THURSDAY, OCT 22, 2009
Church Growth in China Too Fast to Keep Up With
The Rev. Gao Feng, president of the government-approved China Christian Council, told the head of the World Council of Churches, the Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia, that in his home province there is only one trained pastor for 40,000 Christians.
“One of the challenges is that we need to train more pastors,” stated Gao, who at 47 years old is the youngest president in CCC’s history, last Friday.
Because of the shortage of trained pastors, Gao explained, churches in China have relied on lay leaders. There are nearly 150,000 lay leaders – who, for the most part, do not have formal theological training – working as pastors in local churches. ...
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Maybe this is worth REREADING again.
This is not the case in America.
I would say, that some one is mistaken.
Church growth is dying in the US and growing huge elsewhere.
The watering down of the gospel here, has led to the lack of understanding/need for the Lord.
Maybe, you can understand why I often post many articles etc, that are contrary to the modern day church movements that only move this congregation out of an other church and into theirs, and visa versa.
**It seems Obama was put in office so that sifting would occur and a call back to God take place very soon.
I know since my own recent adversities- I have been praying much more then before.
God bless in truth.
Goodnight.
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