches.
	www.edgenet.org.nz (1466 words)

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		The concept of the church in the house is not a new one.
		On the contrary, the house church is the church; the nucleus of the church's life and ministry.
		This new wineskin of house churches that the Lord was revealing to us did not arrive in a spiritual vacuum but in the context of a community which had been on a journey of renewal.
	www.pastornet.net.au /renewal/journal3/freeston.html (1818 words)

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		And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in eve- rything he might have the supremacy." Jesus the Omega is the cosmic integrating point and the head of the body.
		Church membership, doctrine, Bible-reading and worship are tangential to their lives, valued only as far as they contribute to the task of changing the world.
		As the daughter churches are coming of age, they are starting to question some apparent signs of theological senility in the mother churches.
	www.gmi.org /products/omega_g.txt (13755 words)

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		The prodigious growth of the house church movement in China is one of the greatest phenomena in the 20th century.
		The growth of the Church in China cannot be divorced from the historical and political events of the 19th and 20th centuries.
		The principle of selfresponsibility and selfsupport for missionplanted Churches was advocated in 1841 by Henry Venn, secretary of the Church Missionary Society.
	www.pastornet.net.au /renewal/journal3/neild.html (4361 words)

	The recent development of the Chinese House Churches
		Although the urban house churches also have been growing rapidly at the same time, the revival they have witnessed is in no way comparable, in scale, to their rural counterparts.
		The ultimate vision of the Chinese church is to step on the soil of every nation in Asia and the Middle East to bring the message of the gospel.
		In the light of this, house church seminaries are springing forth like "bamboo shoots after a spring rain".
	www.rcmi.ac /eng/html/newsletter/oct00/e_the.htm (798 words)

	Back to Jerusalem: Three Chinese House Church Leaders Share Their Vision to Complete the Great Commission \| Stylegala
		The sharing from these house church leaders was extremely convicting; As a Chinese Christian in America, it's easy to lose sight of God's ultimate purpose for this world and our responsibility as a disciple of Jesus Christ to be a witness to the nations.
		The house churches emphasize the lordship of Christ.
		A house church is a caring community in which Christians show love for one another and for their fellow countrymen.
	www.stylegala.com /store/Reviews/ItemId/1884543898 (1729 words)

	Four Keys for Understanding China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This is the legacy of the doctrine of separation of church and state, which runs through the mind as well as the society.
		His job then was to tempt Western evangelical leaders into engagement with the official church and weaken their links with the house churches in the process.
		That’s why you can visit a house church in Shanghai and see members singing at the tops of their voices without fear, and why in Fancheng if they did the same, the police would be knocking on the door before the hymn was over.
	www.opendoors.org.au /pgs/artcl/art-ch2.htm (2822 words)

	Hinn Invites Chinese House Churches ... To Death?
		Crouch, who preached in churches in Beijing and Shanghai in his previous visit to China years ago, said he has personally seen that Christians can openly practice and profess their faith in China, adding that the Bible is publicly printed and freely distributed.
		The Chinese government's reaction to dealing with the Falun Gong cult has been inaccurately portrayed as the government practicing religious oppression, and in fact the government is attempting to protect its citizens from this deadly and dangerous Jim Jones-like cult, he said.
		One of the detainees, Jiang Quinggang, is a house church leader who has served two sentences in labor camps and was released last month, AP said.
	www.deceptioninthechurch.com /hinnchina.html (1282 words)

	Chinese house church
		Chinese house churches are Christian churches in the People's Republic of China, which operate independently of the government-run Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM) and China Christian Council (CCC) for Protestant groups and the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA) and the Chinese Catholic Bishops Council (CCBC) for Catholics and are generally unregistered.
		They are also known as the "Underground" Church or the "Unofficial" Church.
		Because house churches operate outside government regulations and restrictions, their members and leaders are sometimes persecuted by local government officials.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/chinese_house_church (399 words)

	Watchman Nee and the House Church Movement in China V (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Two things are clear: There are many house churches that are directly derived from Little Flock churches, and there are many other groups that owe a substantial debt to Little Flock doctrine and practice for their survival.
		The dynamics of house churches, therefore, flow partly from their freedom from institutional and traditional bondage.
		It is obvious to this author that God was at work during the last years of freedom in China to establish an underground network of house churches that were ideally suited to survive and grow even in the appalling circumstances of the last 35 years.
	www.xenos.org /essays/nee5.htm (1153 words)

	Chinese House Church Leaders First Time Testify at UN, Video Testimony from Tortured Women Believers Released Boxun News
		For the first time in the history of the United Nations, the oppressed Chinese House Church leaders testify at Geneva during the 60th annual meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva.
		Though it is only a regional document, it provides chilling and irrefutable evidence that the Chinese government has intensified their campaign against innocent, unregistered churches and their believers since the end of 2002.
		The meeting is chaired by Lord Chan of Oxton, Member of the British Parliament, House of Lords, Chairman of Chinese in Britain National Forum and Chairman of the Chinese Overseas Christian Mission.
	www.peacehall.com /news/gb/english/2004/04/200404021311.shtml (2227 words)

