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A Christian leader in China who built a Bible school with Christian
Aid's help in 1994 tells of the continuing influence of the school both among trainees and
in the community.
In 1994 Christian Aid provided funds to start a Bible school in a province that must
remain unnamed for security reasons. The school and church hall--built in a remarkable 52
days--has become a model for others to follow. Using that school as an example, trainees
went out and started 30 other Bible training centers. Over the past seven years, thousands
of Christians have been trained for leadership, meeting the needs of over 6000 churches in
that province, according to the leader.
"The influence of the Bible schools is truly amazing," he said. He mentioned
four areas of influence:
1. The number and impact of cults and false teaching has markedly decreased.
2. The relationship between the unregistered "underground" churches and those
officially registered with the government is improving.
3. The spiritual lives of believers are maturing and their righteous deeds speak loudly on
their behalf. In some cases, local Communist authorities are concluding that Christianity
is not so bad, after all, and are actually encouraging the Christians to build more Bible
schools.
4. Established Bible schools are upgrading their level of teaching and are sending out
teachers to train disciples in other places.
The leader said that though they are "still facing much pressure and many hardships
and difficulties," their hearts are stirred and encouraged by the support and prayers
of Christians overseas.
"All the achievements mentioned above are the convincing evidences that as God so
loves the world, He loves China and the Chinese, also. We pray that [our province] will
soon become a revival and evangelistic center of China witnessing and glorifying God's
name and fulfilling the Lord's Great Commission," he said.
Christian Aid first helped fund the establishment of three Bible training centers in 1993
and now has supported 83 Bible institutes. For more information contact
insider@christianaid.org and put MI-349 900-CBI on the subject line.
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