The hundred church leaders gathered in that little farm-house sang with joy. We were supposed to be an illegal assembly but thankfully the majority in that cluster of houses in that village were Christians, so there was no need to subdue their voices. The next cluster of houses was some way off and the officials
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In that little farm-house room, a hundred rural church leaders gathered for their Bible-training. They ranged in age from their late twenties to mid-sixties. They were mostly farmers. But what struck me was that over 70% of them were ladies. I had attended many Christian leaders’ conferences in different countries – and usually the only ladies While I was impressed with the stamina and diligence of the leaders as they went through fifty plus hours of intense Bible studies, what impressed me most was their prayers! Each morning at the crack of dawn, they gathered together in the same little farm-house room and prayed. Their prayers were extremely simple but intense. There The Bible training for these church leaders went on for about 10 to 12 hours each day. It was winter and the temperature was hovering around 0º C and all hundred of us were huddled in a little farm-house room seated on little plastic stools. As the Bible teachers taught, the leaders frantically took notes. Later On that first mission trip of mine into China some eight or nine years ago, I discovered a whole new world of Christianity that I had never known before. I had been on many mission trips to many different countries (Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, India, Kenya, US, UK, etc) and I thought that I had a |
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