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PRAISE FOR CHRISTIAN CHINA AND THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD For more than four decades, David Wang has been a pioneer in telling the world the inspiring yet sobering story of the Church in China. In his latest book, Christian China and the Light of the World, he focuses on the lives of the leaders of China’s fast-growing urban churches. We come to know doctors, entrepreneurs, surgeons and sales executives who have given up lives of prominence and prosperity to follow Christ as pastors, evangelists and even missionaries abroad. Through his detailed, personal narratives of the lives of Chinese who we only know by their Christian names, Wang offers insights into the challenges and struggles of China’s urban Christians and suggests lessons that their experiences may provide for the worldwide body of Christ. This book is both informative and brilliantly relevant. David Aikman Author of Jesus in Beijing and former TIME magazine correspondent When you talk with David Wang about the urban church in China, as I have many times, you cannot help but be infected with his enthusiasm for this new expression of Christ’s Body in China. I know of no greater apostle and mentor to China’s urban church than David. He has challenged urban church leaders to work hand in hand with China’s government to address the needs of Chinese society, and through his efforts a much higher level of training in pastoral leadership has been made available. As you read this book you will experience a firsthand report of what God is doing in this new day of openness in the People’s Republic of China. If you are wanting to understand how modern missions can best impact the future of China’s church, you need to read this book. Jon Davis Lead Pastor, Beijing International Christian Fellowship We live in an exciting new season. The center of gravity of world Christianity, which began in Jerusalem and through the centuries reached North America, has now shifted to the Asian Pacific Rim. China is the dominant nation there and China is destined to assume leadership for the Christian movement for the foreseeable future. My friend David Wang’s title reflects what I have just said: Christian China. This is a book that will enlighten your mind and warm your heart. As you read it, you will fall in love with China and you will begin to move into God’s new stream for the future. C. Peter Wagner Vice-President, Global Spheres, Inc. One of the amazing happenings in the world’s history of church growth has to be the so-called “Third Church” in China! Encouraged by the modernization movement in the 1970s and 1980s, huge numbers of rural youth have rushed into the cities for education, jobs and a new life. This avalanche of young and eager hearts gathered in a new environment has created tremendous yearning and spiritual hunger—hence the marvelous growth of the urban church in China. A veteran missionary and researcher of church growth, Dr. David Wang has served us with another well-written book in Christian China and the Light of the World. His succinct descriptions provide us with inspiring pictures of the joy, glory, pain and grief among the urban church members in China. It is indeed a book to be read by anyone who is interested in China, her church and her people! Rev. Thomas Wang Former General Secretary, Chinese Coordination, Centre of World Evangelism Founder, Great Commission Center International © 2013 David Wang with Georgina Sam Published by Chosen Books 11400 Hampshire Avenue South Bloomington, Minnesota 55438 chosenbooks.com Chosen Books is a division of Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan. www.bakerpublishinggroup.com Chosen edition published 2014 ISBN 978-1-4412-6905-8 Previously published by Regal Books Ebook edition originally created 2013 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. Other version used is: NIV—Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved. Summary: “China...a Christian movement numbering in the tens of millions. The rapidly expanding economic power of the most populous nation on earth puts China front and center in any discussion about the future of the globe. But is there more to China’s story than money? Christians in North America have many questions about the People’s Republic of China and what is rumored to be a Christian movement numbering in the tens of millions. Christian China is the essential guidebook for North American Christians to understand and pray for their sisters and brothers in China’s cities. Readers will find not only facts and data, but also true accounts of Chinese believers’ great exploits as they follow the Holy Spirit into the future.” — Provided by publisher. This work is dedicated to the memory of Wang Mingdao and Allen Yuan Xiangchen. It is also dedicated to Samuel Lamb and Miao Zhitong, both of whom passed away as this book was going to print. They are the original inspirations and trailblazers for the urban house churches in China. Contents Foreword Principal Characters Prologue 1. The Colonel’s Daughter 2. “If You Build It, He Will Come” 3. To Immigrate or Not? 4. An NGO Pioneer 5. Persecution and Suffering 6. The Model Worshiper Epilogue Appendix: China Chronology About the Authors

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