	Religioscope - > Eastern Lightning in China
		But some house churches have developed in ways that are of concern to Western Christians, particularly as some of these groups are setting up operations in the U.S., according to several reports.
		Chinese authorities as well as groups supporting the preaching of the Gospel to China have become extremely concerned by the rapid spread of a group called Eastern Lightning (or Lightning from the East, Dongfang Shandian in Chinese, from the title of its first book.
		The group has not only targeted house church members, but is also reported to have made attempts to convert Catholic clergy.
	www.religioscope.com /notes/2002/090_lightning.htm (391 words)

	House-Church Leader Arrested - Christianity Today Magazine
		China Aid confirms that one of the most prominent Chinese House Movement leaders pastor Zhang Rongliang was arrested on December 1, 2004.
		Zhang Rongliang the leader of the China for Christ Church, one of the largest "house church" networks in China, and also of the Protestant Fangcheng Mother Church.
		According to China Aid, a prominent house church leader in China, Zhang Rongliang, was arrested on December 1 at his home in Xuzhai village in Henan Province.
	www.christianitytoday.com /ct/2005/002/2.21.html (791 words)

	Testimonies of Faith - Habits of Holiness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Here are three habits of holiness from the Chinese church we may wish to try in our own situation.
		The average age of a Chinese evangelist is early twenties.
		One Chinese evangelist has a system about praying for it on a weekly basis.
	www.opendoors.org.au /pgs/artcl/ff-ch3.htm (1065 words)

	The Heavenly Man, reviewed by Ruth Marlene Friesen
		God seems to have raised up a church in that vast country from dormant seeds scattered by missionaries who were forced out when the Communists took over in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
		Eventually he was released, but Yun boldly went everywhere preaching, and their house churches grew and multiplied.
		The third time, a meeting of major house church leaders was compromised, and the police were waiting in their meeting room.
	ruthes-secretroses.com /Library/bkreview/HeavenlyMan.shtml (1321 words)

	Despite the Cost, Millions Flock to Chinese House Churches
		And this past summer, a Chinese Christian was allegedly beaten to death after being arrested for handing out Bibles in public.
		China outlaws churches that are not sanctioned by the government.
		Todd Nettleton of Voice of the Martyrs says the staggering growth of the Chinese Christian church puts communist government officials on edge.
	news.christiansunite.com /Religion_News/religion02061.shtml (375 words)

	Escapee Denies Rape Charge - Christianity Today Magazine
		In 2001, the Chinese government prepared a criminal case against the pastor by arresting several of his followers and allegedly coercing them to sign statements incriminating the pastor with sexual misconduct.
		The Chinese government was also forced to withdraw a claim that they had DNA proof of Pastor Gong's fathering a child by one of the women.
		The Chinese government had made Liu, a prominent leader in the South China Church, one of their star witnesses.
	www.christianitytoday.com /ct/2005/107/12.0.html (1542 words)

	Church Restoration - To First Century Christianity
		The Church Restoration web-site is dedicated to the encouragement of the whole Body of Christ and to the expanding of God’s Kingdom throughout the earth.
		At that very moment, my host, Eman Abrea, got a telephone call from his wife that their four-year-old daughter had a sudden attack of vomiting and was very ill. We stopped immediately and took authority over this demonic attack and their baby was healed instantly.
		We began to sing my Chinese brother Noah’s song he taught me while he and I walked and sang at midnight on the dark streets of Shenyang, China, “We Are the Church of the Living God!” The words were “We are Church.
	www.churchrestoration.org (1731 words)

	The Great Separation: Pastor & Wife of House Churches Facing Life Imprisonment.
		The prosecution team source told CAA that this case is part of a broader national campaign against the underground church and so-called “illegal” religious publications that began this past June.
		The Chinese authority is especially unhappy about a house church quarterly magazine called Love Feast “AI YAN” (www.AiYan.org) in which pastor Cai has been involved.
		In several issues in the past, contrary to Chinese official position, it published articles on President Bush’s faith and commemorations on Dr. Jonathan Chao, one of the most respected Chinese church historians, who passed away this year.
	www.thegreatseparation.com /newsfront/2004/11/pastor_wife_of_.html (1270 words)

	Persecution of Christians
		In the 5th and 6th century, Arianism became prevalent among the Goths; during their forays into Italy, Gaul (France) and Spain they destroyed many churches and killed a number of Christian clergy.
		Many have recently been canonized as saints following their death at the hands of Soviet authorities; they are collectively referred to in the Orthodox church as the "new martyrs".
		Missionaries are allowed to proselytize, although the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints voluntarily refrains from doing so under an agreement with the Government.
	www.fact-index.com /p/pe/persecution_of_christians.html (2548 words)

	Chinese House Church Leader Released (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Xiao reported that police asked him, "How did you get your story on the internet?" ANS was among the media outlets that closely covered the case.
		Zhang Yi-nan, who was arrested with Xiao on September 26, is still being held, in the notorious Detention Center of Lushan County in Henan Province and is still facing subversion charges.
		VOM said has learned from the Public Security Bureau, the Chinese secret service and security agency, that, "Zhang doesn't have a criminal problem, he has a mind problem, he is too superstitious," in an apparent reference to his faith in Christ.
	www.mcjonline.com /news/03a/20031102d.shtml (377 words)

	Christian Persecution? What Can I Do?
		Invite ICC Speakers: Have your church or group invite an ICC representative to share about the needs of the persecuted.
		Read the list to your church when prayer requests are received.
		Or become a representative and speak in churches, speak on the radio, and take up the fight for the persecuted.
	www.persecution.org /whatcanido/index.html (390 words)

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